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Ken Hechler Files for Senate Run
Posted Wednesday, July 21, 2010 ; 12:28 PM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Wednesday, July 21, 2010; 06:11 PM

Hechler filed his Senate candidacy papers Wednesday.

Former West Virginia Congressman and Secretary of State Ken Hechler has thrown his hat into the ring for the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat.

Hechler, 95, filed candidacy papers Wednesday, according to the Secretary of State's website. His birthday is Sept. 20, so he would be 96 when taking office should he win.

The special primary election for the seat left vacant by the death of Robert C. Byrd is set for Aug. 28. The special general election is scheduled for Nov. 2.

Hechler served as West Virginia's Secretary of State from 1995-2001 and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959-1977.

Hechler served as an assistant to President Harry S. Truman. He holds the distinction of being the only member of the U.S. Congress to march with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Ala. in 1965.

Hechler says this is not a campaign against the governor but a campaign against mountaintop mining.

He says he wants to be an option for those who are against that type of mining in West Virginia.

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   - Ken Hechler's Website

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mountainnation
8/5/10 at 1:17 AM		 Report Abuse
If you want to keep the "mountain" in mountaineer forget about his age and take the first step to stopping the ruin of our beautiful state. Use your vote to put somebody in office who is willing to make it happen. I can think of no better man.
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wvroadrunner
7/24/10 at 8:52 PM		 Report Abuse
With all due respect, he is 95. We want some one who can serve the rest of this term and maybe another term.
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grandma
7/23/10 at 6:06 AM		 Report Abuse
I did not see the mention of Dr. Heckler being the chief consultant of the film BRIDGE AT REMAGEN. It was based on Dr. Heckler's book of the same title. How many people in Congress - Senate or House - have their PHD?
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mountaineer
7/22/10 at 3:43 PM		 Report Abuse
You have to be joking ... right ??? There really should be age restrictions on these things ....
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