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Jenkins, Evan

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Evan Jenkins is a West Virginia Republican who served in the state House of Delegates and state Senate as a Democrat before switching parties in 2013. He won a U.S. House seat in 2014 by defeating longtime Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall, then ran for U.S. Senate in 2018, pitching himself as a close Trump ally, but lost the Republican primary to Patrick Morrisey. Later that year, Gov. Jim Justice appointed him to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, where he served as chief justice before resigning in 2022 to return to private law practice.
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