[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

While joining West Virginia would sound good, it would be better if they declared themselves to be a NEW STATE as that should give us two new REPUBLICAN Senators.

[crz]

That would require the acceptance of the VA legislature AND the National Legislature.

This would NOT be forming a NEW state. It would be counties from one state crossing over the join another existing state and is constitutional IMO.

[oldvirginian]

“While joining West Virginia would sound good, it would be better if they declared themselves to be a NEW STATE as that should give us two new REPUBLICAN Senators.”

This is what I advocate.
I have spoken with local citizens from many different backgrounds and economic levels, even law enforcement. They would rather secede and form a separate state than join an existing state. Start with a clean slate as it were.