From Morgantown to Matewan, educators and their supporters pledged to “remember in November” the Republican state lawmakers who held out on the raise they demanded this winter during the teacher strike. On Tuesday, they went to the polls to, as some put it, “make them pay in May.” Carmen Soltesz, […]
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This Tuesday brought the first wave of primary elections before the House and Senate midterm elections on November 6. Some of the highest profile races that grasped the attention of the national media took place in Appalachia: West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina. WEST VIRGINIA Among the most anticipated and […]
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President Donald Trump won West Virginia by 42 percentage points in 2016. He’s holding on to high approval ratings in the state and conservatives paint Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin as vulnerable. Long known as a moderate Democrat, Manchin has been in West Virginia politics for three decades. With […]
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Updated: May 6, 2018 at 8:20 p.m. One GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in West Virginia says one of his opponents should be ineligible for Tuesday’s primary. With former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship seeming to gain momentum as Election Day nears, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey held a news […]
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Polls show former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship hovering in third place in the six-way Republican U.S Senate primary primary race. In his native Mingo County, Blankenship’s donations to the community, and a belief that he will help bring back jobs, have led some to support him. On one end […]
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Tuesday’s Republican primary for a U.S. Senate nomination has been intense — and the veracity of the leading candidates has often been challenged. Former coal CEO Don Blankenship, U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, and state attorney general Patrick Morrisey are vying to face Democratic incumbent Sen. Joe Manchin. The attacks have […]
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