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Which of the following statements about Nathan Goff Jr. is NOT true?
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What baseball pitcher played with the old Charleston Senators and went on to the United States Senate?
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Governor William M. O. Dawson was from this county.
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Before becoming governor, this person served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
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Jack Kelly was the first nominee for governor of this party.
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Which governor essentially destroyed his political career by supporting a severance tax on coal and other natural resources in the 1950s?
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Which politician defeated long-time attorney general Darrell McGraw in 2012?
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What state agency did Hulett Smith lead before becoming governor?
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Who did Shelley Moore Capito defeat in 2014 to become West Virginia's first female U.S. senator?
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Who was West Virginia's first secretary of state?
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