An interview with
Senator
Daniel
Hall
Joan Harman
S
enator Daniel Hall became interested in
politics and government at an early age.
He loved history and social studies. “Call
me a nerd if you want to, but I was always interested
in that.” He threw his hat into the ring during his
junior and senior years of high school, running for
class president and winning each time.
Hall’s college years were a period of trying
to discover who he was and what he believed
politically. He attended both Republican and
Democratic campus meetings, but made no
commitments at that time. “I guess at that point I
was more interested in chasing girls,” he laughs. “I
was twenty years old! But I still voted, and still
followed politics.” He mentions a picture of himself
with Governor Underwood, and another with
Charlotte Pritt, taken at a gubernatorial debate he
attended in the mid-90s.
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Working out of state for a number of years,
Hall was unable get involved in local politics for
a while. But a job change brought him back to
the state, and he decided to dip his toe in the pool
again. Against advice, he ran for a seat in the West
Virginia House of Delegates and was unsuccessful.
He explains, “I didn’t want to be down the road,
regretting ]HY