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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in West Virginia's primaries

May. 10, 2024 07:47 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice, who’s running for Senate, is just one of a handful of high flyers in West Virginia who decided it was time for a change of pace. A former billionaire who owns the Greenbrier Resort, Justice is ineligible to run for reelection in...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

May. 02, 2024 07:14 AM EDT

Charleston Gazette-Mail. April 30, 2024. Editorial: A look at the upcoming congressional primaries The primary election for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia has been a long-anticipated one. And it’s only picked up more heat since Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., the...

Disgraced coal CEO lost races as GOP and third party candidate. He's trying again as a Democrat

Apr. 24, 2024 00:13 AM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Don Blankenship hasn't had much success running for office. He ran for the Senate as a Republican in 2018 and sought the White House in 2020 as a third party candidate. He lost badly both times but is on the ballot again in 2024, this time as a Democrat...

In race for his Senate seat, Joe Manchin endorses West Virginia Democratic Mayor Glenn Elliott

Apr. 22, 2024 10:23 AM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Outgoing U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin endorsed the mayor of Wheeling on Monday in the Democratic primary race for his seat representing deep-red West Virginia, where Manchin is the only Democrat holding statewide office. In a video released by Democrat Glenn...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

Apr. 04, 2024 07:19 AM EDT

Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 29, 2024. Editorial: Justice made right call in vetoing anti-vax bill Gov. Jim Justice is to be commended for not only doing the right thing, but also bucking political expedience in vetoing a bill that would have loosened West...