West Virginia Gov. Justice Set to Nab GOP Nod, Flip Manchin’s Senate Seat in Fall

Published on May 13, 2024

If polls and fundraising are reliable indicators, then term-limited West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice should win his May 14 Republican primary in convincing fashion against Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) to contend for retiring Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) open U.S. Senate seat. In a May 2-5 survey of 558 likely voters by Emerson College for The Hill and Nexstar, those queried preferred Mr. Justice two-to-one—60 percent to 30 percent—over Mr. Mooney. A FiveThirtyEight average of four April polls gives the governor a consistent 60-to-26.2 percent bulge over the five-term House rep. Mr. Justice, a billionaire whose family owns coal operations and the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, where House Republicans staged their “energy week” retreat in March, has also outpaced Mr. Mooney in fundraising....

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