Candidacy Filing Begins

{Charleston, West Virginia}...The official candidate filing period for West Virginia's 2012 ballot begins Monday, with a filing deadline of midnight January 28th. All six statewide elected offices are up, including that of governor and two spots on the state Supreme Court. The entire 100-member House of Delegates must stand for re-election, along with half the 34-seat Senate. The races will reflect the new districts lawmakers approved late last year. But a federal court case has left the state's three congressional districts undecided. Those offices are still on the ballot, as is one of the state's U.S. Senate seats.