Currently holds the office of West Virginia Attorney General until January 13, 2025.
Candidate for West Virginia Governor in 2024 West Virginia General Election.
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Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is the first pro-life Attorney General in state history and is currently defending the state’s laws regulating abortion. Morrisey has helped lead the way to make West Virginia a pro-life state and will continue being a staunch advocate for the unborn as Governor. Learn more
Right now, West Virginia is facing a fentanyl menace and a massive oversupply of these dangerous drugs. Our state must take additional steps to beef up our law enforcement presence in border counties, and also pressure the federal government to do its job, including labeling fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction and increasing the amount of federal prosecutions and enforcement activity. Learn more
As Governor, Morrisey will conduct a comprehensive regulatory review and get rid of wasteful, unneeded, and duplicative regulations. Learn more
One way of improving workforce participation will be to increase dramatically the vo-tech educational opportunities in our state and apprenticeships and internships available for students after high school. Morrisey will build closer partnerships with employers across West Virginia to develop a feeder system for employment after high school, which will also help send a message to our youth: there is no reason to leave West Virginia to find a job. West Virginia needs more plumbers, contractors, electricians, truckers, and individuals in a wide variety of fields who would benefit from vo-tech education. Learn more
He will conduct a review of teacher salaries and educational bureaucracies in all of the states that we touch to determine how West Virginia can compete more effectively for the best teachers in the region — West Virginia teachers deserve a raise, and our state must commit to their long-term success so our best educators don’t move to our neighboring states. Learn more
As Attorney General, Patrick Morrisey successfully defended our state’s school choice and charter school laws. As Governor, Morrisey will build upon these programs and push for money to follow the child. West Virginia should have the most expansive school choice law in the nation. Learn more
As Governor, he will build upon his many successes blocking the federal government from destroying our culture and values and will establish an Executive Task Force, comprised of the Governor, the Attorney General, and other key state officials, who will be charged with identifying initiatives that require rebutting from West Virginia state government. Learn more
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is a national leader defending our Second Amendment rights and has maintained an A rating from a number of the prominent gun groups, including the National Rifle Association, and the West Virginia Citizens Defense League. He is also endorsed by the prominent Gun Owners of America. Learn more
Protect our Second Amendment Rights. Learn more
As Governor, Morrisey will establish a new Task Force to evaluate and recommend changes to the health care systems in our state and ensure that West Virginians have affordable health care policies and access to the healthcare items and services they deserve. Morrisey plans to bring a number of these changes about by eliminating West Virginia’s certificate of need laws, and other policies which makes it difficult for new healthcare providers to locate in our state. Learn more
As Governor, Morrisey will prioritize broadband build outs that allow West Virginia to better attract citizens to our state. In today’s era, broadband is a central part of a state’s physical infrastructure. Learn more
Defend Integrity of Women’s Sports. Learn more
Cut Taxes, Wipe Out the State Income Tax. Learn more
Patrick Morrisey believes that a tax on income is an incentive to work less. West Virginia must join the ranks of the states that don’t have an income tax. If we want to successfully compete against all of the states that we touch, we need to have THE lowest personal income tax in the region. We also need to engage in comprehensive tax reform and compare all of West Virginia’s taxes to the states which we touch. Learn more
He will conduct a review of teacher salaries and educational bureaucracies in all of the states that we touch to determine how West Virginia can compete more effectively for the best teachers in the region — West Virginia teachers deserve a raise, and our state must commit to their long-term success so our best educators don’t move to our neighboring states. Learn more
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