Editing Nick Rahall (section)

==Early life, education, and early career==
Rahall was born in [[Beckley, West Virginia]], the son of Mary Alice and Nicholas Joseph Rahall.<ref name=candidate>{{cite web|url=http://projects.wsj.com/campaign2012/candidates/view/nick-rahall--WV-H|title=Election 2012; Nick Rahall (D); U.S. Representative – WV3|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hin.stparchive.com/Archive/HIN/HIN04231996P01.php|title=Page 1|date=April 23, 1996}}</ref> He is a [[Presbyterian]] of [[Protestantism in Lebanon|Lebanese Protestant]] descent, whose grandparents immigrated from Lebanon.<ref name=pbs>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east-july-dec06-backing_07-20/|title=House Passes Resolution Backing Israel|work=PBS NewsHour|date=July 20, 2006|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-passes-pro-israel-resolution|title=House Passes Pro-Israel Resolution|author=Melissa McNamara|date=July 20, 2006|publisher=CBS News|access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323838204578654401611487128|author=Kristina Peterson|title=Some Democrats Waver on Immigration|date=August 8, 2013|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/18/world/house-panel-approves-20-million-to-lebanon.html|title=HOUSE PANEL APPROVES $20 MILLION TO LEBANON|author=Bernarnd Weinraub|date=June 18, 1982|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref>

His family owned radio station [[WWNR]], which his father started with his uncles Farris, Sam, and Deem, and expanded to own other radio stations in a number of states.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.register-herald.com/news/article_60c4bdf6-db8c-5d70-b7fe-76c3b9b96cf8.html?mode=jqm|title=Former W.Va. governor Hulett Smith passes at 93|author= Mannix Porterfield|work=Register Herald|date=January 17, 2012 |access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name=page>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/40957541|page=26|work=Beckley Post-Herald; The Raleigh Register from Beckley, West Virginia|date=November 14, 1971|title=WWNR|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref>

Rahall graduated in 1971 from [[Duke University]]. He attended graduate school at the [[George Washington University]], but did not graduate.<ref name=candidate/> He then worked as a sales rep for his family's radio station, WWNR.<ref name=candidate/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pollvault.com/polls/candidate/33754|title=Nick Rahall for The United States House of Representatives WV3|access-date=October 2, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082743/https://www.pollvault.com/polls/candidate/33754|url-status=dead}}</ref> He served as president of the Mountaineer Tour and Travel Agency in 1974, and was president of West Virginia Broadcasting.<ref name=candidate/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDIR-2014-02-18/html/CDIR-2014-02-18-WV-H-3.htm|title=Congressional Directory for the 113th Congress (2013–14), February 2014|pages=289–90|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref>

He went to work as staff assistant for the late [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Robert Byrd]] who he identifies as a mentor.<ref name= "politico">{{cite web|last=Martinson|first=Erica|title=Coal fires up West Virginia House race|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/nick-rahall-west-virginia-2014-elections-epa-coal-regulation-108312.html |date=June 26, 2014|publisher=[[Politico]]}}</ref><ref name= "heralddispatch">{{cite web|last=Huber|first=Tim|title=Rahall, Maynard spar in debate|url=http://www.herald-dispatch.com/x1769794131/Rahall-Maynard-spar-in-debate|date=October 26, 2010|publisher=Herald Dispatch}}</ref>