Jeffrey Kessler

Jeff Kessler, a Glen Dale resident and former West Virginia Senate President, has announced he will run in the Democratic primary for the United States Senate seat currently held by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.

Kessler served 19 years in the West Virginia Legislature, served as Senate President/Lieutenant Governor, as well as Minority Leader and Judiciary Chairman.

According to a release from the Kessler campaign, he will focus on lowering costs, protecting Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare, strengthening rural health care, standing up for workers and small businesses, and restoring accountability in a Washington that has forgotten states like West Virginia.

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