Nearly half the elected Republicans in the state house have signed a letter backing the former president.
Donald Trump overwhelmingly won the state of West Virginia in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, winning around 68 percent of the vote both times, and handily won the 2016 presidential primary, with 77 percent supporting Trump. | Rob Carr/Getty ImagesNearly half of the West Virginia state legislature has signed on to a letter endorsing Donald Trump in the Republican primary, marking an early show of strength from the former president as the campaign gets underway.
The letter is signed by 50 members total, including 40 West Virginia Delegates and ten Senators. It was organized by Delegate Josh Holstein from Boone County and constitutes slightly less than half of the Republicans serving in the W.V. capitol: there are 100 members in the House of Delegates, 89 of which are Republicans, and there are 34 members of the W.V. state Senate, 31 of which are Republican.
The Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 campaigns have been engaged in a heated competition to secure endorsements, with some endorsers flipping back and forth between the two.
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