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(Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the youngest person ever elected to that body.)
(Elected to the fifth term of house of delegates without opposition!) "Welcome!  Here he comes with the facts!" "Gentlemen!  Whom do I see to get a locker?" (Rush D. Holt of W.Va.) (Active in youth program!) (7 year old daughter Helen Jane a Brownie Scout!) (National Council Boy Scouts of America!) (As early as 1927 wrote articles calling for cleanup of state mental hospitals long before holding or aspiring to any political office!)
(Elected to sixth term, House of Delegates 1948 on both tickets!) "Just a plain good candidate!"
(93% of people of Lewis County voted for him in last election!) (Rush Holt's home county.) (Lewis County, West Virginia) (Piloted a bill through the legislature giving the teachers the largest pay boost they have ever received!) (Pay raise $) (2 + 2 =) (One of six children!  Worked his way through college!)
(Member of the Methodist church.) (Has delivered addresses from over fifty pulpits in the state of West Virginia!) (Cousin of two Methodist bishops!) (Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes) (Bishop Matthew Simpson Hughes) (Teaches largest and best attended men's bible class in Weston!)
"Look Mommy!  Kerry would like to go to Sunday school with us!"
(In World War I, 11 years old, a Western Union boy!) (In World War II, presenting himself more than once for physical; he was turned down each time on account of strong glasses.) (Did not ask for exemption.)
"Eye to eye November the 4th!" (Rush Holt Republican Candidate for Governor.)
"Not a thing in the record book against him!  We'll just have to cook something up!" "Should I stoke it up some more we've got plenty of fuel!" "They all like Rush Holt, but we can try this." (State House Gang smear.) (Tax payers pile.)
"All we've had so far is promises!" (Rusty equip.) "Oh man!  What a mess!  Phooie!" ($50 million) (Elect Rush Holt Governor.) "Neighbor here's our only hope!" "Rush Holt will build us some decent roads!"