The Senate GOP has a strong chance at winning a narrow majority next year, and a frequently absent Republican could be a liability.

West Virginia candidate Jim Justice may almost certainly snag a seat in the U.S. Senate next year. But even the Republican governor's own colleagues say that his attendance at work is less of a guarantee.

It’s weird,” said one Republican, of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, who is rarely seen at the state capitol building.

West Virginia governor James C. Justice II seeks to fill the Senate seat left open by Joe Manchin’s retirement. “Big Jim” Justice, like Manchin, is a coal executive and former Democrat. But in contrast to Manchin’s run-of-the-mill crony capitalism,