The 2016 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the governor of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the
Governor Jim Justice 2017
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James Conley Justice II is an American politician and businessman serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2017 to 20
2016 West Virginia gubernatorial election
…and won a full term in 2012. Under the West Virginia Constitution, a partial term counts toward the limit of two consecutive terms. Democratic nominee Jim Justice, a hotelier and coal baron, won the open seat with a plurality of the vote, defeating Republican state senator Bill Cole and former state senator…
Official portrait, 2025
Then-candidate Justice (seated fifth from the left) in Fairmont, West Virginia, in September 2016.
Justice at his inauguration in January 2017.
Jim and Cathy Justice with Vice President Mike Pence in March 2017