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Rockefeller files to run for fifth term
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller is spoiling for a fight as he prepares to run for a fifth term in the Senate.
From oversight of intelligence agencies to commercial aviation, Rockefeller has a list of priorities he knows are likely to provoke intense debate, even if it's not on the campaign trail. Although there's plenty of time left to field a candidate, no Republican has stepped forward to challenge the state's junior senator, and the GOP's state chairman thinks it's unlikely that will change.
‘‘I don't want to sound schmaltzy,'' Rockefeller said Friday, waving off talk of an unopposed candidacy. ‘‘I've been here for 44 years. West Virginia completely changed my life. I know that people here are fighting to get by, and I've always tried to fight for them.''
Surrounded by family members, Rockefeller filed his candidacy papers in the Secretary of State office he once occupied, before setting forth his priorities for a fifth term.
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