Headline USA··Friday, November 6, 2026, 4:41 PM

Jay Rockefeller, Former West Virginia Governor, Dies at 89

(Headline USA) Jay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty — and the only Democrat — who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longtime U.S. senator, has died. He was 89. Rockefeller died Thursday night at his home in Washington, said Mary Stewart, vice president for external affairs at WETA, the

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