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Republican incumbent Gov. Jim Justice was elected in 2016 as a Democrat before switching parties less than a year later.

In the race for the governor’s mansion in 2020, the billionaire businessman-turned-politician faces off against Democrat Ben Salango, an attorney, small business owner and Kanawha County Commissioner.

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