West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey took to Facebook Wednesday, following Tuesday’s election results, with a message directed at residents of neighboring Virginia.

Through multiple steps, a West Virginia state senator’s proposal for the Mountain State to adopt counties from Virginia and Maryland could happen if everything aligned.

A West Virginia state senator from Monongalia County has put forth a proposal that encourages several bordering counties in Virginia and Maryland to secede from their states and join West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The filing period for the 2026 Primary Election in West Virginia begins Jan. 12 but there are already of number of candidates who have filed pre-candidacy papers. Seventeen of the 34 seats in the state Senate are on the ballot along with all 100 members of the House of Delegates. There will also be judicial races in 2026.

Political migration accelerates as neighboring states court disaffected voters fleeing blue state policies following recent Democratic electoral victories.

The results of Tuesday’s elections in states such as Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the mayoral race in New York City, have provided the first data point on how voters are feeling after one year of President Trump’s second term in the White House.

On this date in weather history, 4-8 inches of rain fell in 1985, setting the stage for catastrophic flooding on the Potomac, Greenbrier, Little Kanawha, West Fork, Tygart Valley, Cheat and Monongahelia Rivers. The 1985 Election Day Floods would kill 47 West Virginians. #wvwx pic.twitter.com/H8qvoqWLDi

Democrats had a good night, winning major races including governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey and a redistricting ballot measure in California, while also confronting the future of the party.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is no stranger to statewide political office having spent two terms as state auditor, but he admits that leading the Mountain State’s top law firm has brought him new challenges.