Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump is backing West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in the state’s Republican Senate primary, the latest sign that Trump remains mostly aligned with Senate GOP leaders in regard to candidate selection as the party seeks to avoid the pitfalls of the 2022 midterms. “Big Jim Justice, the Governor of the Great State of West Virginia (I LOVE WEST VIRGINIA! In the primary, Justice is up against Rep. Alex Mooney, who is backed by the conservative Club for Growth, which has drawn the ire of Trump. In this August 2017 photo, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announces that he is switching parties to become a republican as President Donald J. Trump listens on at a campaign rally at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia.

Source: CNN October 20, 2023 11:33 UTC