Dust Still Not Settled from 2008 Election Filings

• The other Democrats seeking to challenge U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-2nd, tell the Charleston Daily Mail that Anne Barth is no shoo-in, despite a flurry of endorsements from party bigwigs.

• An incumbent legislator is among the casualties who failed to file completed paperwork before last week's deadline. As The Associated Press reports, Delegate Cliff Moore, D-McDowell, finds himself off the primary ballot because his certificate of candidate was not notarized. "Moore said he's asked a lawyer to research his options," AP reports. "But he also said the mistake was his, and that he's not going to press the issue if it means making McDowell County look bad."

• He was barely in to begin with: Huntington hotel manager Phil Cline mailed in his filing to challenge U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. The Republican's filing beat the deadline, but now he's withdrawn. The Herald-Dispatch has the details.

• The Huntington newspaper also reports that former mayor and Cabell lawmaker Bobby Nelson is among the last-minute filers, taking a stab at a House of Delegates seat.