West Virginia Republicans’ “Battle Royale” Senate Primary Continues to Escalate: “Let the Mud Fly”

On the heels of previous reporting that West Virginia Republicans are bracing for a “messy,” “costly,” and “bruising intraparty fight” between Alex Mooney and Jim Justice as the candidates continue to “bash” and “slam” each other, new reporting from WOWK, The Intelligencer, and WTOV highlights that West Virginia Republicans’ Senate primary is continuing to escalate.

• New reporting from WOWK detailed that the race “is already getting heated” and likely to be “very expensive,” with “sharp elbows” being thrown as Mooney’s campaign released an “attack ad” claiming that “Liberal Jim Justice, just can’t be trusted.”
  
  
• New reporting from The Intelligencer detailed that as “Mooney’s attacks on Justice” continue to escalate, Republicans are bracing for “things to only get nastier from here.”
  
  
• New reporting from WTOV highlighted that Mooney also said “I’m the only proven conservative in this race…West Virginia deserves a conservative U.S. Senator and I’m the only one offering that option” and called Justice “a “Democrat in sheep’s clothing.”

See also: DSCC Releases New Video Highlighting West Virginia Republicans’ “Battle Royale” Senate Primary; ICYMI: West Virginia Republicans’ “Battle Royale” Senate Primary Escalates & Justice Faces Scrutiny Over Debt; What They’re Saying About West Virginia Republicans’ “Battle Royale” Senate Primary; ICYMI: Justice is blind (to document requests) [POLITICO Playbook PM]; ICYMI: “The Senate GOP Has a 2024 Candidate Strategy. Will Sunshine Laws Ruin It?” [The Daily Beast]; DSCC Statement on West Virginia Republicans’ “Battle Royale” Senate Primary; Republicans Brace For “Battle Royale” as GOP Infighting Escalates in West Virginia Senate Primary: “It’s Only Going To Get Uglier From Here”; ICYMI: West Virginia’s high-stakes Senate race turns into a GOP proxy war [NBC News].

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