Here is what Pete Kalis has to say about this election. He was student body President at WVU when I was an undergrad and he built Kirkpatrick Lockhart into a global business/law form from a mid level firm in the 80's.
At one point he wanted to be President of WVU. if the powers that be had any sense they would be recruiting him now:
In the section of Wheeling in which I grew up, there was rumored to be a single Republican. We divined his political affiliation from the short sleeve...
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