2024 West Virginia Governor: See Morrisey run

[Tekken_Guy]

Trump outlined his WV endorsements over the weekend with zero mention of Morrisey.

I guess he doesn't like losers. Many 2018 losers didn't receive another endorsement from him (like Barletta or Rosendale) as well. Of course he blames only them for the defeat, but solely wants to take credit for winning candidates.

Kari Lake…

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

Trump outlined his WV endorsements over the weekend with zero mention of Morrisey.

I guess he doesn't like losers. Many 2018 losers didn't receive another endorsement from him (like Barletta or Rosendale) as well. Of course he blames only them for the defeat, but solely wants to take credit for winning candidates.

Kari Lake…

Well that's different since Lake has continued to maintain that she still 'won', has demanded faith in that delusion amongst her cohorts and Trump likely recognized himself in that whole effort.

The razor-thin margin gave her some cover for this, too.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Looks like New Jersey's own Fat Pat will be West Virginia's next governor.

[AncestralDemocrat.]

Looks like New Jersey's own Fat Pat will be West Virginia's next governor.

Seemingly we're eternally doomed for Morrisey to win competitive primaries with 30-35% of the vote.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

What the hell happened? All I can guess is Morrisey pissed off Trump somehow behind closed doors but not enough to get him to endorse somebody else in this race. The fact that Justice's endorsement did nothing while he won his own primary handily is quite a spectacle.

Did the other candidate siphon off would-be Capito voters?

[henster]

It can't be ignored that Morrissey has been on a statewide ballot in pretty much every election since 2012 and won every time except for 2018, while Capito was only a House delegate. People know him and are used to voting for him so it is not surprising he won at all.

[Oryxslayer]

What the hell happened? All I can guess is Morrisey pissed off Trump somehow behind closed doors but not enough to get him to endorse somebody else in this race. The fact that Justice's endorsement did nothing while he won his own primary handily is quite a spectacle.

Did the other candidate siphon off would-be Capito voters?

It's not as absurd as the past, but the panhandle punches above it's weight in GOP primaries cause of how Republican voters elsewhere in the state may still have Dem registrations. The republicans of those eastern counties are different from the rest of the state - the counties are in the DC media market and look east economically and culturally. Their orientation towards the rest of the mid-Atlantic/beltway is why a few Maryland pols have been able to find an audience across the border.

Almost all of Morrisey's winning margin came from the panhandle. Every other part of the state was a mixed bag with multiple candidates receiving viable shares of the vote. There was no clear favorite in the rest of the state.

[President Johnson]

Looks like New Jersey's own Fat Pat will be West Virginia's next governor.

Seemingly we're eternally doomed for Morrisey to win competitive primaries with 30-35% of the vote.

Do you think he would lose a runoff to Moore (if West Virginia had the same election laws as Texas or Georgia)?

[JMT]

https://twitter.com/politics1com/status/1792584937113080079?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

[Duke of York]

https://twitter.com/politics1com/status/1792584937113080079?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

If this was to happen I doubt even he would win but he could come close.

[Oryxslayer]

If it actually happens, it's entirely cause the WV GOP is still under the influence of the "good old boys."

Whenever  a polity flips radically in one direction off national trends, those who were around for the long haul during the years of opposition are suddenly thrust into power. When this happened in the south, it was the longstanding white suburbs and their long-serving GOP reps who got the top jobs. The new arrivals who brought them into power, both in regards to voters and politicians, lack the connections or allies to take power internally. That comes later once they have both.

Nothing encapsulates this like right now in WV than the Gov race where everyone was a family member of someone else, especially in regards to the Moore family who all have government jobs.

Morrisey is not part of this clique. He's from Maryland. But Manchin kinda is - even though he's on the opposite side the regulars know him. And with near zero Dem voters and Dem politicians in the legislature, any chance at victory and potential power he could wield would be from these connections.