The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is sending national money and resources to help state Sen. Mike Oliverio — a tea party-endorsed conservative — get elected to Congress as a Democrat in West Virginia’s 1st district. Oliverio (D) defeated incumbent Rep. Allan Mollohan (D) in the May 11 primary, a race that saw the DCCC take him on and Mollohan question his Democratic credentials in part because he proposed a one-percent across the board cut to the federal budget.
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