Justice Defeats Mooney in West Virginia Primary for Senate

Published on May 15, 2024

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, recruited by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to enter politics as a Democrat in 2016, is now the overwhelming favorite to succeed the retiring Manchin in the U.S. Senate in 2025 as a Trump-endorsed Republican. Mr. Justice easily outpaced Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) in the May 14 GOP Senate primary in a race called by the Associated Press, among others, with less than 10 percent of the tally counted around 8:15 p.m. Mr. Justice is the prohibitive front-runner in November’s general election against Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott, an aide to the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), whp notched the Democrat nomination by edging progressive Zach Shrewsbury and former coal company CEO Don Blankenship in the Democrat primary....

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