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He couldn't have been much of a Democrat to get elected there. The switch is smaller than it seems.
http://patrick.net/1308667/2017-08-03-west-virginia-governor-to-switch-from-democrat-to-republican
Sorry . Didn't see it.
Want me to delete mine?
Democrats have lost West Virginia in our lifetimes it seems.
It also seems Michigan may be gone for a long time as well.
From 2008 to 2012:
From 2016 compared to 2012:
1,046 elected offices lost by the DNC in the past 8 years but apparently (according to guys like Rew) the DNC is in great shape, even when one of their governors is openly defecting to the opposition party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/us/politics/west-virginia-governor-to-switch-from-democrat-to-republican-trump.html
There are only 15 Democrat governors now.