Election 2008: Governor (Corrected)

• Gov. Joe Manchin was the target of his GOP opponent, Russ Weeks, at a Capitol press conference Wednesday, The Associated Press, The Charleston Gazette and WSAZ-TV (with video) report.

• Manchin's unsuccessful challenger in their party's primary, Delegate Mel Kessler of Raleigh County, has followed through on his pledge to support the Republican by starting "Democrats for Weeks," The Register-Herald of Beckley reports. "Kessler said he is attempting to attract the 90,000 Democrats who voted for him in the primary," the article said. (Correction: Kessler was about right with his figure; the previously posted certified results contained a typo, and undercounted his Kanawha County tally by 10,000 votes. The corrected figures make that county Kessler's best showing, more than double what he received in his native Raleigh.)