How strange would it be if during the November elections in West Virginia, a congressional seat that has been in Republican hands for years went to a Democrat, while another that has been reliably Democrat for decades went to a GOP candidate?

It could happen.

Of the state's three House of Representatives seats, one - Rep. David McKinley's, here in the First District - undoubtedly will remain in Republican hands.

It's too early to draw sweeping conclusions based on fundraising, because neither McKinley nor his Democrat challenger, Glen Gainer, had any opponents in the primary election. Still, it appears Gainer is having trouble arousing much enthusiasm. His pre-primary campaign finance report showed just $226,816 contributed. After expenses, he had a balance of just $156,008.

McKinley, on the other hand, raised more than $1 million during the reporting period. At the end of it, counting money already in his campaign's treasury, he still had nearly $1.4 million in the bank.

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