1. John Reeves Raese is an American businessman and perennial Republican Party candidate for political office in West Virginia.
25 Facts About John Raese
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John Raese lost campaigns to represent West Virginia in the United States Senate in 1984,2006,2010, and 2012.
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John Raese was defeated in the Republican primary in the election for Governor of West Virginia in 1988.
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John Raese is the son of Jane Greer Raese and Richard Aubrey "Dyke" Raese, a former head basketball coach at West Virginia University.
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John Raese is president and chief executive officer of Greer Industries, a steel and limestone producer.
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John Raese joined with the West Virginia Federation of Young Republicans to promote "Initiative, Referendum, and Recall," debating the Democratic Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Chuck Chambers.
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John Raese resigned from the position in 1987 in anticipation of a gubernatorial run the following year.
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John Raese supports eliminating the federal minimum wage, the Department of Education, Department of Energy and the Internal Revenue Service.
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John Raese opposes abortion, human cloning and federally funded stem cell research.
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John Raese favors repealing the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and supports the US military's now-defunct Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.
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John Raese ran for the US Senate against two-term governor Jay Rockefeller, during a difficult economic downturn.
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John Raese ran as a "Reagan Republican", a traditional conservative on both economic and social policies, and he challenged Rockefeller's record on sensitive issues such as coal mine closures in the state.
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In 1988, Raese ran against three-term Republican governor Arch A Moore Jr.
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In 2006 John Raese ran against Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of the US Senate and former Senate Majority Leader and Senate Appropriations Chair.
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John Raese won the Republican nomination for US Senate with 58 percent of the vote in a field of six candidates.
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In radio advertisements aired during the primary race, John Raese's campaign replayed a tape of an endorsement from Ronald Reagan made during the 1984 Senate race.
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John Raese stressed the value of the private sector in creating jobs, and the importance of honoring traditional values.
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John Raese supported the anti-abortion movement, the right to bear arms, and tax cuts.
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In 2008, John Raese donated money to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, to the unsuccessful US Senate campaign of Jay Wolfe and to the "John Raese for Senate" committee.
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John Raese announced that he was considering a third Senate bid, stating that he might run to her right in a potential primary between the two.
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John Raese subsequently won the Republican nomination, but was defeated by his Democratic opponent, Joe Manchin, in the general election.
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John Raese was unopposed in the Republican US Senate primary in 2012, garnering 61,289 votes.
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John Raese ran against Manchin, who received 119,725 votes in the Democratic primary.
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In 2010 Liz John Raese was registered to vote in Florida, where their children go to school at The King's Academy in West Palm Beach, so her West Virginia voter registration was purged, leaving her unable to vote for her husband in his 2010 Senate race in West Virginia.
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On October 12,2024, John Raese was arrested in Monongalia County for driving under the influence of alcohol; he was later released on bond.