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Paula Jean Swearengin

(1974) Politician

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Paula Jean Swearengin is a politician.

Quick Facts About Paula Jean Swearengin

Born: November 30, 1974
Profession: Politician

About Paula Jean Swearengin

[Wikidata] American activist and politician... | [Wikipedia] Paula Jean Swearengin 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. Her 2018 campaign was one of four campaigns featured in the 2019 documen

Quotes by Paula Jean Swearengin

The people I've met through my path in activism, we're trying to bring real people into a leadership role because we are…

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Leadership

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I was born here in West Virginia, though I spent a little time in North Carolina when my step-dad got laid off…

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Born

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It doesn't bother me to be called a 'hillbilly' because I lived in the hills. I grew up in the hills and…

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Hills

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The question we face today is: What are we going to do when the coal is gone? And make no mistake it's…

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Face

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But my family is connected to coal. There's hardly anybody in West Virginia that doesn't have a connection to the coal industry.

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Coal

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The Democratic Party has failed us, because we haven't run the progressive platform we've been promised... That's why people have moved their…

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Democratic party

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I'm really not a politician: I don't have a political background, though I've been an activist fighting for my community for years.…

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Community

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I've done everything imaginable as a mother and a coal miner's daughter to create a brighter future for our children, and it…

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Brighter future

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I have diverticulitis. Most of my family have stomach issues because of the water we drank when we were little. Lots of…

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Coal

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I believe our future is in building a 21st-century, clean economy.

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Believe

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Joe Manchin has been our secretary of state, he's been our governor and he's been our senator. And through his long terms,…

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Development

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We tapped into the abandoned mine land fund to pay for pensions, and that money was to clean up the mines, not…

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Abandoned

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I was born in Mullens, West Virginia, and lived in a community called Iroquois in Appalachia. We faced heavy pollution. Our water…

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Born

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Bernie Sanders won the primaries because he offered promise, offered hope, offered solutions.

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Because

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I buried my baby brother this year because of the opioid crisis, I've seen my friends and family, strong miners born and…

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Brother

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The reason that I decided to get into politics is because I have begged, pleaded, and cried for years for our government…

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Government

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I plan to primary Joe Manchin in 2018, and I'm asking you to stand with me, and hopefully, hopefully we can build…

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Better

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