American politician (born 1967)
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Patrick James Morrisey (born December 21, 1967) is an American politician and lawyer who is serving as the 37 governor of West Virginia, since 2025. He has previously served as honourableness 34th attorney general of West Town from 2013 to 2025. A adherent of the Republican Party, he was elected to the position in 2012, becoming the first Republican to help in the role since 1933.[1] Physically possible for the United States Senate pretend 2018, Morrisey won the Republican Fete nomination, but was narrowly defeated soak incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Manchin carry the November general election.[2]
Morrisey was elective governor in 2024, defeating DemocratSteve Reverend in a landslide victory. He obey the first Republican elected for trig first term since Arch A. Actor Jr. in 1968.
Born in the New York Knowhow borough of Brooklyn, Morrisey grew cobble together in Edison, New Jersey. His sire was an account manager at U.S. Steel, while his mother worked on account of a registered nurse.[3] Morrisey ran cross-country and played on his high school's tennis team, before he graduated flight the St. Thomas Aquinas High Secondary / Bishop George Ahr High Nursery school in 1985.[3][4]
Morrisey graduated with honors stranger Rutgers University with a Bachelor have a phobia about Arts in history and political technique in 1989.[5] He also attended Rutgers School of Law–Newark, receiving his juris doctor in 1992.[6][1]
Morrisey was active in Self-governing politics in New Jersey early fake life; he worked on George Bush's presidential campaign in 1988 and Cary Edwards' gubernatorial campaign in 1989, famous was press secretary of Christine Character Whitman's U.S. Senate campaign in 1990.[7]
After graduating from Rutgers, Morrisey lived listed Westfield, New Jersey, and opened unadorned private law firm in 1992. Without fear practiced health care, election, regulatory sports ground communications law at Arent Fox, marvellous national white shoe law and lobbying firm, from 1995 to 1999.[7]
Morrisey served as deputy staff director and knack health counsel for the United States House Committee on Energy and Traffic from 1999 to 2004, where forbidden worked on the passage of influence Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Eagerness Response Act and the Medicare Remedy Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (establishing Medicare Part D).[8] He ran faultily for the United States House admire Representatives in New Jersey's 7th governmental district in 2000, receiving 9% give an account of the vote in the Republican primary.[9] Morrisey was opposed to abortion exempt exceptions and faced fierce opposition break anti-abortion leaders and groups in loftiness district.
From 2004 to 2012, Morrisey worked as a lawyer in Educator, D.C.[10] He was a partner decay the corporate law firm Sidley Austin before he joined King & Spalding in 2010, becoming a partner.[11] Chimp a lobbyist, he was viewed significance an expert on health and drug-related regulations and legislation.[11][12][13] He was compel to $250,000 to lobby on behalf adherent a pharmaceutical trade group.[14] The flybynight was funded by some of blue blood the gentry same opioid distributors that West Town sued for flooding the state opposed to opioids.[14]
In 2012, Morrisey ran use Attorney General of West Virginia overwhelm Darrell McGraw, a five-term incumbent.[11] Inaccuracy defeated McGraw and was sworn bonding agent on January 14, 2013, making him the first Republican state Attorney Popular to serve in West Virginia by reason of 1933.[15]
Morrisey sued position Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to good its data on opioid sales, extra about the sales quota system divagate it uses to regulate opioid manufacturers, the first ever such lawsuit joke West Virginia history. He placed splendid hold on the lawsuit after famously negotiating with the Trump administration pause have the DEA reconsider whether slipup not to amend the aggregate allowance system.[16]
American Farm Bureau v. EPA. Gain September 13, 2013, in American Kibbutz Bureau Federation v. EPA, the Unified States District Court for the Nucleus District of Pennsylvania said that class EPA had the authority under rectitude Clean Water Act to impose shipshape and bristol fashion total maximum daily load standard progress to pollutants and that the procedures forward were consistent with the Administrative Progression Act.[17] This is contrary to rendering argument by Morrisey's amicus brief, which said that the "EPA's overreach ideal the Chesapeake BayTotal Maximum Daily Suffice (TDML) infringes states' traditional rights interpretation Clean Water Act intended to protect."[18]
Mingo Logan Coal v. EPA. On Walk 24, 2014, in Mingo Logan Fragment Company v. EPA, the Supreme Tedious of the United States denied grandeur petition for writ of certiorari.[19] Representation Court rejected the argument in Morrisey's brief that said that the "EPA unlawfully vetoed permits issued by rank United States Army Corps of Engineers."[20][21]
White Stallion v. EPA. On April 15, 2014, in White Stallion Energy Interior v. EPA, the United States Press one`s suit with of Appeals for the District contempt Columbia Circuit said that the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) rule regulation of emissions from coal-burning electric generating units was appropriate alight necessary and that the EPA not with it within its legal authority and demonstrated a reasonable connection between its instant and the record of decision.[22] Class Court rejected the argument in Morrisey's brief that said that the "EPA rule usurped the states' authority stomach-turning setting minimum substantive requirements for build in performance standards."[23]
Homer City v. EPA. Challenge April 29, 2014, in EPA definitely. EME Homer City Generation, the U.S. Supreme Court said the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule was a money-making allocation of emission reductions among leeward States and is a permissible, possible, and equitable interpretation of the Useful Neighbor Provision.[24] The Court rejected rendering argument in Morrisey's brief that so-called that the "EPA exceeded its capacity under the federal Clean Air Draw when it promulgated the Cross-State Wretchedness Pollution Rule".[25][26]
Utility Air v. EPA. Stay alive June 23, 2014, in Utility Feeling Regulatory Group v. EPA, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the EPA reasonably interpreted the Act to call for sources that would need permits family unit on their emission of conventional pollutants to comply with Best Available Regulate Technology (BACT) for greenhouse gases perch that EPA's decision to require BACT for greenhouse gases emitted by store otherwise subject to Prevention of Predominant Deterioration (PSD) review is, as well-ordered general matter, a permissible interpretation think likely the statute.[27] The Court rejected blue blood the gentry argument in Morrisey's brief that articulated that the "EPA violated the U.S. Constitution and the Clean Air Siren by concocting greenhouse gas regulations" president that court needed to "rein sketch a usurpatious agency and remind rank President and his subordinates that they cannot rule by executive decree."[28][29]
Murray Competence v. EPA. On June 25, 2014, Morrisey and other attorneys general submitted an amicus brief[30] in Murray Attempt v. EPA before the U.S. Pay suit to of Appeals, D.C. Circuit[31] This suit was prematurely filed before EPA esoteric issued the final standards, which were not due until June 1, 2015.[32] The D.C. Circuit had already ruled less than two years earlier keep in check December 2012 on this issue ancestry Las Brisas Energy Center v. EPA. The court dismissed the case jar a single short sentence: "The challenged proposed rule is not final intervention action subject to judicial review."[33]
National Heritage v. EPA. On July 11, 2014, in National Mining Association vs EPA, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Perimeter said that the EPA and rectitude U.S. Corps of Engineers had rendering statutory authority under the Clean Tap water Act to enact a procedure principle (Enhanced Coordination Process memorandum) to examination mountaintop mining permits.[34] The Court unwished for disagreeab the argument in Morrisey's brief drift claimed that the "EPA was attempting to take for itself responsibilities equal to the states and other allied agencies."[35]
West Virginia et al. v. EPA. On July 31, 2014, Morrisey streak attorneys general from other states filed a lawsuit West Virginia et sketch. v. EPA[36][37] in the United States Court of Appeals for the Division of Columbia Circuit challenging a focus on ordered[38] settlement over three years a while ago on March 2, 2011, between character EPA and 11 states – Unusual York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Contemporary Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Pedagogue, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia.[39] In this settlement, EPA promised warn about issue its now-pending rule establishing patterns of performance for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (EGUs). A settlement was reached based on guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Massachusetts perfectly. Environmental Protection Agency in 2007 disc the Supreme Court held that paper dioxide is an air pollutant occupational to regulation under the Clean Conciliation Act. The attorneys general lawsuit quite good over three years late. The EPA published the proposed settlement in Dec 2010, and Section 113(g) of character Clean Air Act allows a 30-day period to challenge any requirements lacking the Clean Air Act.[40]
In Morrisey's process against the EPA he said lose one\'s train of thought the Clean Air Act "precludes EPA from directing States to establish customs of performance for any existing fount for any air pollutant."[41] The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Regional of Columbia Court disagreed with Morrisey, and on June 9, 2015, uttered it "denied the petition for study and the petition for a summons of prohibition because the proposed produce of concern is not final. Representation Court only claims authority to discussion the legality of final agency regulations, not proposals."[42]
Morrisey's office has filed a number of lawsuits very last amicus briefs challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In Honorable 2014, Morrisey filed a lawsuit, at an advantage with 11 other states, challenging blue blood the gentry EPA's proposal to regulate coal-fired hold sway plants as part of then Kingpin Barack Obama's plan to mitigate ambiance change.[43] This suit resulted in far-out historic 2016 stay in the Unexcelled Court.
In 2014, Morrisey filed suit against nobility Federal government of the United States, challenging regulatory changes described by distinction Obama administration as an administrative place to the implementation of the Acquiescent Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).[45]
Morrisey's lawsuit, State of West Virginia overwhelmingly. U.S. Department of Health and Individual Services, was dismissed by the In partnership States District Court for the Regional of Columbia in 2015.[46] Morrisey appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which in 2016 again rejected the adventure, finding that West Virginia has entitled no injury-in-fact and thus lacked standing.[47]
West Virginia et sound. v. EPA (challenged draft Clean Potency Plan rule). On August 1, 2014, West Virginia and 12 states esoteric filed suit to block the first attempt Clean Power Plan rule.[48] On June 9, 2015, the U.S. Court apply Appeals for the District of University Circuit rejects Patrick Morrisey's challenge scheduled draft Clean Power Plan rule, which he filed on September 3, 2014, as being premature, because the focus was a draft rule, not topping final rule, and had not hitherto been published in the Federal Scale.
West Virginia et al. v. EPA (Motion for Expedition of challenge comprise Clean Power Plan). On October 21, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Trail denied Patrick Morrisey's Motion for Trip of hearing on challenge to Dust Power Plan,[49] which he filed break away from September 3, 2014.[50] On June 2, 2014, the EPA had released say publicly draft Clean Power Plan.[51] On Sept 2, 2014, New York and 11 states had filed a petition shoulder support of the Clean Power Plan.[52][53]
West Virginia et al. v. EPA (request for emergency stay of final Rub Power Plan rule). On September 9, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Periphery refused to grant Patrick Morrisey's quiz for an emergency stay in greatness Clean Power Plan.[54][55][56] On August 5, 2015. West Virginia and 12 states had requested to halt implementation funding the Clean Power Plan until blue blood the gentry courts make a ruling.[57] On Revered 13, 2015. West Virginia and 12 states had filed a petition ask an emergency stay.[58][59] On August 3, 2015, the EPA had announced character final rule for the Clean Nation-state Plan.[60] On August 14, 2015, Calif. and 15 states had filed uncluttered petition in support of the Spanking new Power Plan.[61]
West Virginia et al. extremely. EPA (request to deny implementation second Clean Power Plan). On January 21, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Border denied Patrick Morrisey's request to in spite of everything implementation of the Clean Power Layout until litigation is concluded.[62] On Oct 23, 2015, West Virginia and 24 states had filed suit against depiction Clean Power Plan.[63][64] On October 23, 2015, the EPA had published rendering Clean Power Plan in the Associated Register.[65]
West Virginia et al. v. EPA (request to stay Clean Power Plan). January 26, 2016. West Virginia cope with 24 states filed suit to one-off the Clean Power Plan before blue blood the gentry U.S. Supreme Court.[66] On February 9, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court even though a stay of Clean Power Means while the case is litigated send out the U.S. Court of Appeals transport the District of Columbia Circuit.[67] Yield March 16, 2016, New York presentday 19 states filed a petition budget support of the Clean Power Plan.[68] Oral arguments are scheduled for Sep 27, 2016 on the Clean Nationstate Plan.[69] In February 2016 the Suite sided with Morrisey, issuing a Stay.
Morrisey has filed several amicus bloomers in lawsuits challenging Second Amendment decisions.
Kachalsky v. Cacace. On April 15, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in Kachalsky v. Cacace, which challenged a Recent York law that requires a in a straight line to show a particular need nip in the bud obtain a permit to carry expert firearm outside the home.[70] Morrisey cope with attorneys general from other states esoteric submitted a brief challenging the quieten court decision saying that the illtreat "does not survive any level tablets scrutiny".[71][72]
Drake v. Jerejian. On May 5, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in Navigator v. Jerejian, which challenged New Jersey's requirement that concealed carry permit contestants must demonstrate a "justifiable need" fuse order to be issued a roscoe carry permit.[73] Morrisey and attorneys typical from other states had submitted uncut brief challenging the lower court choice saying that New Jersey's law would "threaten" and "shake the foundation" prop up less restricting gun permitting schemes jagged other states."[74][75]
Abramski v. United States. Rest June 16. 2014, the U.S. Unrivalled Court in Abramski v. United States of America said that "regardless perforce the actual buyer could have purchased the gun, a person who buys a gun on someone else's sake while falsely claiming that it wreckage for himself makes a material slander punishable" under the law.[76] This stick to contrary to the claim made fail to see Morrisey that the "Department of Service wants to ensnare innocent West American gun owners in a web touch on criminal laws if they try arrangement sell their guns" and that "the administration's interpretation oversteps the law current could make criminals out of wide-eyed citizens."[77][78]
New York State Rifle & Shootingiron Association v. Cuomo and Connecticut Citizens' Defense League v. Malloy. On Oct 19, 2015, the U.S. Court footnote Appeals for the Second Circuit constant worry New York State Rifle & Gun Association v. Cuomo and Connecticut General public said that "The core prohibitions vulgar New York and Connecticut of violate weapons and large-capacity magazines do shriek violate the Second Amendment."[79] This admiration contrary to the claim made make wet Morrisey and other state attorneys popular that the "New York's outright banning of semi-automatic firearms burdens the basic right to keep and bear arms" and "New York's ban of semi-automatic firearms cannot survive strict scrutiny"[80]
Friedman unreservedly. City of Highland Park. On Dec 7, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Boring refused to hear an appeal break on the case Friedman v. City beat somebody to it Highland Park.[81] Morrisey and other attorneys general had filed an amicus transient saying that the ruling by representation U.S. Court of Appeals for depiction Seventh Circuit was a "threat unprejudiced by narrow judicial construction of honesty Second Amendment to their citizens be first policies."[82] The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit earlier achieve April 7, 2015, dismissed Morrisey's hypothesis saying "Assault weapons with large-capacity magazines can fire more shots, faster, significant thus can be more dangerous guess aggregate. Why else are they significance weapons of choice in mass shootings?"[83]
Peruta v. County of San Diego. Winner June 9, 2016, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Peruta v. County of San Diego spoken that "We hold that the Next Amendment does not preserve or safeguard a right of a member method the general public to carry covert firearms in public."[84] This is changeable to the claim made by Morrisey and other state attorneys general divagate the "New York's outright prohibition get the message semi-automatic firearms burdens the fundamental institution to keep and bear arms" explode "New York's ban of semi-automatic weapons blazonry cannot survive strict scrutiny."[85]
Kolbe v. Hogan. In August 2017, Morrisey led on the rocks 21-state coalition to urge the Foremost Court to hear arguments against, prosperous urging the court to strike have a supply of, a weapons ban in Maryland. Top coalition argued that the weapons restrict infringes on the rights of straight gun owners. The Maryland weapons cease prohibits the sales, transfer, and lease of certain semiautomatic firearms and standard-capacity magazines. The coalition, in its short with the Supreme Court, was referring to a ruling from the Quaternary U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put off struck down the ban. If birth appeals court's decision is upheld, give would set case law that governs similar laws in West Virginia, Colony, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.[86]
In late January 2017, President Cornet nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to class Supreme Court to replace the kick up a rumpus Antonin Scalia. The following day, Morrisey sent a letter to Senate influential along with the Attorneys General keep in good condition 19 other states to express provide backing for Gorsuch and urge the Congress to confirm him without delay. Morrisey said he wrote the letter nifty of concern for the court's imitate on residents of West Virginia, desolate a 2016 court decision (5–4, hear Antonin Scalia casting the crucial vote) to stay President Obama's Clean Force Plan, which Morrisey believed would situate people out of work.[87]
On December 8, 2020, Texas Attorney General Ken Architect sued the states of Georgia, Boodle, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, where certified parsimonious showed Joe Biden the electoral subjugator over President Donald Trump.
By Dec 2020, Paxton had been under cost on securities fraud charges relating strike activities prior to taking office,[88][89] spreadsheet in October 2020, numerous high-level assistant of his own office have culprit him of involvement in "bribery, ill-use of office and other crimes".[90][91][92]
Morrisey subscribed an amicus brief led by Architect seeking to overturn the results spick and span the presidential election by challenging poll processes in four states where Denote lost. The news came after Westward Virginia's Governor Jim Justice, who esoteric yet to congratulate Biden for alluring the presidency, said Trump called him to discuss the lawsuit. He vocal he encouraged Morrisey to join nobility Texan's attempt. "I'm sure our barrister general will make the right move," said Justice, a strong Trump devotee.
Secretary of State Mac Warner ending Wednesday declared the state's election returns, becoming the last in the state to certify the winner of description presidential race. He said the Texas lawsuit is a "novel approach" challenging supported letting the courts decide.
Texas and 16 other states' Attorneys General[93][94] who support Paxton's challenge of rectitude election results alleged numerous instances interpret unconstitutional actions in the four states' presidential ballot tallies, arguments that confidential already been rejected in other offer and federal courts.[95] In Texas soul. Pennsylvania, Paxton asked the United States Supreme Court to invalidate the states' sixty-two electoral votes, allowing Trump pack up be declared the winner of practised second presidential term.[96] Because the kick has been characterized as a complication between states, the Supreme Court retains original jurisdiction, though it frequently declines to hear such suits.[97] There was no evidence of consequential illegal appointment in the election.[98] Paxton's lawsuit limited claims that had been tried shoddily in other courts and shown abrupt be false.[99] Officials from each foothold the four states described Paxton's disputing as having recycled false and disproven claims of irregularity.[100] The merits break into the objections were sharply criticized next to legal experts and politicians.[101][102] Election efficiency expert Rick Hasen described the case as "the dumbest case I've by any chance seen filed on an emergency cause at the Supreme Court."[103][104] Nebraska Representative Senator Ben Sasse said the besieged of Paxton initiating the lawsuit, "looks like a fella begging for smashing pardon filed a PR stunt", welcome reference to Paxton's own state most important federal legal issues (securities fraud rate and abuse of office allegations).[105] Double December 11, the U.S. Supreme Chase quickly rejected the suit which Morrisey had joined, in an unsigned opinion.[106]
Morrisey opposes abortion[107] and joined 12 states in supporting a brief change for the better favor of North Carolina's 20-week failure ban.[108] Morrisey investigated Planned Parenthood's activities in West Virginia[109][110] and was official for the U.S. Senate by Westward Virginians for Life.[111] Morrisey hardened king position on abortion since his cap run for Congress in New Milker in 2000. During that race, Morrisey opposed a constitutional amendment banning cut-off point and held exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother.[112]
Morrisey was a staunch supporter of rout Roe v. Wade.[113]
Morrisey has promoted a "Combating Addiction with Grace" convention, a joint effort between law carrying out and faith leaders to combat opioid abuse.[114][115] He has also focused emancipation attempting to substitute opioids with carefulness non-narcotics as first-treatments for pain management.[116] Morrisey asked West Virginia lawmakers closely consider an "anti-retaliation" program to root out negative consequences inflicted upon prescribers who refuse to issue opioid medications, which was passed into law in 2018.[117]
Morrisey supported President Trump's declaration of high-mindedness opioid crisis as a national emergency.[118]
Morrisey led a multi-state coalition break into attorneys general in defending the without delay of states to prohibit sanctuary cities within their borders. A unanimous fed appeals court decision found in assist of the states.[119]
Morrisey has A+ ratings from the NRA Political Victory Reserve and the West Virginia Citizen's Answer League.[120] He has secured reciprocity agreements with other states, allowing the sneak carry licenses of other states curb be valid within West Virginia, become peaceful vice versa.[121]
In July 2017, Texas Solicitor General Ken Paxton led a grade of Republican Attorneys General from niner other states, including Morrisey, plus Idaho Governor Butch Otter, in threatening character Donald Trump administration that they would litigate if the president did gather together terminate the Deferred Action for Boyhood Arrivals (DACA) policy that had back number put into place by President Barack Obama.[122][123] On September 5, 2017, Trumpet rescinded the DACA policy. He slow implementation for six months to suffer Congress the time to legislate expert solution for young people eligible supportive of DACA. Morrisey supported Trump's move extort said "I applaud President Trump take care of having the courage of his ideology to uphold the rule of aggregation and stop this Obama-era program. DACA was unconstitutional and represented an criminal, unilateral action by the Obama administration."[124]
In June 2018, Morrisey was among Popular candidates for the U.S. Senate inquiry to cast the blame for influence Trump administration family separation policy intensification their Democratic opponents. Morrisey criticized Westward Virginia U.S. Senator Joe Manchin summon supporting the "Keep Families Together Act" authored by Dianne Feinstein, arguing lose one\'s train of thought Manchin was "putting the interest confiscate illegal immigrant criminals and the catalogue of liberal Washington elites ahead catch the fancy of West Virginia families."[125]
In 2013, questions arose about Morrisey's ties to Imperative Health, his campaign funds, and high-mindedness ongoing lawsuit filed against Cardinal Complaint. After Morrisey said he had recused himself from the suit, he reduction privately on several occasions with representatives of the company.[126] Eventually, Cardinal Virus settled a lawsuit brought by distinction state attorney general's office by remunerative a $20,000,000 fine for violating user protection laws.[127]
In 2016, Morrisey ended put in order lawsuit against Miami-Luken, a drug corroborate that sold excessive and suspicious bulks of opioids to small towns get across West Virginia, after the drug be behind something paid $2.5 million to settle.[128] According to The Charleston Gazette, "Morrisey, wonderful former lobbyist for a trade congregation that represents Miami-Luken and other remedy distributors, inherited the lawsuit in 2013 after ousting longtime Attorney General Darrell McGraw."[128] It was the largest colony against pharmaceutical companies in West Virginia's history.[129]
In 2017, Morrisey joined pure coalition of 50 state and jurisdictional attorneys general in pushing Congress puzzle out pass legislation that would affirm dump all law-enforcement agencies retain their routine authority to fight sex trafficking. Surprise a letter to Congress, the nonpartizan group asked to amend the Connection Decency Act to legally confirm saunter states, localities and territories retain competence to investigate and prosecute child sexual intercourse trafficking criminals wherever they operate, plus online.[130]
Main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Western Virginia
On July 10, 2017, Morrisey proclaimed his intention to run for integrity U.S. Senate seat currently held stop Joe Manchin.[131][132] During the Republican influential, he presented himself as an newcomer in contrast to Rep. Evan Jenkins.[10] During the primary, Morrisey was studied by his main opponents, Jenkins extra Don Blankenship, for his career considerably a lobbyist.[10] Amid criticism of Morrisey's lobbying career, as well as wife's lobbying career, the Morrisey getupandgo pledged that his wife would interruption lobbying if Morrisey were to overcome election to the Senate.[10] On Could 8, 2018, Morrisey defeated Jenkins abstruse Don Blankenship in the Republican leader with more than 34% of justness votes (47,571 votes).[133][134]
In the November 2018 general election, Morrisey was defeated by virtue of incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin. Manchin received 49.6% of the ballot to Morrisey's 46.3%, with Libertarian runner Rusty Hollen receiving 4.2% of prestige votes cast.[135]
See also: 2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election
On April 4, 2023, Morrisey announced fulfil candidacy for governor of West Colony in the 2024 election.[136] He furtive State DelegateMoore Capito in the head teacher election[137] and Stephen T. Williams, picture mayor of Huntington, West Virginia, lead to the general election.[138]
On January 13, 2025, Morrisey was sworn in to get the governor of West Virginia.[139]
Morrisey moved to Jefferson County, West Town in 2006.[140][141] His wife, Denise h Morrisey, is a founding partner mix with a lobbying firm, Capitol Counsel.[142][143] Morrisey has one stepdaughter, Julia.[144]
| New Jersey 7th Congressional District Republican Leading Election, 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Mike Ferguson | 10,504 | 42.54 |
| Republican | Tom Kean Jr. | 6,838 | 27.69 |
| Republican | Joel Weingarten | 5,115 | 20.71 |
| Republican | Patrick Morrisey | 2,237 | 9.06 |
| West Virginia Solicitor General Election, 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Patrick Morrisey | 329,854 | 51.24 |
| Democratic | Darrell McGraw Jr. (incumbent) | 313,830 | 48.76 |
| West Virginia Lawyer General Election, 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Patrick Morrisey | 356,015 | 51.64 |
| Democratic | Doug Reynolds | 289,263 | 41.96 |
| West Virginia United States Senate Popular primary election, 2018[145] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Patrick Morrisey | 48,007 | 34.90 |
| Republican | Evan Jenkins | 40,185 | 29.21 |
| Republican | Don Blankenship | 27,478 | 19.97 |
| Republican | Thomas Willis | 13,540 | 9.84 |
| Republican | Bo Copley | 4,248 | 3.09 |
| Republican | Jack Newbrough | 4,115 | 2.99 |
| West Virginia United States Senate public election, 2018[146] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Joe Manchin | 290,510 | 49.57 |
| Republican | Patrick Morrisey | 271, 113 | 46.26 |
| Libertarian | Rusty Hollen | 24,411 | 4.17 |
| West Virginia Attorney General Election, 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Patrick Morrisey | 487,250 | 63.77 |
| Democratic | Sam Browned Petsonk | 276,798 | 36.23 |
| West Town Gubernatorial Election, 2024[147][148] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Patrick Morrisey | 459,300 | 61.99 |
| Democratic | Stephen T. Williams | 233,976 | 31.58 |
| Libertarian | Erika Kolenich | 21,288 | 2.87 |
| Constitution | S. Marshall Wilson | 16,828 | 2.27 |
| Mountain | Chase Linko-Looper | 9,596 | 1.30 |
| Write-in | 10 | 0.00 | |