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class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Patrick Morrisey</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Patrick_Morrisey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Patrick_Morrisey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/220px-Patrick_Morrisey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Patrick_Morrisey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/330px-Patrick_Morrisey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Patrick_Morrisey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/440px-Patrick_Morrisey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2584" data-file-height="3336" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Morrisey in 2017</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Virginia">Governor-elect of West Virginia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assuming office</b></span><br />January 13, 2025</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_West_Virginia_Senate" title="President of the West Virginia Senate">Lieutenant</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">TBD</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeding</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Justice" title="Jim Justice">Jim Justice</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">34th <a href="/wiki/List_of_Attorneys_General_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Attorneys General of West Virginia">Attorney General of West Virginia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 14, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Ray_Tomblin" title="Earl Ray Tomblin">Earl Ray Tomblin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jim_Justice" title="Jim Justice">Jim Justice</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Darrell_McGraw" title="Darrell McGraw">Darrell McGraw</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Patrick James Morrisey</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-12-21</span>) </span>December 21, 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 56)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, New York, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University%E2%80%93New_Brunswick" title="Rutgers University–New Brunswick">Rutgers University, New Brunswick</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University%E2%80%93Newark" title="Rutgers University–Newark">Rutgers University, Newark</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patrick_Morrisey_Signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Patrick Morrisey's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Patrick_Morrisey_Signature.png/128px-Patrick_Morrisey_Signature.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Patrick_Morrisey_Signature.png/192px-Patrick_Morrisey_Signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Patrick_Morrisey_Signature.png/256px-Patrick_Morrisey_Signature.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="81" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Patrick James Morrisey</b> (born December 21, 1967) is an American politician and attorney who is the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Virginia">governor-elect of West Virginia</a>. He has served as the 34th <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of West Virginia">Attorney General of West Virginia</a> since 2013. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, he was elected to the position in 2012, becoming the first Republican to serve in the role since 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-Meet_the_Attorney_General_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meet_the_Attorney_General-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Running for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> in 2018, Morrisey won the Republican Party nomination, but was narrowly defeated by incumbent Democratic Senator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Manchin" title="Joe Manchin">Joe Manchin</a> in the November <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia">general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morrisey was elected governor in <a href="/wiki/2024_West_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election">2024</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_T._Williams" title="Stephen T. Williams">Steve Williams</a> in a landslide victory. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> borough of <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, Morrisey grew up in <a href="/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey" title="Edison, New Jersey">Edison, New Jersey</a>. His father was an account manager at <a href="/wiki/U.S._Steel" title="U.S. Steel">U.S. Steel</a>, while his mother worked as a registered nurse.<sup id="cite_ref-DailyMail_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyMail-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey ran cross-country and played on his high school's tennis team, before he graduated from the St. Thomas Aquinas High School / <a href="/wiki/Bishop_George_Ahr_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop George Ahr High School">Bishop George Ahr High School</a> in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-DailyMail_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyMail-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morrisey graduated with honors from <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> in history and political science in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also attended <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_School_of_Law%E2%80%93Newark" class="mw-redirect" title="Rutgers School of Law–Newark">Rutgers School of Law–Newark</a>, receiving his <a href="/wiki/Juris_doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Juris doctor">juris doctor</a> in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Meet_the_Attorney_General_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meet_the_Attorney_General-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_in_politics,_law,_and_lobbying"><span id="Career_in_politics.2C_law.2C_and_lobbying"></span>Career in politics, law, and lobbying</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career in politics, law, and lobbying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrisey was active in Republican politics in New Jersey early in life; he worked on <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George Bush</a>'s presidential campaign in 1988 and <a href="/wiki/Cary_Edwards" class="mw-redirect" title="Cary Edwards">Cary Edwards</a>' gubernatorial campaign in 1989, and was press secretary of <a href="/wiki/Christine_Todd_Whitman" title="Christine Todd Whitman">Christine Todd Whitman</a>'s U.S. Senate campaign in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-Paul_J._Peyton_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paul_J._Peyton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduating from Rutgers, Morrisey lived in <a href="/wiki/Westfield,_New_Jersey" title="Westfield, New Jersey">Westfield, New Jersey</a>, and opened a private law firm in 1992. He practiced health care, election, regulatory and communications law at <a href="/wiki/Arent_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Arent Fox">Arent Fox</a>, a national <a href="/wiki/White-shoe_firm" title="White-shoe firm">white shoe</a> law and lobbying firm, from 1995 to 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-Paul_J._Peyton_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paul_J._Peyton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morrisey served as deputy staff director and chief health counsel for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce">United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce</a> from 1999 to 2004, where he worked on the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Health_Security_and_Bioterrorism_Preparedness_Response_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act">Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug,_Improvement,_and_Modernization_Act" title="Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act">Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act</a> (establishing <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Part_D" title="Medicare Part D">Medicare Part D</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran unsuccessfully for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 7th congressional district">New Jersey's 7th congressional district</a> in 2000, receiving 9% of the vote in the Republican primary.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey was opposed to abortion with exceptions and faced fierce opposition from <a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion">anti-abortion</a> leaders and groups in the district. </p><p>From 2004 to 2012, Morrisey worked as a lawyer in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_2018-05-03_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico_2018-05-03-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a partner at the corporate law firm <a href="/wiki/Sidley_Austin" title="Sidley Austin">Sidley Austin</a> before he joined <a href="/wiki/King_%26_Spalding" title="King & Spalding">King & Spalding</a> in 2010, becoming a <a href="/wiki/Partnership" title="Partnership">partner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wvrecord_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wvrecord-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a lobbyist, he was viewed as an expert on health and drug-related regulations and legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-wvrecord_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wvrecord-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was paid $250,000 to lobby on behalf of a pharmaceutical trade group.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_2016-06-02_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS_2016-06-02-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group was funded by some of the same opioid distributors that West Virginia sued for flooding the state with opioids.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_2016-06-02_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS_2016-06-02-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attorney_General">Attorney General</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Attorney General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, Morrisey ran for <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of West Virginia">Attorney General of West Virginia</a> against <a href="/wiki/Darrell_McGraw" title="Darrell McGraw">Darrell McGraw</a>, a five-term incumbent.<sup id="cite_ref-wvrecord_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wvrecord-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He defeated McGraw and was sworn in on January 14, 2013, making him the first Republican state Attorney General to serve in West Virginia since 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_lawsuits">Federal lawsuits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Federal lawsuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="DEA_opioid_lawsuit">DEA opioid lawsuit</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: DEA opioid lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrisey sued the <a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> (DEA) to release its data on opioid sales, and about the sales quota system that it uses to regulate opioid manufacturers, the first ever such lawsuit in West Virginia history. He placed a hold on the lawsuit after successfully negotiating with the Trump administration to have the DEA reconsider whether or not to amend the aggregate quota system.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>American Farm Bureau v. EPA.</b> On September 13, 2013, in <a href="/wiki/American_Farm_Bureau_Federation" title="American Farm Bureau Federation">American Farm Bureau Federation</a> v. EPA, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Middle_District_of_Pennsylvania" title="United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania">United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania</a> said that the EPA had the authority under the <a href="/wiki/Clean_Water_Act" title="Clean Water Act">Clean Water Act</a> to impose a total maximum daily load standard for pollutants and that the procedures established were consistent with the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_Procedure_Act_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative Procedure Act (United States)">Administrative Procedure Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is contrary to the argument by Morrisey's amicus brief, which said that the "EPA's overreach in the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a> <a href="/wiki/Total_Maximum_Daily_Load" class="mw-redirect" title="Total Maximum Daily Load">Total Maximum Daily Load</a> (TDML) infringes states' traditional rights the Clean Water Act intended to protect."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Mingo Logan Coal v. EPA.</b> On March 24, 2014, in Mingo Logan Coal Company v. EPA, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> denied the petition for writ of <a href="/wiki/Certiorari" title="Certiorari">certiorari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Court rejected the argument in Morrisey's brief that said that the "EPA unlawfully vetoed permits issued by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">United States Army Corps of Engineers</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>White Stallion v. EPA.</b> On April 15, 2014, in White Stallion Energy Center v. EPA, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit</a> said that the EPA's <a href="/wiki/Mercury_regulation_in_the_United_States" title="Mercury regulation in the United States">Mercury and Air Toxics Standard</a> (MATS) rule regulation of emissions from coal-fired electric generating units was appropriate and necessary and that the EPA acted within its legal authority and demonstrated a reasonable connection between its action and the record of decision.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Court rejected the argument in Morrisey's brief that said that the "EPA rule usurped the states' authority by setting minimum substantive requirements for state performance standards."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Homer City v. EPA.</b> On April 29, 2014, in EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, the U.S. Supreme Court said the EPA's <a href="/wiki/Cross-State_Air_Pollution_Rule" title="Cross-State Air Pollution Rule">Cross-State Air Pollution Rule</a> was a cost-effective allocation of emission reductions among upwind States and is a permissible, workable, and equitable interpretation of the <a href="/wiki/Cross-State_Air_Pollution_Rule" title="Cross-State Air Pollution Rule">Good Neighbor Provision</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Court rejected the argument in Morrisey's brief that claimed that the "EPA exceeded its authority under the federal Clean Air Act when it promulgated the <a href="/wiki/Cross-State_Air_Pollution_Rule" title="Cross-State Air Pollution Rule">Cross-State Air Pollution Rule</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Utility Air v. EPA.</b> On June 23, 2014, in <a href="/wiki/Utility_Air_Regulatory_Group_v._Environmental_Protection_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency">Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA</a>, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the EPA reasonably interpreted the Act to require sources that would need permits based on their emission of conventional pollutants to comply with <a href="/wiki/Best_Available_Control_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Available Control Technology">Best Available Control Technology</a> (BACT) for greenhouse gases and that EPA's decision to require BACT for <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouse gases</a> emitted by sources otherwise subject to <a href="/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_(United_States)" title="Clean Air Act (United States)">Prevention of Significant Deterioration</a> (PSD) review is, as a general matter, a permissible interpretation of the statute.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Court rejected the argument in Morrisey's brief that said that the "EPA violated the U.S. Constitution and the Clean Air Act by concocting greenhouse gas regulations" and that court needed to "rein in a usurpatious agency and remind the President and his subordinates that they cannot rule by executive decree."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Murray Energy v. EPA.</b> On June 25, 2014, Morrisey and other attorneys general submitted an amicus brief<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Murray Energy v. EPA before the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This lawsuit was prematurely filed before EPA had issued the final standards, which were not due until June 1, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The D.C. Circuit had already ruled less than two years earlier in December 2012 on this issue in Las Brisas Energy Center v. EPA. The court dismissed the case with a single short sentence: "The challenged proposed rule is not final agency action subject to judicial review."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>National Mining v. EPA.</b> On July 11, 2014, in <a href="/wiki/National_Mining_Association" title="National Mining Association">National Mining Association</a> vs EPA, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit</a> said that the EPA and the U.S. Corps of Engineers had the statutory authority under the Clean Water Act to enact a procedure rule (Enhanced Coordination Process memorandum) to review mountaintop mining permits.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Court rejected the argument in Morrisey's brief that claimed that the "EPA was attempting to take for itself responsibilities reserved to the states and other federal agencies."<sup id="cite_ref-wvrecord.com_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wvrecord.com-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>West Virginia et al. v. EPA.</b> On July 31, 2014, Morrisey and attorneys general from other states filed a lawsuit West Virginia et al. v. EPA<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit</a> challenging a court ordered<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> settlement over three years earlier on March 2, 2011, between the EPA and 11 states - New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this settlement, EPA promised to issue its now-pending rule establishing standards 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 <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_v._Environmental_Protection_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency">Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency</a> in 2007 where the Supreme Court held that carbon dioxide is an air pollutant subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act. The attorneys general lawsuit is over three years late. The EPA published the proposed settlement in December 2010, and Section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act allows a 30-day period to challenge any requirements of the Clean Air Act.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Morrisey's lawsuit against the EPA he said that the Clean Air Act "precludes EPA from directing States to establish standards of performance for any existing source for any air pollutant."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Court disagreed with Morrisey, and on June 9, 2015, said it "denied the petition for review and the petition for a writ of prohibition because the proposed rule of concern is not final. The Court only claims authority to review the legality of final agency rules, not proposals."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Environmental_Protection_Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Environmental Protection Agency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrisey's office has filed a number of lawsuits and amicus briefs challenging the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a> (EPA). </p><p>In August 2014, Morrisey filed a lawsuit, along with 11 other states, challenging the <a href="/wiki/EPA" class="mw-redirect" title="EPA">EPA</a>'s proposal to regulate coal-fired power plants as part of then President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s plan to <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_mitigation" title="Climate change mitigation">mitigate climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This suit resulted in a historic 2016 stay in the Supreme Court.<sup id="cite_ref-businessinsider1_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-businessinsider1-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, Morrisey filed suit against the Federal government of the United States, challenging regulatory changes described by the Obama administration as an administrative fix to the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> (ACA).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morrisey's lawsuit, <i>State of West Virginia v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</i>, was dismissed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia" title="United States District Court for the District of Columbia">United States District Court for the District of Columbia</a> in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey appealed to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia">U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia</a>, which in 2016 again rejected the suit, finding that West Virginia has suffered no <a href="/wiki/Injury-in-fact" class="mw-redirect" title="Injury-in-fact">injury-in-fact</a> and thus lacked <a href="/wiki/Standing_(law)" title="Standing (law)">standing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Clean_Power_Plan_litigation">Clean Power Plan litigation</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Clean Power Plan litigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>West Virginia et al. v. EPA (challenged draft Clean Power Plan rule).</b> On August 1, 2014, West Virginia and 12 states had filed suit to block the draft Clean Power Plan rule.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 9, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejects Patrick Morrisey's challenge to draft Clean Power Plan rule, which he filed on September 3, 2014, as being premature, because the rule was a draft rule, not a final rule, and had not yet been published in the Federal Register. </p><p><b>West Virginia et al. v. EPA (Motion for Expedition of challenge to Clean Power Plan).</b> On October 21, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied Patrick Morrisey's Motion for Expedition of hearing on challenge to <a href="/wiki/Clean_Power_Plan" title="Clean Power Plan">Clean Power Plan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he filed on September 3, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 2, 2014, the EPA had released the draft Clean Power Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 2, 2014, New York and 11 states had filed a petition in support of the Clean Power Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>West Virginia et al. v. EPA (request for emergency stay of final Clean Power Plan rule).</b> On September 9, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused to grant Patrick Morrisey's request for an emergency stay in the Clean Power Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 5, 2015. West Virginia and 12 states had requested to halt implementation of the Clean Power Plan until the courts make a ruling.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 13, 2015. West Virginia and 12 states had filed a petition for an emergency stay.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 3, 2015, the EPA had announced the final rule for the Clean Power Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 14, 2015, California and 15 states had filed a petition in support of the Clean Power Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>West Virginia et al. v. EPA (request to deny implementation of Clean Power Plan).</b> On January 21, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied Patrick Morrisey's request to halt implementation of the Clean Power Plan until litigation is concluded.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 23, 2015, West Virginia and 24 states had filed suit against the Clean Power Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 23, 2015, the EPA had published the Clean Power Plan in the Federal Register.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>West Virginia et al. v. EPA (request to stay Clean Power Plan).</b> January 26, 2016. West Virginia and 24 states filed suit to stay the Clean Power Plan before the U.S. Supreme Court.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 9, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of Clean Power Plan while the case is litigated in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 16, 2016, New York and 19 states filed a petition in support of the Clean Power Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oral arguments are scheduled for September 27, 2016 on the Clean Power Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2016 the Court sided with Morrisey, issuing a Stay.<sup id="cite_ref-businessinsider1_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-businessinsider1-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_Amendment">Second Amendment</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Second Amendment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrisey has filed several amicus briefs in lawsuits challenging Second Amendment decisions. </p><p><b>Kachalsky v. Cacace.</b> On April 15, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in <a href="/wiki/Kachalsky_v._Cacace" title="Kachalsky v. Cacace">Kachalsky v. Cacace</a>, which challenged a New York law that requires a person to show a particular need to obtain a permit to carry a firearm outside the home.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey and attorneys general from other states had submitted a brief challenging the lower court decision saying that the law "does not survive any level of scrutiny".<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Drake v. Jerejian.</b> On May 5, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in Drake v. Jerejian, which challenged New Jersey's requirement that concealed carry permit applicants must demonstrate a "justifiable need" in order to be issued a handgun carry permit.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey and attorneys general from other states had submitted a brief challenging the lower court decision saying that New Jersey's law would "threaten" and "shake the foundation" of less restricting gun permitting schemes in other states."<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Abramski v. United States.</b> On June 16. 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court in Abramski v. United States of America said that "regardless whether the actual buyer could have purchased the gun, a person who buys a gun on someone else's behalf while falsely claiming that it is for himself makes a material misrepresentation punishable" under the law.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is contrary to the claim made by Morrisey that the "Department of Justice wants to ensnare innocent West Virginian gun owners in a web of criminal laws if they try to sell their guns" and that "the administration's interpretation oversteps the law and could make criminals out of innocent citizens."<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Cuomo and Connecticut Citizens' Defense League v. Malloy.</b> On October 19, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Cuomo and Connecticut Citizens said that "The core prohibitions by New York and Connecticut of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines do not violate the Second Amendment."<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is contrary to the claim made by Morrisey and other state attorneys general that the "New York's outright prohibition of semi-automatic firearms burdens the fundamental right to keep and bear arms" and "New York's ban of semi-automatic firearms cannot survive strict scrutiny"<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Friedman v. City of Highland Park</b>. On December 7, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of the case Friedman v. City of Highland Park.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey and other attorneys general had filed an amicus brief saying that the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit was a "threat posed by narrow judicial construction of the Second Amendment to their citizens and policies."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit earlier on April 7, 2015, dismissed Morrisey's arguments saying "Assault weapons with large-capacity magazines can fire more shots, faster, and thus can be more dangerous in aggregate. Why else are they the weapons of choice in mass shootings?"<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Peruta v. County of San Diego.</b> On June 9, 2016, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Peruta v. County of San Diego said that "We hold that the Second Amendment does not preserve or protect a right of a member of the general public to carry concealed firearms in public."<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is contrary to the claim made by Morrisey and other state attorneys general that the "New York's outright prohibition of semi-automatic firearms burdens the fundamental right to keep and bear arms" and "New York's ban of semi-automatic firearms cannot survive strict scrutiny."<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Kolbe v. Hogan</b>. In August 2017, Morrisey led a 21-state coalition to urge the Supreme Court to hear arguments against, and urging the court to strike down, a weapons ban in Maryland. His coalition argued that the weapons ban infringes on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. The Maryland weapons ban prohibits the sales, transfer, and possession of certain semiautomatic firearms and standard-capacity magazines. The coalition, in its brief with the Supreme Court, was referring to a ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down the ban. If the appeals court's decision is upheld, it would set case law that governs similar laws in West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Supreme_Court">Supreme Court</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Supreme Court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In late January 2017, President Trump nominated Judge <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch" title="Neil Gorsuch">Neil Gorsuch</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> to replace the late <a href="/wiki/Antonin_Scalia" title="Antonin Scalia">Antonin Scalia</a>. The following day, Morrisey sent a letter to Senate leaders along with the Attorneys General of 19 other states to express support for Gorsuch and urge the Senate to confirm him without delay. Morrisey said he wrote the letter out of concern for the court's impact on residents of West Virginia, citing a 2016 court decision (5–4, with <a href="/wiki/Antonin_Scalia" title="Antonin Scalia">Antonin Scalia</a> casting the crucial vote) to stay President Obama's <a href="/wiki/Clean_Power_Plan" title="Clean Power Plan">Clean Power Plan</a>, which Morrisey believed would put people out of work.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_presidential_election_intervention">2020 presidential election intervention</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2020 presidential election intervention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 8, 2020, Texas Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Ken_Paxton" title="Ken Paxton">Ken Paxton</a> sued the states of Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, where certified results showed <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> the electoral victor over President Donald Trump. </p><p>By December 2020, Paxton had been under indictment on <a href="/wiki/Securities_fraud" title="Securities fraud">securities fraud</a> charges relating to activities prior to taking office,<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in October 2020, numerous high-level assistants of his own office have accused him of involvement in "<a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abuse_of_power" title="Abuse of power">abuse of office</a> and other crimes".<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morrisey signed an amicus brief led by Paxton seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election by challenging election processes in four states where Trump lost. The news came after West Virginia's Governor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Justice" title="Jim Justice">Jim Justice</a>, who had yet to congratulate Biden for winning the presidency, said Trump called him to discuss the lawsuit. He said he encouraged Morrisey to join the Texan's attempt. "I'm sure our attorney general will make the right move," said Justice, a strong Trump supporter. </p><p>Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Mac_Warner" title="Mac Warner">Mac Warner</a> on Wednesday declared the state's election results, becoming the last in the nation to certify the winner of the presidential race. He said the Texas lawsuit is a "novel approach" and supported letting the courts decide. </p><p>Texas and 16 other states' Attorneys General<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who support Paxton's challenge of the election results alleged numerous instances of unconstitutional actions in the four states' presidential ballot tallies, arguments that had <a href="/wiki/Post-election_lawsuits_related_to_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election">already been rejected in other state and federal courts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Texas_v._Pennsylvania" title="Texas v. Pennsylvania">Texas v. Pennsylvania</a></i>, Paxton asked the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a> to invalidate the states' sixty-two electoral votes, allowing Trump to be declared the winner of a second presidential term.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the suit has been characterized as a dispute between states, the Supreme Court retains original jurisdiction, though it frequently declines to hear such suits.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was no evidence of consequential illegal voting in the election.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paxton's lawsuit included claims that had been tried unsuccessfully in other courts and shown to be false.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officials from each of the four states described Paxton's lawsuit as having recycled false and disproven claims of irregularity.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The merits of the objections were sharply criticized by legal experts and politicians.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Election law expert <a href="/wiki/Rick_Hasen" class="mw-redirect" title="Rick Hasen">Rick Hasen</a> described the lawsuit as "the dumbest case I've ever seen filed on an emergency basis at the Supreme Court."<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nebraska Republican Senator <a href="/wiki/Ben_Sasse" title="Ben Sasse">Ben Sasse</a> said the situation of Paxton initiating the lawsuit, "looks like a fella begging for a <a href="/wiki/Pardon" title="Pardon">pardon</a> filed a <a href="/wiki/PR_stunt" class="mw-redirect" title="PR stunt">PR stunt</a>", in reference to Paxton's own state and federal legal issues (<a href="#Securities_fraud_indictment">securities fraud charges</a> and <a href="#Whistleblower_allegations_of_abuse_of_office">abuse of office allegations</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 11, the U.S. Supreme Court quickly rejected the suit which Morrisey had joined, in an unsigned opinion.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Patrick_Morrissey_(32310744454).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Patrick_Morrissey_%2832310744454%29.jpg/220px-Patrick_Morrissey_%2832310744454%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Patrick_Morrissey_%2832310744454%29.jpg/330px-Patrick_Morrissey_%2832310744454%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Patrick_Morrissey_%2832310744454%29.jpg/440px-Patrick_Morrissey_%2832310744454%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3996" data-file-height="2664" /></a><figcaption>Morrisey at the 2017 <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Political_Action_Conference" title="Conservative Political Action Conference">Conservative Political Action Conference</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Abortion">Abortion</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrisey opposes abortion<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and joined 12 states in supporting a brief in favor of North Carolina's 20-week abortion ban.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey investigated <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a>'s activities in West Virginia<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was endorsed for the U.S. Senate by West Virginians for Life.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey hardened his position on abortion since his first run for Congress in New Jersey in 2000. During that race, Morrisey opposed a constitutional amendment banning abortion and held exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morrisey was a staunch supporter of overturning Roe v. Wade.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Opioid_addiction">Opioid addiction</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Opioid addiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrisey has promoted a "Combating Addiction with Grace" partnership, a joint effort between law enforcement and faith leaders to combat <a href="/wiki/Opioid_abuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Opioid abuse">opioid abuse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also focused on attempting to substitute opioids with other non-narcotics as first-treatments for pain management.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey asked West Virginia lawmakers to consider an "anti-retaliation" program to eliminate negative consequences inflicted upon prescribers who refuse to issue opioid medications, which was passed into law in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morrisey supported President Trump's declaration of the opioid crisis as a national emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sanctuary_cities">Sanctuary cities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sanctuary cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrisey led a multi-state coalition of attorneys general in defending the right of states to prohibit <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctuary cities">sanctuary cities</a> within their borders. A unanimous <a href="/wiki/Federal_appeals_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal appeals court">federal appeals court</a> decision found in favor of the states.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Guns">Guns</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Guns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrisey has A+ ratings from the <a href="/wiki/NRA_Political_Victory_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="NRA Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a> and the West Virginia Citizen's Defense League.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has secured reciprocity agreements with other states, allowing the concealed carry licenses of other states to be valid within West Virginia, and vice versa.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Immigration">Immigration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Immigration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2017, Texas Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Ken_Paxton" title="Ken Paxton">Ken Paxton</a> led a group of Republican Attorneys General from nine other states, including Morrisey, plus Idaho Governor <a href="/wiki/Butch_Otter" title="Butch Otter">Butch Otter</a>, in threatening the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> administration that they would litigate if the president did not terminate the <a href="/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals" title="Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals</a> (DACA) policy that had been put into place by President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 5, 2017, Trump rescinded the DACA policy. He delayed implementation for six months to allow Congress the time to legislate a solution for young people eligible for DACA. Morrisey supported Trump's move and said "I applaud President Trump for having the courage of his convictions to uphold the rule of law and stop this Obama-era program. DACA was unconstitutional and represented an unlawful, unilateral action by the Obama administration."<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2018, Morrisey was among Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate seeking to cast the blame for the <a href="/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy" title="Trump administration family separation policy">Trump administration family separation policy</a> on their Democratic opponents. Morrisey criticized West Virginia U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Manchin" title="Joe Manchin">Joe Manchin</a> for supporting the "Keep Families Together Act" authored by <a href="/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a>, arguing that Manchin was "putting the interest of illegal immigrant criminals and the agenda of liberal Washington elites ahead of West Virginia families."<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Drug_companies">Drug companies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Drug companies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, questions arose about Morrisey's ties to <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Health" title="Cardinal Health">Cardinal Health</a>, his campaign funds, and the ongoing lawsuit filed against Cardinal Health. After Morrisey said he had recused himself from the suit, he met privately on several occasions with representatives of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, Cardinal Health settled a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general's office by paying a $20,000,000 fine for violating consumer protection laws.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Morrisey ended a lawsuit against Miami-Luken, a drug firm that sold excessive and suspicious amounts of opioids to small towns across West Virginia, after the drug firm paid $2.5 million to settle.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazette-Mail_2018-01-30_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-Mail_2018-01-30-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia Gazette">The Charleston Gazette</a></i>, "Morrisey, a former lobbyist for a trade group that represents Miami-Luken and other drug distributors, inherited the lawsuit in 2013 after ousting longtime Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Darrell_McGraw" title="Darrell McGraw">Darrell McGraw</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Gazette-Mail_2018-01-30_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-Mail_2018-01-30-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the largest settlement against pharmaceutical companies in West Virginia's history.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sex_trafficking">Sex trafficking</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sex trafficking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, Morrisey joined a coalition of 50 state and territorial attorneys general in pushing Congress to pass legislation that would affirm that all law-enforcement agencies retain their traditional authority to fight sex trafficking. In a letter to Congress, the bipartisan group asked to amend the <a href="/wiki/Communications_Decency_Act" title="Communications Decency Act">Communications Decency Act</a> to legally confirm that states, localities and territories retain authority to investigate and prosecute child sex trafficking criminals wherever they operate, including online.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2018_U.S._Senate_election">2018 U.S. Senate election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2018 U.S. Senate election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia">2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia</a></div> <p>On July 10, 2017, Morrisey announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Manchin" title="Joe Manchin">Joe Manchin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Republican primary, he presented himself as an outsider in contrast to Rep. <a href="/wiki/Evan_Jenkins_(politician)" title="Evan Jenkins (politician)">Evan Jenkins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_2018-05-03_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico_2018-05-03-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the primary, Morrisey was attacked by his main opponents, Jenkins and <a href="/wiki/Don_Blankenship" title="Don Blankenship">Don Blankenship</a>, for his career as a lobbyist.<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_2018-05-03_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico_2018-05-03-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amid criticism of Morrisey's lobbying career, as well as his wife's lobbying career, the Morrisey campaign pledged that his wife would stop lobbying if Morrisey were to win election to the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_2018-05-03_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico_2018-05-03-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 8, 2018, Morrisey defeated Jenkins and Don Blankenship in the Republican primary with more than 34% of the votes (47,571 votes).<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia,_2018_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia,_2018-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the November 2018 general election, Morrisey was defeated by incumbent <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Manchin" title="Joe Manchin">Joe Manchin</a>. Manchin received 49.6% of the vote to Morrisey's 46.3%, with Libertarian candidate Rusty Hollen receiving 4.2% of the votes cast.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2024_gubernatorial_election">2024 gubernatorial election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 2024 gubernatorial election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_West_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election">2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election</a></div> <p>On April 4, 2023, Morrisey announced his candidacy for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Virginia">governor of West Virginia</a> in the 2024 election.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He narrowly defeated <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="West Virginia House of Delegates">State Delegate</a> <a href="/wiki/Moore_Capito" title="Moore Capito">Moore Capito</a> in the primary election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrisey moved to <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia">Jefferson County, West Virginia</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife, Denise Henry Morrisey, is a founding partner at a lobbying firm, <a href="/wiki/John_D._Raffaelli" title="John D. Raffaelli">Capitol Counsel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrisey has one <a href="/wiki/Stepdaughter" class="mw-redirect" title="Stepdaughter">stepdaughter</a>, Julia.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Morrisey&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">New Jersey 7th Congressional District Republican Primary Election, 2000 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Mike Ferguson (politician)">Mike Ferguson</a></b> </td> <td>10,504 </td> <td>42.54 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Kean_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Kean Jr.">Tom Kean Jr.</a> </td> <td>6,838 </td> <td>27.69 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joel_Weingarten" title="Joel Weingarten">Joel Weingarten</a> </td> <td>5,115 </td> <td>20.71 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td>Patrick Morrisey </td> <td>2,237 </td> <td>9.06 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">West Virginia Attorney General Election, 2012 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b>Patrick Morrisey</b> </td> <td>329,854 </td> <td>51.24 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darrell_McGraw" title="Darrell McGraw">Darrell McGraw Jr.</a> (incumbent) </td> <td>313,830 </td> <td>48.76 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">West Virginia Attorney General Election, 2016 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b>Patrick Morrisey</b> </td> <td>356,015 </td> <td>51.64 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Reynolds_(politician)" title="Doug Reynolds (politician)">Doug Reynolds</a> </td> <td>289,263 </td> <td>41.96 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">West Virginia United States Senate Republican primary election, 2018<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b>Patrick Morrisey</b> </td> <td>48,007 </td> <td>34.90 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evan_Jenkins_(politician)" title="Evan Jenkins (politician)">Evan Jenkins</a> </td> <td>40,185 </td> <td>29.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Blankenship" title="Don Blankenship">Don Blankenship</a> </td> <td>27,478 </td> <td>19.97 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td>Thomas Willis </td> <td>13,540 </td> <td>9.84 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td>Bo Copley </td> <td>4,248 </td> <td>3.09 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td>Jack Newbrough </td> <td>4,115 </td> <td>2.99 </td></tr> </tbody></table><p><br /> </p><table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">West Virginia United States Senate general election, 2018<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Manchin" title="Joe Manchin">Joe Manchin</a> </td> <td>290,510 </td> <td>49.57 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td>Patrick Morrisey </td> <td>271, 113 </td> <td>46.26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Libertarian </td> <td>Rusty Hollen </td> <td>24,411 </td> <td>4.17 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">West Virginia Attorney General Election, 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b>Patrick Morrisey</b> </td> <td>487,250 </td> <td>63.77 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Democratic </td> <td>Sam Brown Petsonk </td> 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