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Paula Jean Swearengin (born June 13, 1974) is an American activist and politician who was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 U.S. Senate election in West Virginia, and a candidate in the Democratic primary for the state's other Senate seat in 2018.
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- June 13, 1974 (age 49), Mullens, West Virginia, U.S.
Paula Jean Swearengin. 21,695 likes · 263 talking about this. West Virginia mountain mama fighting against the corrupt political machine. Independent hell raiser.
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Nov 3, 2020 · Paula Jean Swearengin ( Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent West Virginia. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020. Swearengin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
May 3, 2018 · She’s a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Joe Manchin. Paula Jean Swearengin is a long shot. She knows that. But she believes West Virginia deserves better. And...
Oct 14, 2020 · Paula Jean Swearengin is a daughter of a coal miner and a granddaughter of a coal miner who is running for the US Senate in West Virginia. She opposes the Trump agenda and the Republican incumbent, Shelley Moore Capito, who belongs to a political dynasty of West Virginia politicians. She challenges the state's political polarization and economic challenges as a result of the decline of the coal industry.
Paula Jean Swearengin is a coal miner's daughter and a social and economic justice activist who ran for West Virginia Senate in 2018 and 2020. She opposes the coal industry, supports single-payer healthcare and a Green New Deal, and calls herself a "hillbilly".
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Jun 10, 2020 · — Paula Jean Swearengin (@Paula Jean Swearengin) 1591759563 Along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Swearengin was featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary Knock Down the House for her unsuccessful 2018 primary challenge to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), widely considered the chamber's most conservative Democrat.
