“We're not really a state. We're a colony. Everything we've ever had - timber, coal - it's all been extracted out of our state. Our people have been here and have worked in those industries, and they remained poor, but the people outside of our state that are the ones that come and get the timber, get the coal, have become billionaires.”

American politician and retired United States Army major

Richard Ojeda is an American politician and retired United States Army major. A Democrat, he is the member-elect for North Carolina's 9th congressional district. He previously served in the West Virginia Senate, representing the 7th district from January 2017 to January 2019. He also mounted a short-lived campaign for president in the 2020 election.