Some clarity in West Virginia today

– Morrisey running for governor, not Senate

-Club for Growth backs Mooney in Senate race

Still waiting on Gov. Jim Justice's presumed Senate bid…https://t.co/ZT3srqHHij@allymutnick

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) April 4, 2023

The Club for Growth will back GOP Rep. Alex Mooney’s West Virginia Senate bid, setting up a potential clash with Gov. Jim Justice, who is expected to enter the race at the behest of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

The conservative anti-tax group had vowed earlier to oppose Justice should he enter the Senate race. Their endorsement of Mooney came on the same day that Patrick Morrisey, the state’s attorney general, announced he would run for governor instead of making another run for Senate.

[This may put the Club for Growth on a collision path with the NRSC, which wants Justice. Read the Politico piece for more on the intrigue, but the last thing Republicans need is a food fight in a state where a flip is all but a certainty. — Ed]