Paula Jean Swearengin

Paula Jean Swearengin (born June 13, 1974) is an American politician who was the 2020 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in West Virginia. Originally an office manager, she lost the 2018 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate to incumbent Joe Manchin. Her 2018 campaign was one of four campaigns featured in the 2019 documentary Knock Down the House. Swearengin was the Democratic nominee for Senate in West Virginia's 2020 election, losing to the incumbent, Shelley Moore Capito, by more than 40 percentage points.

Paula Jean Swearengin

Paula Jean Swearengin (born June 13, 1974) is an American politician who was the 2020 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in West Virginia. Originally an office manager, she lost the 2018 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate to incumbent Joe Manchin. Her 2018 campaign was one of four campaigns featured in the 2019 documentary Knock Down the House. Swearengin was the Democratic nominee for Senate in West Virginia's 2020 election, losing to the incumbent, Shelley Moore Capito, by more than 40 percentage points.