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{{Mdy|date=July 2024}}{{Short description|English Bulldog owned by Jim Justice (born 2019)}}
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'''Babydog''', full name '''Babydog Justice''',<ref name="e571">{{cite web | last=Heim | first=Madeline | title=Who is Babydog Justice, the dog onstage at RNC in Milwaukee | website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee and Wisconsin breaking news and investigations | date=2024-07-17 | url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2024/07/17/who-is-babydog-justice-the-dog-onstage-at-rnc-in-milwaukee/74438406007/ | access-date=2024-07-17}}</ref><ref name="t924">{{cite web | last=Baxter | first=Holly | title=Babydog Justice appears on RNC speaker schedule, in surprise twist | website=The Independent | date=2024-07-16 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/babydog-justice-rnc-speaker-governor-b2580848.html | access-date=2024-07-17}}</ref> is an [[English bulldog]] owned by [[Jim Justice]], the [[Governor of West Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/06/27/babydog-unleashed-inside-the-weird-world-of-the-most-powerful-pooch-in-politics/|title=Babydog: WV Gov. Jim Justice's Secret Canine Weapon|date=June 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/us/jim-justice-senate-governor-west-virginia.html|title='Big Jim' and Babydog Go to Washington?|first=Campbell|last=Robertson|work=The New York Times |date=October 15, 2023|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> Described by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' as a "fixture in West Virginia politics", she is known for regularly accompanying Justice at public engagements.<ref name="c698">{{cite news | last=Suliman | first=Adela | title=Meet Babydog, the 60-pound bulldog who stole the show at RNC convention | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2024-07-17 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/17/babydog-rnc-convention-jim-justice-west-virginia/ | access-date=2024-07-17}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
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== Life in politics ==
[[File:Sharon Turner from Morgantown; Million-Dollar Winner.jpg|thumb|Babydog and Jim Justice presenting a prize to a winner of the "Do It for Babydog" sweepstakes|left]]
{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5124246/senate-candidate-gov-jim-justice Speech by Justice at the 2024 Republican National Convention featuring Babydog], [[C-SPAN]]}}
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2021, Justice used the slogan "Do It for Babydog" to promote a vaccine lottery designed to encourage West Virginians to get vaccinated against COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/west-virginia-governor-defends-do-it-for-babydog-vaccine-lottery-federal-subpoena/|title=West Virginia governor defends "Do it for Babydog" vaccine lottery after federal subpoena - CBS News|first=Erica|last=Brown|date=June 21, 2023|website=www.cbsnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wowktv.com/community/do-it-for-babydog/|title=West Virginia's 'Do it for Babydog' vaccine lottery coverage &#124; WOWK|date=September 8, 2023|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=December 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214191358/https://www.wowktv.com/community/do-it-for-babydog/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BASS |first=KENNIE |date=2021-06-18 |title='She makes people feel good:' How Babydog became the face of W.Va.'s vaccine campaign |url=https://wset.com/news/local/she-makes-people-feel-good-how-babydog-became-the-face-of-wvas-vaccine-campaign |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=WSET |language=en}}</ref>