HUNTINGTON — Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard caused confusion in the process of selecting a state delegate to replace Derrick Evans earlier this year, the West Virginia
West Virginia GOP fractured by political appointment feud
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A member of the audience holds a Justice for All sign during West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice s election night watch party at The Greenbrier Resort, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On a beach vacation in South Carolina with his family, Jay Marcum was awaiting a call from the governor of West Virginia. He was a finalist for the vacant seat of a state legislator who resigned after being charged with illegally entering the U.S. Capitol in the Jan. 6 riot.
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CHARLESTON Gov. Jim Justice’s pick to replace a former a Wayne County Republican lawmaker was upheld Tuesday by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
In an order released Tuesday evening, the state Supreme Court denied the mandamus case filed by Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard asking the high court to order Justice to appoint a replacement for former Republican 19th District House of Delegates member Derrick Evans from a list of three nominees submitted by the county on Jan. 14.
The order paves the way for Kenova resident Joshua Booth, co-owner of a traffic control company that does business with the Division of Highways, to be sworn in for today’s first day of the 2021 legislative session.
CHARLESTON – On the eve of oral arguments, the state Court denied a former candidate’s motion to intervene in the case regarding the legality of the appointment to fill a House of Delegates vacancy from Wayne County.
In the February 8 motion, the court also allowed petitioner Jeff Maynard, the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee, to file a reply to a response despite a filed opposition from Gov. Jim Justice’s office and the state Republican Party. The motion also allowed Jason Stephens, the candidate who hoped to intervene in the case as a party, to file an amicus brief.
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CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Republican Party are confused about how legislative appointments work, according to the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee.
In a reply to the state GOP in his petition before the state Supreme Court, Jeff Maynard says Justice is mandated to fill the vacancy in the 19th House of Delegates District with one of the three names presented to him in a January 14 letter from Maynard and the Wayne County GOP Executive Committee.
Justice, however, chose to pick a name from a second list submitted to him January 21 by the state Republican Party, which maintains the first list was invalid because the state party wasn’t involved in the process.