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This also made Justice the first Republican governor of West Virginia since Cecil Underwood in 2001. Jim and Cathy Justice with Vice President Mike Pence in March 2017. Even after switching to the Republican Party, Justice initially supported incumbent Democrat Joe Manchin for reelection in the 2018 Senate election in West Virginia. [46]
The governor of West Virginia is the head of government of West Virginia [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [2] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the West Virginia Legislature, [4] to convene the legislature at any time, [5] and, except when prosecution has been carried out by the House of ...
Newly elected incoming senators including Bernie Moreno of Ohio, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana and John Curtis of Utah and Tim Sheehy of Montana will all be in ...
Democratic Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott and Republican Governor Jim Justice were seeking their first term in office. Justice will succeed independent incumbent Joe Manchin, who did not seek a third full term. [1] Manchin, a Democrat until his final year in the senate, announced he would not run for re-election shortly before switching to ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice was still looking Wednesday at having a special legislative session in April and said he hopes to call senators and delegates back to Charleston "the sooner the ...
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s bulldog "Babydog" is seen on stage before the start of the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum. The second day of the RNC ...
He led the party until the 1880s. He ran for governor in 1888 and was defeated by Aretas B. Fleming despite having more votes. [8] The Republicans were the dominant party until the Great Depression. From the Great Depression until 2014, Democrats controlled the state. Arch Moore Jr. was elected the Republican governor in the 1960s. In 1985 ...
Dec. 16—MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice joined with Senate President Craig Blair and House Speaker Roger Hanshaw on Thursday morning to announce two planned measures to benefit state workers: a ...