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James Conley Justice II [2] (born April 27, 1951) is an American businessman and politician who is a United States senator-elect from West Virginia.A member of the Republican Party, he has served as the 36th governor of West Virginia since 2017.
West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced that he would delay his U.S. Senate swearing-in, thereby preventing a whirlwind of four governors in a 10-day period due to coinciding changes ...
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 ...
Incumbent Republican Jim Justice was term-limited and was unable to seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office; he instead ran for the U.S. Senate. [ 2 ] First elected in 2016 as a Democrat by 6.8 percentage points, Justice switched parties in August 2017 and won re-election in 2020 as a Republican by 33.3 percentage points.
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 ...
And we better not bury the lead on the biggest political story of the day: Babydog, the English bulldog owned by Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia, has endorsed fellow Republican Moore Capito to ...
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 ...
Gov. Jim Justice is in a mad-dash legal fight as he runs for U.S. Senate to keep a historic West Virginia hotel at his luxury resort before it's auctioned off next week due to unpaid debts. Around ...