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The attorney general represents the state in all claims processed by the United States Court of Claims, prosecutes civil actions as prescribed by law, enforces the state consumer, antitrust, and preneed burial statutes, and enforces the West Virginia Human Rights Act and the West Virginia Fair Housing Act. [2] The attorney general is also an ex ...
The State Fair of West Virginia is an annual state fair for West Virginia, United States. It is held annually in mid-August on the State Fairgrounds in Lewisburg. This year's State Fair is scheduled for 8-17 August 2024. The State Fairgrounds consists of a large open park for carnivals and exhibition, grandstands, and several exhibition buildings.
In 2012, Morrisey ran for Attorney General of West Virginia against Darrell McGraw, a five-term incumbent. [11] He defeated McGraw and was sworn in on January 14, 2013, making him the first Republican state Attorney General to serve in West Virginia since 1933.
Aug. 10—LEWISBURG — The State Fair of West Virginia opens Thursday, August 11 at 9 a.m. for its 97th year in Lewisburg, West Virginia at 907 Maplewood Avenue. According to a press release sent ...
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 ...
Wooton was a law clerk for Judge John A. Field Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1971 to 1972; an assistant West Virginia Attorney General from 1972 to 1974; and an assistant Raleigh County prosecutor from 1974 to 1977. He practiced law in Beckley with the firm Wooton, Wooton & Fragile from 1977 until 1994 ...
He was the brother of former West Virginia State Supreme Court Justice and state Senate President Warren McGraw. He was elected to the state supreme court for a single 12-year term in 1976. He was elected state attorney general in 1992 and re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. [1] He was the only person to have held both offices.
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]