‘Knife Fights in a Phone Booth’: Census Will Turn Incumbents Against Each Other
When the Census Bureau announced on Monday that West Virginia would lose one of its three seats in the U.S. House, Rep. Alex Mooney was prepared.
The Republican lawmaker, who has represented central West Virginia for six years, has quietly stockpiled campaign cash while easily dispatching Democratic challengers in this deep red district. He entered 2021 with over $2.7 million in the bank for his campaign, an enormous total for a low-key lawmaker in a safe seat.
Call it a rainy day fund for one of the most dreaded kinds of political bad luck that can befall a member of Congress.