Early life

Wolfe was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia

Parkersburg, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing...

 to Donald and Emogene Moore Wolfe. He graduated from Parkersburg South High School

Parkersburg South High School

Parkersburg South High School in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States serves grades 9 through 12, and is part of the Wood County School District....

 in 1973. He attended Marshall University

Marshall University

Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....

 and graduated from Glenville State College

Glenville State College

Glenville State College is a public four-year college located in Glenville, a town in the rural north-central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia.-History:...

 in 1977 with a degree in business administration.

Business career

He owns Wolfe Rentals LLC

Limited liability company

A limited liability company is a flexible form of enterprise that blends elements of partnership and corporate structures. It is a legal form of company that provides limited liability to its owners in the vast majority of United States jurisdictions...

, Wolfe Summit Communications LLC, Wolfe-Furner Insurance Inc., and several Sprint cell phone

Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...

 stores.

Political career

In the 1980s, Wolfe was elected to one term in the West Virginia Senate

West Virginia Senate

The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.There are 17 senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms....

. He was also a member of the Harrison County

Harrison County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 68,652 people, 27,867 households, and 19,088 families residing in the county. The population density was 165 people per square mile . There were 31,112 housing units at an average density of 75 per square mile...

 and State Republican Executive Committees.

1988 U.S. Senate campaign

Wolfe lost to incumbent Democrat Robert C. Byrd.

2002 U.S. Senate campaign

Wolfe lost to incumbent Democrat Jay Rockefeller

Jay Rockefeller

John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia, a position he held from 1977 to 1985...

.

2008 U.S. Senate campaign

Wolfe lost a rematch to Rockefeller in a nearly identical margin.

Electoral history

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Democratic Party (United States)

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Personal life

He married a high school girlfriend, Mollie. They have been married for over 30 years. He has four children and four grandchildren.

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