Two West Virginia Republicans are making history.

PositionNEWSMAKERS - Tim Armstead - Bill Cole - Brief article

Two West Virginia Republicans are making history. Speaker Tim Armstead and Senate President and Lt. Governor Bill Cole are the first Republicans to take the rostrum since the Capitol building opened in 1932. Through the Great Depression, 14 presidents and 16 governors, no Republican has wielded the gavel in either chamber. But that changed when Armstead, a 16-year House veteran, helped his party win control of the West Virginia House for the first time in 83...

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