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Byrd’s Successor To Be Named

by David Kurtz
07.16.10 | 6:17 am

The AP is reporting that West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) will appoint his former counsel Carte Goodwin to fill the Senate seat left empty by Robert Byrd’s death.

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