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State Treasurer Riley Moore Announces Run For U.S. Congress

Speaking from his home in Harpers Ferry on Monday, the former state delegate said he will run as a Republican in 2024 for the 2nd Congressional District seat.

Speaking from his home in Harpers Ferry on Monday, the former state delegate said he will run as a Republican in 2024 for the 2nd Congressional District seat now held by Rep. Alex Mooney, who announced last week he’s running for U.S. Senate in 2024.

“My track record speaks for itself,“ Moore said. “I’ve been a conservative fighter as your state treasurer, and that is exactly what I’m going to do when I go to Washington.”

Moore said he will continue his conservative fight in support of fossil fuels and national energy independence.

“I’ve been fighting the woke corporations, woke capitalism and the ESG movement in this country. I was the first state treasurer in this country to divest BlackRock out of our state treasury funds,” Moore said. “I was the first state treasurer to come up with a restricted financial institution list that put woke banks on it for boycotting the fossil fuel industry in the state of West Virginia.”

As state shepherd of the Hope Scholarship Program, Moore said he will push to create national educational savings accounts across America.

“This should be a federal program, we must have school choice for all of our children. You see the national test scores, they are abysmal,” Moore said. “Fourth grade and eighth grade reading and math has never been lower. We have to put our children first. There’s a war going on with the family in this country, and we have to be able to give them choice over indoctrination.”

Moore said he’d fight to better train a United States workforce to bring jobs back home from China. He proposed putting more tariffs on Chinese products to help correct a trade imbalance.

Moore continues a West Virginia Republican family political legacy as the nephew of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and the grandson of three-time Gov. Arch Moore.

W.Va. Senate District 13 Race — Two Legislative Veterans

The 13th District covers parts of Marion and Monongalia counties, including Morgantown. The candidates are Del. Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, and Republican Mike Oliverio.

The race for the 13th Senate District features a pair of veteran legislators.

The 13th District covers parts of Marion and Monongalia counties, including Morgantown.

Republican candidate Mike Oliverio served 16 years in the Senate and two years in the House of Delegates, ending that tenure in 2011. He switched parties in 2017.

“I was disappointed with the direction of the National Democratic Party and felt like they no longer focused on the needs of the people of West Virginia,” Oliverio said. “If I were to ever return to public service, it would be in the Republican Party where I could do the most good for my community.”

Oliverio said Morgantown is the state’s health care hub, and it is underserved in Charleston.

“We need to fight for our fair share,” Oliverio said. “We’re the only senate district in West Virginia that doesn’t have a member on the Finance Committee.”

After 26 years in the House, Del. Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, said the Senate needs more women’s views and she can bring that perspective to the conversation. She plans to continue her health care campaign against diabetes, to see the state offer affordable insulin and treatment for the disease.

“I found out that another thing that is very expensive, are the supplies and equipment that go with being a Type 1 diabetic especially, and also Type 2,” Fleischauer said. “An insulin pump can extend people’s lives by decades. A continuous glucose monitor can tell people if their insulin is getting a little bit out of whack.”

Oliverio said he has a plan to help financially strapped senior citizens.

“That’s something we could do in the form of expanding the homestead exemption,” Oliverio said. “We want to enable our senior citizens to be able to stay in their homes, yet the value of their homes are increasing and their property taxes are increasing.”

Fleischauer plans to continue the fairness fight for the LGBTQ+ community.

“If you are, or if you look different, or if you love somebody, you shouldn’t lose your job or lose your house because of that,” Fleischauer said. “It’s just the same as we shouldn’t have discrimination based on race or gender.”

Both candidates say 13th District secondary roads are desperate for repair. Both Oliverio and Fleischauer argue they have the experience to make a difference.

7th Senate District Race Preview – Stuart Vs. Stollings

The contested race for the newly formed 7th Senate District seat pits a veteran legislator against a well-known newcomer.

The contested race for the newly formed 7th senate district seat pits a veteran legislator against a well known newcomer.

Former federal prosecutor Mike Stuart was State Republican Party Chair and 2016 West Virginia Trump Campaign Co-chair. He said his opponent doesn’t reflect the values of their Boone, Lincoln, Logan and Kanawha county constituents.

“We’re a conservative district and people who value pro-life, they want lower taxes, they value freedom, they value the right to own and bear firearms,” Stuart said. “These are tenants that my people hold dear, and the candidate (that) has been there for16 years is far from that record.”

Adult Medical Specialist Dr. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, said he’s religious, endorsed by the NRA, and pro-life, but the state abortion bill went too far. The 16 year senator said transitioning from a coal economy requires dedicated funding.

“Getting more coal severance tax back to the county of origin, getting a tax credit if you locate a business on a post mine land site.Those are things that can now go through fruition, because we now have the bipartisan infrastructure plan that is made for places like my district, highly impacted coal areas,” Stollings said.

Stuart said he’ll fight for parents who need to commit their children to involuntary, long- term treatment for opioid dependence. He favors capital punishment for drug dealers.

“I support the death penalty,” Stuart said. “If you’re killing cops, if you’re carrying enough drugs, I support the death penalty for that.”

Stollings said public education needs a major overhaul and a return to funding for support programs.

“We have treated public education like it was a piece of gum on your shoe,” Stollings said. “We cut DHHR some $600 million, so those programs that help these disadvantaged kids, it’s coming back now to roost.”

Stuart said the state’s infrastructure has improved, but secondary roads in his 7th District remain deplorable.

“If that road in Tornado isn’t fixed, or that road in Harts Creek isn’t fixed, I’m going to be the guy standing there with social media saying, ‘Hey, get out here and fix this thing,’” Stuart said.

Stollings said diversifying the economy requires keeping promises like developing infrastructure along Corridor G

“The plan 25 years ago was to get infrastructure along U.S. Route 119,” Stollings said. “Particularly if you have these post-mine land sites that are now ready to be developed.”

Mike Stuart said he’s a street fighter with a sense of urgency.

Ron Stollings said far right MAGA people will cut taxes on the rich and cut services on the poor.

Senate 7th District voters will decide who will represent them next Tuesday.

Political Candidate Filing Begins Jan. 10

Filing for political candidates who plan to seek office this year begins Jan. 10.

The ballot for the May 10 primary election includes open spots in the U.S. House of Representatives, state Senate and House of Delegates, county commissions and boards of education, and conservation district supervisors among others.

Candidates for federal, statewide, legislative and judicial (excluding magistrates) offices, as well as those running for office in more than one county, are required to file a Certificate of Announcement with the Secretary of State’s office. Candidates for all other offices file at their respective county clerk’s office.

Generally, candidates for most offices must be eligible to register to vote, must be the proper age for the office on or before the 2022 General Election, and must be residents of the district where applicable.

Candidates should check their district map to make sure they file to run in the correct district.

Candidates can file in person at the Secretary of State’s Office in Charleston during regular business hours and from 8:30 a.m. to midnight on Saturday, Jan. 29. Candidates can also file at the North Central WV Business Hub, located at 200 W. Main St. in Clarksburg, and the Eastern Panhandle Business Hub, located at 229 E. Martin St., Suite 100, in Martinsburg.

Alternatively, candidates can mail their Certificate of Announcement and filing fee to the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office, State Capitol Building, Charleston, WV 25305. All filings mailed by USPS must be received or postmarked during the filing period. Filings received after Jan. 29 cannot be accepted.

For information on the West Virginia 2022 election process, visit  GoVoteWV.com

Candidate Filings Begin Today

Candidates for this year’s elections have begun filing in West Virginia.

Monday marked the first day in which candidates could file.

State and federal candidates must file with the secretary of state. Candidates for positions included entirely in one county will file with the county clerk, and city candidates will file with the municipal recorder.

Six partisan statewide offices, including an open governor’s race, are on the 2016 ballot.

One Supreme Court seat is in play. The nonpartisan race will be decided during the May primary election.

Every House of Delegates seat and 17 of 34 state Senate seats are on the ballot.

Certificates of announcement and filing fees must be received in the appropriate office or postmarked before midnight Jan. 30.

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