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<h4>West Virginia Democrats Slam Trump’s Empty Promises as State Suffers Job Losses Under His Leadership</h4>

<h4>National Election Results Show Strong Momentum for Democrats Heading into 2026</h4>

<h4>“Pay-Cut Patrick” Just Kicked the Can Down the Road: WVDP Slams Morrisey for PEIA Premium Hikes</h4>

<h4>WVDP Weekly Legislative Town Hall March 16 with Delegates Hamilton and Young</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democrats Mourn the Passing of Former Delegate Margaret Staggers </h4>

<h4>WVDP Chair Pushkin on Talkline 16 April 2025</h4>

<h4>WV House Dems Press Conference - Day 57</h4>

<h4>WVDP Condemns Senate for Violating Senate Rules to Force Passage of Controversial Anti-DEI Bill</h4>

<h4>WV Democratic Party Reacts to Tragic Shooting of WV National Guard Members in Washington, D.C. </h4>

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<h4>WVDP Blasts “Pay-to-Play Lunches” as Data Center Lobbyists Wine and Dine Legislators While Communities Lose Their Voice</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democrats Re-Elect Mike Pushkin, Elect New Leadership Team</h4>

<h4>WVDP Calls on Morrisey to Create Employment Task Force to Assist Federal Workers Facing Job Loss</h4>

<h4>Pushkin Blasts Governor Jim Justice for Giving Nucor Steel Another $75 Million in Taxpayer Funds </h4>

<h4>WV Democratic Party Mourns the Passing of Former Delegate Rodney Pyles</h4>

<h4>WV Democrats Condemn Republican Effort to Strip Protections from Victims of Child Sexual Abuse</h4>

<h4>One Big Beautiful Bill for Billionaires</h4>

<h4>National Embarrassment: Morrisey, Hanshaw & McGeehan Waste $3M on Pet Project Drawing In One Student</h4>

<h4>WV Democratic Party Chair Questions Pardons</h4>

<h4>WVDP Congratulates Selina Vickers on Election to DNC Standing Committee on Credentials</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democratic Party Slams BDO PEIA Report: More of the Same—Higher Costs, Fewer Benefits</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democrats Mourn the Passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson</h4>

<h4>Update: WV House concurs removing Akers Amendment</h4>

<h4>Governor Morrisey's Veto Rationale Highlights His Hypocrisy on Taxpayer Dollars</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democratic Party: Trump Speech Ignores Health Care Crisis, Doubles Down on Falsehoods</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democratic Party Calls Out Apparent Constitutional Violation by Auditor Mark Hunt and Senator Jay Taylor</h4>

<h4><p>WV House Democrats Press Conference</p><p>Monday, March 17, 2025</p></h4>

<h4>WVDP Legislators: Legislature Has Failed to Act Amid Job Losses in West Virginia</h4>

<h4>Sales Tax Holiday Is a Win for Families — Thanks to Delegate Sean Hornbuckle</h4>

<h4>WVDP Condemns Elon Musk’s DOGE Initiative Threatening Jobs at U.S. Treasury Office in Parkersburg</h4>

<h4>WVDP House Dems Presser Day 57</h4>

<h4>WVDP Legislative Team Post-Session Recap</h4>

<h4>WV House Democrats SNAP Crisis Press Conference</h4>

<h4>WV Democratic Party Calls for Senate Ethics Investigation into Justice Over Greenbrier Allegations</h4>

<h4>Gov. Morrisey Refuses to Release Report Showing Trump Bill Will Devastate West Virginia  </h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democrats Slam Trump Administration and Governor Morrisey for Abandoning Flood Victims</h4>

<h4>Chair Mike Pushkin discusses Trump press conference and recruitment efforts on WVMetroNews Midday</h4>

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<h4>WV Democrats Blast Governor Morrissey for Dangerous Neglect of State Health Leadership</h4>

<h4>WV Democrats Applaud Supreme Court For Striking Down Trump’s Terrible Tariffs</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democratic Party Responds to Trump’s Disastrous State of the Union Address</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democratic Party Mourns the Passing of Former State Senator Herb Snyder</h4>

<h4>West Virginians Face Highest in the Nation Premium Increases While Republicans Vacation</h4>

<h4>WV Democratic Party Condemns $5 Million Giveaway to Radical Ohio Catholic College </h4>

<h4>WVDP Weekly Legislative Town Hall March 23 with Minority Whip Fluharty &amp; Delegate Lewis</h4>

<h4>WV Democrats Call for Full Investigation</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democrats Demand Transparency on Epstein Files: </h4>

<h4>Southern WV Open Town Hall</h4>

<h4>January 6 Was an Assault on Democracy — and We Must Never Forget </h4>

<h4>WVDP Mourns the Passing of Former Minority Leader Doug Skaff Jr.</h4>

<h4>As Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Begins, WV Democrats Remind Families Who Delivered the Relief</h4>

<h4>Governor Beshear to Keynote 2024 RK Dinner</h4>

<h4>WVDP Mourns Lives Lost in Weekend Flooding, Urges Funding of State Flood Resiliency Trust Fund</h4>

<h4>WV House Dems Press Conference March 10, 2025</h4>

<h4>WV Democratic Party Announces Historic Slate of Candidates for 2026</h4>

<h4>WV Gubernatorial Debate</h4>

<h4>West Virginia Democratic Party Statement on the Passing of Former President Jimmy Carter</h4>

<h4>Carol Miller and Riley Moore Flee D.C. to Avoid Vote on Releasing the Epstein Files</h4>

<h4>WVDP Calls for IRS Investigation Into Possible Double Standard in Justice Family Tax Enforcement</h4>

<h4>Statement from West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin on President Trump’s War with Iran</h4>

<h4>WVDP Chair Delegate Mike Pushkin talks with Dave Allen on WCHS 580</h4>