Paula Jean Swearengin

Paula Jean Swearengin
Personal details
Born (1974-06-13) June 13, 1974 (age 50)
Mullens, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyIndependent (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic (before 2021)
MPP (2021–2022)
Children4

Paula Jean Swearengin (born June 13, 1974) is an American activist and politician who was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 U.S. Senate election in West Virginia,[1] and a candidate in the Democratic primary for the state's other Senate seat in 2018.[2][3] Her 2018 campaign was one of four campaigns featured in the 2019 documentary Knock Down the House.[4]

Swearengin lost the 2020 election to Republican incumbent Shelley Moore Capito by more than 40 percentage points,[5] and the 2018 primary to incumbent Joe Manchin. She left the Democratic Party in 2021 and joined the Movement for a People's Party.[6] She left the organization in 2022.[7]

  1. ^ "Paula Jean Swearengin wins Democratic Senate primary in West Virginia". June 9, 2020. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "UPDATE: Manchin wins U.S. Senate primary for Democrats". WDTV. May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "Paula Jean Swearengin: U.S. Senate Nominee for West Virginia".
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference usatoday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "West Virginia's Shelley Moore Capito defends her Senate seat from Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin". Business Insider.
  6. ^ "Former U.S. Senate candidate from West Virginia leaving democratic party". WDTV. July 20, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Swearengin, Paula Jean [@paulajean2020] (February 20, 2022). "After several questions, I will confirm @peoplesparty_US is purging staff, board members & volunteers with open serious grievances against Nick Brana. This is happening after months of retaliation. Obviously I withdraw my support" (Tweet). Retrieved February 22, 2022 – via Twitter.