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Stephanie Alvaro

Stephanie Alvaro

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Stephanie Alvaro is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

saa0023@mix.wvu.edu

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West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
"West Virginia’s exports increased for the second year in a row in 2018, reaching $8.1 billion. Additionally, West Virginia’s export growth rate was 14.2%, nearly double the national average of 7.6%."
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By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019
Nikki Bowmar
Nikki Bowmar
stated on March 30, 2019 a comment in a newspaper article
Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce."
Mostly True
By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on January 8, 2019 an interview on Bloomberg television
"President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval."
Mostly True
By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • January 28, 2019
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