Republicans have tightened their hold on the West Virginia Legislature, notching election wins that will relegate Democrats to an even smaller fraction of the chamber’s 134 seats and giving themselves one of the country’s largest legislative supermajorities.

Former President Trump is projected to win West Virginia, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Republican presidential nominee easily carried the Mountain State and will pick up its four Electoral College votes.

Republican Jim Justice has won West Virginia’s open U.S. Senate race, the AP projects, flipping a key Senate seat that was held by Joe Manchin for 14 years.

Republican Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia and his beloved dog, Babydog Justice, is headed to Washington D.C. after the Fox News Decision Desk has projected that he wins the Senate seat.

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice easily won election to the U.S. Senate, Edison Research projected on Tuesday, moving Republicans one step closer to their goal of taking control of the upper chamber of Congress after four years of Democratic majorities.

Gov. Jim Justice's victory in West Virginia signals a GOP resurgence as he takes over Joe Manchin's Senate seat.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice won his state’s Senate race, flipping a crucial seat for the Republican party. Soon after voting concluded, the Associated Press projected him as the winner over Democrat Glenn Elliott.

Jim Justice won a U.S. Senate race from West Virginia on Tuesday, flipping a seat to the Republican Party after Joe Manchin decided not to seek re-election. Justice, who boldly predicted victory long before the election,

This amendment would bar doctors, health care providers or others from participating in assisted suicide, euthanasia or mercy killing.

West Virginia is among the 25 states that do not allow citizen initiatives or constitutional amendments on a statewide ballot, an avenue of direct democracy that has allowed voters to circumvent their legislatures and preserve abortion and other reproductive rights in several states over the past two years.

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