{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"WV MetroNews","provider_url":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com","author_name":"Hoppy Kercheval","author_url":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/author\/hkercheval\/","title":"WV GOP gives the Democratic Party a lifeline - WV MetroNews","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zh0LzpwyAV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/01\/15\/wv-gop-gives-the-democratic-party-a-lifeline\/\">WV GOP gives the Democratic Party a lifeline<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/01\/15\/wv-gop-gives-the-democratic-party-a-lifeline\/embed\/#?secret=zh0LzpwyAV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;WV GOP gives the Democratic Party a lifeline&#8221; &#8212; WV MetroNews\" data-secret=\"zh0LzpwyAV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The West Virginia Republican Party has surged from irrelevance to dominance over the course of a generation. The shift took wing with the 2000 General Election when George W. Bush won the presidency and carried West Virginia while Shelley Moore Capito was elected to Congress for the first time. In 2021, Republican voter registration overtook","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/metronews-plug.jpg","thumbnail_width":885,"thumbnail_height":485}