Alex Mooney gave up a safe seat
Odd
“ Alex Mooney gave up a safe seat”
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I know Mooney was pretty good. What does his likely successor look like?
I voted for Mooney though I acknowledge he defines the terms professional politician and carpetbagger. At one time he was Maryland State GOP head. Tried to have a political career in Maryland - failed. He’s originally from Maryland’s western panhandle which in culture is very much like WV. He came to WV and beat out the RINO McKinley** . Mooney served very well as a congressman and is very MAGA. He should have stayed in that seat, continue to be MAGA and bide his time. He didn’t his ambition got the best of him. Too much the professional politician for me to comfortably support again. Let’s see if he stays in the state. If he stays in the state and runs for something I will have to consider the context before I will support again.
** McKinley - very sad story! Elected as a Tea Party guy but the Beltway culture absorbed him in. In 10 years went from Tea Party to anti-Trump RINO. From my observations 10 years is often the tipping point for conservatives to go RINO.
I’ll be voting for Justice in the general. Good governor*** but thoroughly crooked businessman. I have family in the mining engineering services community. I could tell stories.
*** How hard is it to be a good GOP governor when your legislature is like 70% GOP?