CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced a campaign for United States Senate Thursday, introducing himself on the national stage, asking again for West Virginia votes and jumping into a race shaping up to be competitive from beginning to end. “I want to tell you tonight I’m officially ...
Lawmakers are back to debating the appropriate duration of the governor’s emergency powers, and delegates are advancing a bill that would give legislators more say-so. How long an emergency declaration by the governor should remain in effect has been a running debate among lawmakers for ...
by Steven Roberts What does 50 plus one equal? A lot more than 51. The clear victory by Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia’s runoff election — which gives Democrats 51 seats in the Senate that convenes in January — has enormous practical, political and psychological implications. ...
In the 1972 movie The Candidate, Bill McKay (played by Robert Redford) runs for and wins a U.S. Senate race in California. At the end of the film, moments after the announcement that he has won, a stunned McKay asks his campaign manager, “What do we do now?” There is a distinct ...
BY MIKE NOLTING The race for the West Virginia U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Joe Manchin could set the field for other races, possibly even the office of President of the United States. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” director of the Fairmont State University National ...
The race for the U.S. Senate seat in West Virginia in 2024 is already underway. West Virginia Republican Second District Congressman Alex Mooney announced on Talkline Tuesday that he is running. “It’s been talked about a lot, but I’m going to announce,” Mooney said. “I’m ...