website birth_place party birth_date birthname article_title name alma_mater
-lsb- http://www.raeseforsenate.org campaign website -rsb- morgantown , west virginia , u.s. republican 10 april 1950 john reeves raese john raese
 john raese west virginia university , morgantown
john raese

john reeves raese -lrb- pronounced '' / ˈrāsē / '' ; born april 10 , 1950 -rrb- is an american businessman and perennial republican party candidate for political office .
he has lost campaigns to represent west virginia in the u.s. senate in 1984 , 2006 , 2010 and 2012 and was defeated in the republican primary in the election for governor of west virginia in 1988 .
