Title: Patrick Morrisey - Wikipedia
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Patrick Morrisey
Contents
Early life and education
Career in law and lobbying
Attorney General
Federal lawsuits
DEA opioid lawsuit
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Power Plan litigation
Second Amendment
Supreme Court
2020 Presidential election intervention
Political positions
Abortion
Opioid addiction
Sanctuary cities
Guns
Immigration
Drug companies
Sex trafficking
2018 U.S. Senate election
Personal life
Electoral history
References
External links

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Patrick Morrisey
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American politician
For other people with similar names, see Patrick Morrissey. Patrick Morrisey


34th Attorney General of West Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 14, 2013
Governor
Earl Ray Tomblin
Jim Justice
Preceded by
Darrell McGraw

Personal details
Born
Patrick James Morrisey
( 1967-12-21)
December 21, 1967 (age 53)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Education
Rutgers University, New
Brunswick ( BA)
Rutgers University, Newark
( JD)
Patrick James Morrisey (born December 21, 1967) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 34th Attorney General of West Virginia since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party . Morrisey was elected Attorney General of West Virginia in 2012, becoming the first Republican to serve in the role since 1933. Running for the United States Senate in 2018, Morrisey won the Republican Party nomination, but was defeated by incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Manchin in the November general election. Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career in law and lobbying
3 Attorney General
3.1 Federal lawsuits
3.1.1 DEA opioid lawsuit
3.1.2 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
3.1.3 Environmental Protection Agency
3.1.3.1 Clean Power Plan litigation
3.1.4 Second Amendment
3.2 Supreme Court
3.3 2020 Presidential election intervention
3.4 Political positions
3.4.1 Abortion
3.4.2 Opioid addiction
3.4.3 Sanctuary cities
3.4.4 Guns
3.4.5 Immigration
3.4.6 Drug companies
3.4.7 Sex trafficking
4 2018 U.S. Senate election
5 Personal life
6 Electoral history
7 References
8 External links
Early life and education
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Morrisey grew up in Edison, New Jersey. His father was an account manager at U.S. Steel, while his mother worked as a registered nurse. Morrisey ran cross-country and played on his high school's tennis team, before he graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School / Bishop George Ahr High School in 1985. Morrisey graduated with honors from Rutgers College with a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science in 1989. He also attended Rutgers School of Law–Newark, receiving his juris doctor in 1992.