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Rockefeller won't seek re-election

January 12, 2013
The Register-Herald

John D. Rockefeller IV, scion of a wealthy New York family and known simply as “Jay,” changed political parties and home states in the turbulent 1960s to launch a successful career in West Virginia politics, one he is ending when his fifth term in the U.S. Senate is up two years from now ... Bob Wise, a one-term governor, now serving as president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, said Rockefeller has earned the right to devote more time to his family after all he achieved to advance others.


Rockefeller won't seek re-election