Joseph Manchin, III (D)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Governor of West Virginia
- Birth Date: Aug. 24, 1947
- Web site: http://www.wvgov.org/
Education
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West Virginia University, BA
Joe Manchin was born and raised in Farmington, Marion County. The 1965 graduate of Farmington High School won a football scholarship to attend West Virginia University, but an injury ended his athletic ambitions.
Manchin received an undergraduate degree in business and economics from WVU in 1970. He operated a chain of family-owned retail stores and currently has a stake in Enersystems, which has brokered coal and has conducted other business involving natural resources.
Manchin handed off day-to-day operations of Enersystems to his son after he was elected secretary of state in 2000.
He was elected governor in 2004.
Manchin and his wife, Gayle, have three children.
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