If only it translates downballot. IIRC, the GOP hasn’t won the WV legislature since 1929 (back when it was a heavily GOP state, before FDR and the UMW turned it into a stagnant and corrupt Democrat backwater). Be nice to turn out the all-Democrat statewide bench and take Rahall and Manchin’s seats, too.
The state ghoul for our Tea Party is to work to flip the state house to GOP, or at least conservative. Like so many small states, the good ole boy network is entrenched in Charleston. We are changing that slowly with every election and we won’t stop. We are working to elect conservatives (GOP) down-ticket, especially locally, so those people will be in the stable to move on up in future elections.
We have a list of candidates that we are supporting and we hand out that list to our friends, family and neighbors. Our own leader is running for a Dist. Delegate (former Marine and one who can go far.)He has been in Charleston for three years just about every week, lobbying for our county as a private citizen. They already know him well.
Don’t know if Manchin can be beat. Our best hope for him is to shame him into switching parties. He’s a conservative, but has let the dems corrupt his values. He is loved by most folks in WV.
Don’t worry, the dems strangle hold on WV is coming unraveled.