State Sen. Shirley Love tells The Register-Herald of Beckley today that he will not seek a fourth term this year.
The Fayette County Democrat is a "a veteran southern West Virginia broadcaster who parlayed his popularity as host of a televised wrestling show into a successful political career," the article said.
Love, 74, has risen to chairman of the Senate Confirmations Committee and co-chair of the Legislative Oversight Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority since then- Gov. Gaston Caperton appointed him to fill a legislative vacancy in 1994.
Love is the sixth state senator, and the third Democrat in that chamber, to opt against running for re-election in 2008. Half the 34-seat chamber is on the November ballot.
14 January 2008
Fayette Senator Bowing Out in '08
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Poor ol' Shirley - he could cure cancer single-handedly and he would still be remembered as the host of "Saturday Night Wrestling".
Speaking of the Register-Herald, I find it odd that the co-owner of one of the largest rafting companies in the country gets sentenced for possession of 7 pounds of pot (a slap on the wrist) and not a peep about it from the Beckley paper. Hmmm.
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