By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
CHARLESTON — Capitalizing off of the popularity of Babydog, Gov. Jim Justice’s English bulldog, associates of the governor are starting a federal leadership political action committee in her name.
The name “Babydog’s Almost Heaven PAC” was registered Monday with the Federal Election Commission by James T. Miller, the treasurer for Justice’s U.S. Senate campaign and an official involved with several of Justice’s businesses, including the Greenbrier Sporting Club. The leadership PAC lists Justice as a sponsor.
Babydog has become a minor political celebrity both inside West Virginia and inside the Beltway. Babydog, first brought to the state’s attention in early 2021, became the face of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination effort and a frequent companion of the governor at official events, including his annual State of the State address.
Justice had Babydog at his side when speaking at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month, where he expressed his support for former Republican President Donald Trump as the party’s nominee for president in November against then-candidate President Joe Biden.