One incumbent has the support of the state’s Republican establishment and its leading industries and says his opponent is a carpetbagging professional politician with no interests beyond his own career. The other incumbent has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump and describes his opponent as a “RINO” out of step with the Make America Great Again movement.
Both sitting Republican congressmen square off in Tuesday’s primary that will leave only one standing after an acrimonious West Virginia election that national observers say could portend the future of the GOP.
The race between six-term incumbent Rep. David McKinley (R), 75, and four-term incumbent Rep. Alex Mooney (R), 50, in the state’s newly reconfigured Congressional District 2 is the featured event of West Virginia’s 2022 primaries.
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