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Since West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863, it has had 34 attorneys general, of whom 33 men have held the office (the inaugural attorney general, Aquilla B. Caldwell of Ohio County, served two nonconsecutive terms). [8] [9] Caldwell was the first Republican to hold the office, and Joseph Sprigg of Hampshire County was the first ...
Patrick James Morrisey (born December 21, 1967) is an American politician and attorney who is the governor-elect of West Virginia.He has served as the 34th Attorney General of West Virginia since 2013.
2024 West Virginia Attorney General election ← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 → Nominee JB McCuskey Teresa Toriseva Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 501,452 214,654 Percentage 70.02% 29.98% County results Congressional district results McCuskey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Attorney General before election Patrick Morrisey Republican Elected Attorney General JB McCuskey ...
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) is the projected winner of the state’s gubernatorial race, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. Morrisey defeated Democratic nominee Steve ...
Jun. 16—West Virginia's Attorney General said Wednesday that he has led a coalition of 24 states in filing formal comments regarding a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission initiative that ...
A Republican, he was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 35 from 2013 to 2017. [2] On February 28, 2023, he announced he would run for governor of West Virginia to attempt to succeed term limited governor Jim Justice. [3] However, in July 2023 he announced that he would run for attorney general instead. [4]
As Attorney General for the State of West Virginia, he was involved in many high-profile national cases, including the 1998 multibillion-dollar State Tobacco Settlement, which secured billions of dollars for the state of West Virginia. As a result of the settlement money, West Virginia saved $2.5 billion due to a bond sale that resulted from ...
Charles Gailey Brown III (born June 6, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of West Virginia.First elected in 1984 and reelected in 1988, he resigned in 1989 in exchange for an end to a grand jury investigation into allegations that he lied under oath and into his campaign financial records. [1]