Republican Patrick Morrisey, a social conservative who handily won his election, was ceremoniously sworn in as West Virginia’s 37th governor Monday on the steps of the state Capitol. “We all know that our best days are ahead of us.

Morrisey is taking over for Jim Justice (R-WV), who got elected to the U.S. Senate in the 2024 general election. Former West Virginia State Auditor JB McCuskey was sworn into office as the state’s new Attorney General, filling Morrisey’s former position.

But in the 2014 general election, voters in the coal-dependent state steered their disgust toward Democratic President Barack Obama’s efforts to cut carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. Obama was so unpopular in West Virginia that a federal ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey and the state’s congressional delegation were in attendance Monday for the second inauguration of President Donald Trump after a four-year gap. Trump and Vice President JD Vance took the oath of office at noon Monday in an inaugural ceremony moved inside the rotunda of the U.

In an effort to continue to forge good relationships with the state’s 55 county clerks, Secretary of State Kris Warner […]

Together, we’re going to make West Virginia a beacon of opportunity, of hope and prosperity for all.” Morrisey succeed outgoing governor and Senator-Elect Jim Justice, becoming the first new election Republican governor since the late Gov. Cecil ...

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Based on his inauguration speech Monday, the election of Patrick Morrisey as West Virginia’s 37th governor gives political life to what he describes as “West Virginia conservative values.” Conservativ

The case was filed in U.S. District Court on Jan. 17 and also includes the attorneys general from Louisiana, West Virginia and Kansas.

Republicans took control of both legislative chambers after the 2014 election. West Virginia and Oklahoma were the only states where voters in every county voted to elect Donald Trump as president ...

Republicans took control of both legislative chambers after the 2014 election. West Virginia and Oklahoma were the only states where voters in every county voted to elect Donald Trump as president ...

The Jennings Randolph Award is given to any public or private high school that registers at least 85 percent of its eligible high school seniors to vote. Meadow Bridge High is the only school in West Virginia to earn the award every year since it was initiated in 1994.