West Virginia governor-elect Republican Patrick Morrisey will be sworn in Jan. 13. Morrisey, who has served as West Virginia’s attorney general since 2013, addressed the media on Tuesday for the first time since his Nov.

West Virginia governor-elect Republican Patrick Morrisey will be sworn in Jan. 13, 2025, he said during a media briefing on Nov. 12, 2024. Morrisey named a few people who would be co-leaders in his transition team,

West Virginia is among the 25 states that do not allow citizen initiatives or constitutional amendments on a statewide ballot, an avenue of direct democracy that has allowed voters to circumvent their legislatures and preserve abortion and other reproductive rights in several states over the past two years.