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Education. Marshall University ( BA, MBA) Website. Government website. Nickname. "Big Jim" [1] James Conley Justice II (born April 27, 1951) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the 36th governor of West Virginia since 2017. Justice was once a billionaire, but his net worth had declined to $513.3 million as of 2021. [2]
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About Jim James C. Justice, II was born April 27, 1951, to James Conley Justice and Edna Ruth Justice. He attended Raleigh County public schools and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1969, attended Greenbrier Military Academy as a post graduate.
In 2017, he was elected as the 36th governor of the State of West Virginia and has spent his tenure finding ways to grow tourism, enhance statewide infrastructure, develop new educational opportunities and set a bright fiscal future for West Virginia. In 2020, West Virginians re-elected Gov. Justice with almost two-thirds of the vote.
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May 14, 2024 · May 14, 2024. Jim Justice, the second-term governor of West Virginia, won the Republican primary for Senate on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, positioning him to win the seat being ...
May 15, 2024 · West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice won the state’s Republican US Senate primary, positioning the two-term governor as the clear favorite to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in the deep ...
Apr 27, 2023 · Republican Gov. Jim Justice officially jumped into the West Virginia Senate race Thursday, setting up a hotly contested Republican primary in a key race in the fight for Senate control and a ...
May 12, 2024 · The son of a coal magnate, Jim Justice took over the family business in 1993 and diversified, with acquisitions in agriculture and hospitality, before being elected governor of West Virginia in 2016.
