Joe Manchin
West Virginia | Next Election: 2012Summary
Joe Manchin III is West Virginia’s 34th Governor. As Governor, Joe Manchin is improving West Virginia’s economic climate in order to create and retain good paying jobs with health care benefits and reduce West Virginia’s long-term debt. He is committed to making healthcare affordable and accessible, improving the education system for West Virginia’s children, providing prescription drug assistance for seniors, and a better support structure for military veterans.
Governor Manchin is the DGA's Chair Emeritus.
Date of Birth: August 24, 1947
Family: wife Gayle; children Heather, Joseph, Brooke
Previous Offices Held: Secretary of State
Percent of Vote Won in Previous Election: 69.77%
Accomplishments:
- More than 23,000 new jobs have been created with more than $8.4 billion in private business investments.
- West Virginia led the nation in economic growth from May to August 2008.
- Working with the state legislature, Governor Manchin fixed the state’s workers’ compensation system, established the first comprehensive teacher pay package in more than 15 years, dramatically decreased the state’s debt, slowed the growth of state government payroll, strengthened ethics laws and cut the food tax in half.
- Governor Manchin has proposed and approved millions of dollars in tax relief for West Virginia’s citizens and businesses.
Read the full text of Gov. Manchin's 2010 State of the State Address.
