Archive - West Virginia Wasp

The WASP told you it was coming. Wednesday night on X, it arrived.

Aug 27 • The West Virginia Wasp

Is Big Jim Coming Home?

Chatter is building that Senator Jim Justice could announce a run for governor at next week's Chamber summit. The plot thickens when you consider who…

Aug 24 • The West Virginia Wasp

The Law That Locked The Door

How a Senate committee amendment in 2024 left West Virginia Republicans with no one on the November ballot in Fayette County

Aug 24 • The West Virginia Wasp

The Resort Survives And So Does The Rivalry

The Greenbrier deal closed.

Aug 19 • The West Virginia Wasp

July 2026

Delegate David "Elliott" Pritt Faces Federal Sex Charges

A Follow-Up: What We Wrote in March, and What We Know Now

Jul 22 • The West Virginia Wasp

May 2026

Warner's Website Fails West Virginia on Election Night

The Secretary of State promised a new election night reporting system. West Virginians found out what it was actually worth.

May 13 • The West Virginia Wasp

If You Kill the King, You'd Better Kill the King

West Virginia's primary war is nearly over. The governing war may be just beginning.

May 11 • The West Virginia Wasp

Buying the Mountain State: The Out-of-State Money Machine Remaking West Virginia's GOP

A sitting governor is using a PAC funded almost entirely by out-of-state billionaires to primary his own Republican colleagues. Voters deserve to ask…

May 1 • The West Virginia Wasp

April 2026

Democrats Watch the GOP Civil War and Hand Out Recruitment Brochures

Democrats published a letter this weekend urging disaffected Republicans to switch parties. This tells us more about the state of the GOP primary than…

Apr 20 • The West Virginia Wasp

Pack Voted to Protect Certificate of Need. Then He Sold the Portfolio It Made Valuable.

Campaign finance records and a publicly available transaction document raise conflict-of-interest questions about the WV GOP National Committeeman.

Apr 20 • The West Virginia Wasp

The Dog and the Bone: Is Morrisey's Political Capital Well Spent?

There is an old fable about a dog crossing a bridge with a bone in his mouth.

Apr 18 • The West Virginia Wasp

One Man, Three Committees

David Howell is the one man.

Apr 13 • The West Virginia Wasp

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