Politics● Low1d ago · Nov 6, 2026, 3:30 PM
Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and US senator, dies at 89
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Jay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longtime U.S. senator, has died
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