Joe Manchin's retirement puts spotlight on West Virginia's GOP primary fight for U.S. Senate

Dec 25, 2023 View Original Article
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    46% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -6% Negative

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68% : He also has broader name recognition and is endorsed by Donald Trump in a state that went to the former president in 2020 by 40 points.
64% : A member of the House Freedom Caucus, Mr. Mooney is backed by more conservative groups and lawmakers, such as the Club for Growth and Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah.
55% : Mr. Justice endorsed President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief program in 2021, and he didn't vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, when Mr. Justice was a Democrat.
45% : He praised the confirmations of conservative judges and Supreme Court justices by Senate Republicans under the leadership of Mr. McConnell, but he said the party has fallen well short of curbing government spending and combating Mr. Biden's agenda.
21% : "Marilyn Mooney is being backed by the same big-money D.C. club that opposed President Trump," the ad said of Club for Growth.

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