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James Conley Justice II [2] (born April 27, 1951) is an American politician and businessman serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from West Virginia.A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2017 to 2025 as the 36th governor of West Virginia.
Babydog Justice [2] [3] is an English bulldog owned by current U.S. Senator and former Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Described by the Washington Post as a "fixture in West Virginia politics", she is known for regularly accompanying Justice at public engagements.
Cathy Leigh Justice (née Comer; born January 28, 1953) is an American educator who served as the first lady of West Virginia from 2017 to 2025, and as a member of the West Virginia State Board of Education since 2024. Her husband, former state Governor Jim Justice, is now a U.S. Senator from West Virginia.
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.
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 ...
The 2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia. Democratic Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott and Republican Governor Jim Justice were seeking their first term in office.
The 2016 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the governor of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
"West Virginia: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA "League of Women Voters of West Virginia". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters) West Virginia at Ballotpedia; Official campaign websites. Jim Justice (R) for Governor Archived 2019-10-29 at the Wayback Machine; Ben Salango (D) for Governor