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Jensen Mills is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

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West Virginia Republican Party
stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet:

"West Virginia’s exports increased for the second year in a row in 2018, reaching $8.1 billion. Additionally, West Virginia’s export growth rate was 14.2%, nearly double the national average of 7.6%."

By Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019
Nikki Bowmar
stated on March 30, 2019 in a comment in a newspaper article:

Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce."

By Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019
Joe Manchin
stated on January 8, 2019 in an interview on Bloomberg television:

"President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval."

By Stephanie Alvaro • January 28, 2019

How many oil and gas jobs are there in West Virginia? It's surprisingly hard to say

By Stephanie Alvaro • April 5, 2019
Fact-checking Jim Justice's state of the state address

By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2019

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