Paula Jean Swearengin
Paula Jean Swearengin | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | June 13, 1974 Mullens, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Independent (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic (before 2021) MPP (2021–2022) |
| Children | 4 |
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, and a candidate in the Democratic primary for the state's other Senate seat in 2018. Her 2018 campaign was one of four campaigns featured in the 2019 documentary Knock Down the House.
Swearengin lost the 2020 election to Republican incumbent Shelley Moore Capito by more than 40 percentage points, and the 2018 primary to incumbent Joe Manchin. She left the Democratic Party in 2021 and joined the Movement for a People's Party. She left the organization in 2022.