Chairman of The West Virginia Republican Party
During his tenure as Chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party, Raese supported allowing independent voters in West Virginia to vote in Republican Party primaries. He 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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