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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.
3. Nov. 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.
Paula Jean Swearengin. 21,654 likes · 82 talking about this. West Virginia mountain mama fighting against the corrupt political machine. Independent hell raiser.
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11. Jan. 2018 · 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".
10. Juni 2020 · A progressive coal miner's daughter and granddaughter defeated two rivals to advance to the general election against Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. Swearengin ran on a platform of economic diversity, Medicare for All, and a Green New Deal.
14. Okt. 2020 · Swearengin challenges Republican Shelley Moore Capito, the daughter of a former governor and a coal company ally, in a state where Democrats have abandoned progressives. She represents a growing wave of progressive candidates in West Virginia, where Bernie Sanders won every county in 2016.
Cori Bush was drawn into the streets when the police shooting of an unarmed black man brought protests and tanks into her neighborhood. Paula Jean Swearengin was fed up with watching her friends and family suffer and die from the environmental effects of the coal industry.
