republicans to vote in favor of congress trillion dollar structure bill. to line the street with bridges and broad bans. reporter: he opponent is alexis mooney. mooney voted against the infrastructure deal, saying it costs too much money and squandered money on things up popular in west virginia, including electric cars, he says. at some point republicans have to start saying no to more debt in america. even if it is something, a bill that has things we support. reporter: mooney has an endorsement from former president trump who vocally opposed the infrastructure deal. this is state where donald trump won twice. trump remains very, very popular. reporter: it is not just infrastructure, but political traditions that are troubling here. the mountain state has thousands of miles of highway and hundreds of bridges in need of repair, and hundreds of thousands of people without reliable broadband. and it has a history of rewarding politicians for