Pat McGeehan is a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and a former candidate for the United States Senate election in West Virginia , 2014 . He is the son of Lt. Col. Mark McGeehan who died in the 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash From 1998 to 2006 , McGeehan served in the United States Air Force as an Intelligence Officer and Captain , and served tours in Afghanistan . After leaving the military , McGeehan joined the business sector . In 2006 he became President of Mountain State Packaging Incorporated in Newell , West Virginia , and in 2007 became President of Panhandle Industries in Weirton , West Virginia . Currently , he works as account director for Frontier Communications
1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash
1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash
Pat McGeehan