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Tanuki

(14,921 posts) Tue Dec 21, 2021, 10:05 AM Dec 2021

Once upon a time in West Virginia...

Ken Hechler was a Democratic congressman for many years. He was also a professor at Marshall University, an activist for Civil Rights, the environment, and other progressive causes, a veteran, and the author of The Bridge at Remagen, which was later made into a Hollywood movie.

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Once upon a time in West Virginia... (Original Post) Tanuki Dec 2021 OP

He ran against Manchin for governor a dozen or so years ago FBaggins Dec 2021 #1

I think you might be remembering his run for the senate against then-Gov. Manchin Tanuki Dec 2021 #2

FBaggins

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1. He ran against Manchin for governor a dozen or so years ago

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Tue Dec 21, 2021, 10:25 AM

Dec 2021

Tanuki

(14,921 posts)

2. I think you might be remembering his run for the senate against then-Gov. Manchin

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Tue Dec 21, 2021, 10:45 AM

Dec 2021

when Sen. Byrd died in office. Hechler was extremely old at that point, somewhere in his 90s. (Although I live in TN, I am a 7th generation West Virginian and grew up there).

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