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Wealthy Businessman to Challenge Byrd
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| Contributor | Patrick |
| Last Edited | Patrick Jan 25, 2006 10:48pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Thursday, January 26, 2006 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A multimillionaire businessman entered the GOP race to challenge Sen. Robert C. Byrd on Wednesday, hoping to deny the 88-year-old incumbent Democrat a record ninth term.
John Raese, 55, said he would campaign on a platform touting free enterprise and reduced regulation, among other issues. "What I'm going to run on is a rebirth of capitalism," he said.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee heralded the filing by Raese, a former state GOP chairman who has sought office before.
Though four other Republicans are running in the party primary, the GOP committee called Raese "the first financially credible opponent Byrd has faced since 1982." |
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