General election for Attorney General of West Virginia Incumbent Patrick Morrisey defeated Sam Petsonk in the general election for Attorney General of West Virginia on November 3, …
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTRF) — Incumbent Patrick Morrisey has won the West Virginia attorney general race. His opponent was Democrat Sam Petsonk. Patrick Morrisey is West Virginia’s first Republican Attorney General since 1933. He was elected in 2012 and was re-elected in 2016.
Tackling the opioid crisis has been a top priority for the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office since Attorney General Morrisey was sworn into office in January, 2013. As part of this effort, the Office conducted a multi-year investigation into federal regulators’ role in allowing excessive over-production of the prescription opioids that fueled this crisis.
Patrick Morrisey Patrick Morrisey was elected as the Attorney General for the State of West Virginia on November 6, 2012, reelected to a second term Nov. 8, 2016, and reelected to a third term Nov. 3, 2020. He was initially sworn into office on January 14, 2013.
Patrick Morrisey (Republican Party)West Virginia / Attorney generalPatrick James Morrisey is an American politician and attorney serving as the 34th Attorney General of West Virginia since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. Morrisey was elected Attorney General of West Virginia in 2012, becoming the first Republican to serve in the role since 1933. Wikipedia
Attorneys general are elected for a four-year term in the year following a presidential election. There are no term limits restricting the number of terms someone can serve as attorney general.
Since West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863, it has had 34 attorneys general, of whom 33 men have held the office (the inaugural attorney general, Aquilla B. Caldwell of Ohio County, served two nonconsecutive terms).
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Led by United States Attorney Jessica D. Aber, the office serves more than six million residents living in Northern Virginia, the Greater Richmond Region, Hampton Roads, Tidewater, and surrounding communities.
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The Office of the West Virginia Attorney General has provided and continues to update responses to frequently asked questions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The FAQ can be found here.
The Office of the West Virginia Attorney General has provided and continues to update responses to frequently asked questions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The FAQ can be found here.
The Attorney General of West Virginia is the chief legal advisor to the West Virginia state government and is the state's chief law enforcement officer. The office was created by Article VII, Section 1 of the first Constitution of West Virginia in 1863. Under the current state constitution (1872), the attorney general is an executive department ...
The attorney general represents the state in all claims processed by the United States Court of Claims, prosecutes civil actions as prescribed by law, enforces the state consumer, antitrust, and preneed burial statutes, and enforces the West Virginia Human Rights Act and the West Virginia Fair Housing Act. The attorney general is also an ex officio ...
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
West Virginia voted Republican in all five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016.