I was appointed to the West Virginia State Senate in 1985. In 1991-92, I was the lone Republican in the Senate. Today we have 31 Republicans and three Democrats .

Senate seats in the three states that Donald Trump won twice (West Virginia, Montana and Ohio) have always been the most likely to flip. Democrats aren’t trying to defend West Virginia.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate’s two-member Democratic caucus said the Republican supermajority missed several steps when passing a bill on the last night of the legislative session ...