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West Virginia lawmakers<\/a> at the state and federal levels are looking to welcome disaffected Virginians into Mountaineer country after Democrats swept elections this week with Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger and Attorney General-elect Jay Jones winning big.<\/p>\n

Virginia and West Virginia were a unified state until June 1863 \u2013 when the ultimate result of the “Wheeling Convention” saw delegates in western counties vote to split from the east in order to prevent forcibly seceding from the U.S. as that effort percolated in Richmond.<\/p>\n

That split may be seeing evidence of mending, as a West Virginia lawmaker announced plans Thursday to invite several western Virginia counties and those in Maryland\u2019s Western Panhandle to join West Virginia.<\/p>\n

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Much of what is now West Virginia abhorred or did not utilize slavery, and abolitionist John Brown<\/a> famously led a raid against the federal armory in Jefferson County in what became the easternmost point in the Mountain State \u2013 hoping to spur a slave revolt.<\/p>\n

A century-and-a-half-later, West Virginia state Sen. Chris Rose put forth a bill Thursday that would reunite his state with several conservative counties along the Virginia border and extending toward Tennessee and North Carolina.<\/p>\n

A map of the areas in Rose\u2019s bill published by Beckley\u2019s NBC affiliate<\/a> showed a several-hundred-mile swath of Virginia from Big Stone Gap, down through Jonesville and extending north through Tazewell, Bland and Luray would be formally invited to join West Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The map would essentially render West Virginia\u2019s eastern panhandle moot geographically \u2013 and reunite Charles Town and Martinsburg with geopolitically similar neighbors in Berryville and Brucetown, Virginia.<\/p>\n

Charleston would also add newcomers from Garrett, Allegany and Washington counties in high-tax Maryland to their fold.<\/p>\n

Rose, R-Morgantown, said the areas in his bill “share geographic, economic, cultural, and historical connections with West Virginia, including a strong Appalachian heritage<\/a>, rural lifestyles, and a focus on individual liberties.”<\/p>\n

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The move follows West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey\u2019s invitation<\/a> Wednesday to Virginians to essentially reunite with their neighbors.”<\/p>\n

Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.V. previously teamed up with Virginia neighbor and evangelist Jerry Falwell Jr. to promote a similar effort that he said actually reaffirms an outstanding offer from the 1860s.<\/p>\n

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Asked about the newfound sentiment of inviting disaffected neighbors in, a Justice spokesman suggested the situation would show a true contrast in responsible governance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Senator Justice has long been one to welcome those disappointed with failed progressive leadership to West Virginia,” Justice spokesman Will O\u2019Grady told Fox News Digital Thursday.<\/p>\n

“He continues to promote the state and has proven West Virginia is truly a diamond in the rough when it comes to places to live, work, and raise a family.”<\/p>\n

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Justice and Falwell said in 2020 that Frederick County \u2013 across the border from Martinsburg \u2013 still has a separate, singular invitation from 1862 to join West Virginia, while others remain with a collective RSVP.<\/p>\n

Falwell, whose family has been in Virginia since the 1600s and in the Lynchburg area \u2013 where Liberty University is located \u2013 since the 1900s, according to reports, cited Thomas Jefferson\u2019s own admonition in the Declaration of Independence about the occasional need to “dissolve the political bands” when “the laws of nature and nature\u2019s God entitle them.”<\/p>\n

Justice, Falwell and others supportive of gluing at least part of “old” Virginia back together, have cited the disparity between politics in Richmond and politics in the western end of the state.<\/p>\n

While she never spoke of redrawing borders, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears<\/a> previously told Fox News Digital she would have established a “second governor\u2019s office” in southwestern Virginia \u2013 to bring what she called forgotten residents some accountability with their public officials.<\/p>\n

Earle-Sears said at least four state capitals \u2013 including Charleston \u2013 are closer to many parts of the rural, mountainous southwest, and that voters there told her they could feel the disconnect.<\/p>\n

West Virginia\u2019s formation is seen as the only successful effort to create a new state by secession<\/a> from another state.<\/p>\n

Current initiatives in Oregon, California, and elsewhere \u2013 as well as an effort to split Staten Island from New York City<\/a> to create the Republican-friendly city of Richmond — have largely stalled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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