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Teresa Toriseva
Teresa Toriseva is an officeholder of the Democratic Party of West Virginia Vice Chair.
Toriseva (Democratic Party) ran for election for Attorney General of West Virginia. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Teresa Toriseva earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Wheeling Jesuit University and a law degree from the West Virginia University College of Law. She was awarded Order of the Coif and Order of the Barrister upon graduation from law school. Her career experience includes working as an attorney and owner of the law firm Toriseva Law. She has served as special assistant attorney general for the State of West Virginia nine times.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia Attorney General election, 2024
General election
General election for Attorney General of West Virginia
John B. McCuskey defeated Teresa Toriseva in the general election for Attorney General of West Virginia on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John B. McCuskey (R) | 70.0 | 501,452 |
 | Teresa Toriseva (D) | 30.0 | 214,654 | |
| Total votes: 716,106 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of West Virginia
Teresa Toriseva defeated Richie Robb in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of West Virginia on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Teresa Toriseva | 52.7 | 50,480 |
 | Richie Robb | 47.3 | 45,356 | |
| Total votes: 95,836 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of West Virginia
John B. McCuskey defeated Mike Stuart in the Republican primary for Attorney General of West Virginia on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John B. McCuskey | 59.8 | 117,263 |
 | Mike Stuart | 40.2 | 78,745 | |
| Total votes: 196,008 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ryan Weld (R)
Endorsements
Toriseva received the following endorsements.
2022
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 4
Incumbent Erikka Storch defeated Teresa Toriseva in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Erikka Storch (R) | 72.6 | 4,811 |
| Teresa Toriseva (D) | 27.4 | 1,812 | |
| Total votes: 6,623 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 4
Teresa Toriseva advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 4 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Teresa Toriseva | 100.0 | 987 |
| Total votes: 987 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 4
Incumbent Erikka Storch advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 4 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erikka Storch | 100.0 | 2,020 |
| Total votes: 2,020 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Teresa Toriseva did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Toriseva’s campaign website stated the following:
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Consumer Protection: My primary focus as Attorney General will be on consumer protection. Every household, every individual, and every business is a consumer in West Virginia. West Virginia businesses can not afford to crippled by an Attorney General’s failure to prosecute violations of existing laws. In fact, there are many laws that only the Attorney General can enforce for the benefit of all citizens. I will fight relentlessly to protect all consumers in this state. Crime: To suppress crime, I support, and have fought for, higher police wages, safer working conditions, additional training, and to supply our police officers with the most state of the art equipment and gear available. Increasing wages and improving training decreases crime and increases public safety. Corporate misconduct, like the unleashing of opioids on our citizens, goes unchecked when West Virginia’s laws are not enforced by the Attorney General. Those that dump pills in West Virginia, including Big Pharma and any others that aid this activity, will not avoid being held fully accountable in my administration. Transparency: There should be full transparency of government officials and their actions. Transparency protects the process and keeps corruption at bay. An Attorney General should promote transparency herself and enforce the laws that require it of others. There are existing laws, like FOIA and Sunshine Laws, that mandate transparency for elected officials and government administrations. I will ensure these laws are fully enforced. Communities: I support local communities’ right to protect individual rights and wages of their citizens. Protecting families builds strong communities. The backbone of communities are the working people, their families, and small businesses. When you protect them from criminal, powerful, or corporate abuses, you protect communities. When the communities are protected, they can thrive on their own. They do not need the government to do anything else. Energy/Coal: West Virginia is an energy state, and everyone should work cooperatively with the industry for the benefit of all. We must, however, enforce our laws and not allow industry to treat West Virginia like it is a mere source of labor. Our natural resources should make all of our citizens rich. Other energy states have shown us that this is possible. Second Amendment/Reproductive Rights: I am pro woman. I am pro-choice. I am pro Second Amendment, or as some like to say, pro-gun. I support all of these things for the same reason: These are issues the government should not decide. These are independent rights of individuals in a free society. No one wants the government in their doctor’s office or their gun safe. No one is free who cannot control her own body or who cannot own a gun to protect herself. The government should not tell the population how to live. It is for the people to tell the government how the Government will work for them. Government works for the people and must not infringe on individual rights. I will support individual independent rights and freedoms as your Attorney General.[2] |
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| —Teresa Toriseva’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
2022
Teresa Toriseva did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Teresa Toriseva 4 Attorney General, "Bio," accessed September 25, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Teresa Toriseva’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed September 25, 2024
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