David McKinley was elected congressman for West Virginia's 1st District in November 2010. He is a Republican and a lifelong resident of Wheeling, West Virginia.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=117396

McKinley faced five other candidates in the Republican primary election, winning with almost 35 percent of the vote.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/state_districts/WV.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT In the general election, he defeated challenger Mike Oliviero to succeed longtime Democratic Congressman Allan Mollohan. He won the election by 734 votes, and immediately following the poll returns Oliviero reportedly considered calling for a recount.http://www.wdtv.com/index.php/home/local-news/3520-republican-david-mckinley-wins-by-slim-margin McKinley ran a campaign that stressed his background as a small-business owner, his political experience in the Virginia House of Delegates, and his priorities for West Virginia's coal economy.http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101106/pl_cq_politics/politics000003759326

David McKinley is married to Mary McKinley and is the father of four children.http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101106/pl_cq_politics/politics000003759326 He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on March 28, 1947.http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101106/pl_cq_politics/politics000003759326 He was raised in Wheeling and attended West Virginia public schools. He studied at Purdue University and received a degree in civil engineering, spending the next twelve years working in the construction industry and as a night school teacher at area technical colleges.http://www.mckinley2010.com/index.php/aboutdavid In 1981 he established McKinley & Associates, an architectural and engineering firm that operates in a number of different states.http://www.mckinleyassoc.com/pages2/about/index.htm

McKinley was elected the 3rd District Delegate to the West Virginia Legislature in 1981, and served as a representative until 1994. He served on the Finance Committee, Banking and Insurance Committee, and Roads and Transportation Committee during his time in the legislature. He also served as the Chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party Executive Committee between 1990 and 1994. McKinley lost a 1996 race for the governorship of Massachusetts. He is Episcopalian, a regular churchgoer, and enjoys sudoku, golfing, cooking, and wine making.http://www.mckinley2010.com/index.php/aboutdavid

McKinley is a Republican and his issue positions are conservative. He opposes gay marriage and federally funded healthcare, supports tax cuts for small businesses and opposes environmental regulation of the coal and natural gas industries.http://www.votesmart.org/npat.php?can_id=117396 He also opposes any regulation of coal mining that will effect the industry economically, and believes that market-based strategies are the best means of solving America's energy and environmental problems.http://www.mckinley2010.com/index.php/theissues McKinley has expressed interest in positions on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee because of his engineering background and his state's coal-producing interests, respectively.http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101106/pl_cq_politics/politics000003759326