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Rahall was the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Rahall lost re-election in 2014 to Evan Jenkins. [2] [3] [4] As of 2024, he is the last Democrat to have represented West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Nick Joe Rahall II (b. May 20, 1949, in Beckley, W.Va.) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia. He was first elected to the House in 1976 to represent West Virginia's 4th Congressional District.
West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Independent Joe Manchin (serving since 2010) and Republican Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), making it one of seven states to have a split United States Senate delegation.
The 2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Congressman Nick Joe Rahall II represented West Virginia’s Third Congressional District from 1977 to 2015. Born May 20, 1949, in Beckley, he first won election to the House of Representatives in 1976. When Rahall entered Congress in 1977, he was its youngest member.
29 lis 2023 · Former West Virginia Congressman Nick Joe Rahall II represented West Virginia’s Third Congressional District from 1977 to 2015, serving under six presidents. During that time, Rahall was a leader in Congress on mining issues and served as chairman of both the House Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources (1985-1993) and the Committee on ...
Biography. RAHALL, NICK JOE, II, A Representative from West Virginia; born in Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va., May 20, 1949; graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley, W.Va., 1967; A.B., Duke University, Durham, N.C., 1971; attended graduate school, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1972; staff, Office of the Majority Whip
