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For The Inter-Mountain 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 ...

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 a...

“The governor does not have the discretion” to fill a vacancy in the 19th Delegate District by selecting from a list of candidates supplied by the state Republican Party, argues Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard. Such an appointment would “usurp the statutory rights of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee members of the 19th Delegate District as well as their constituents.” Maynard insists that Gov. Jim Justice is obligated to fill the vacancy ...

Gov. Jim Justice 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 ...

WAYNE — A former candidate is seeking legal action against the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee, claiming actions to replace former Del. Derrick Evans violated the law. Jason Stephens, a former Republican candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates for the 19th District, is asking the West Virginia Supreme Court to stop the “improper and illegal” replacement of Evans, according to a prepared statement from Stephens. Stephens claims that after the Wayne County co...

Gov. Jim Justice CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice maintains the first list of potential replacements from Wayne County to fill a recent House of Delegates vacancy did not meet state code, and the state Republican Party agrees. The governor’s office, through Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office, submitted its response February 1 to a petition filed by Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard, who says Justice did not follow law in how he ...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com CHARLESTON — The Office of Gov. Jim Justice issued its response to the lawsuit over the process involved in selecting the next Republican lawmaker from Wayne County. The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office filed a response Monday to a lawsuit filed by the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Party with the state Supreme Court of Appeals. Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard is asking the court to order Justice to appoint a rep...

For The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON — A motion by the West Virginia Republican Party to intervene in a case that could determine who represents Wayne County in the House of Delegates was approved Friday by the state Supreme Court of Appeals. J. Zak Ritchie, an attorney for the state Republican Party, filed a motion to intervene in a mandamus lawsuit filed by Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard asking the court to require Gov. Jim Justice to choose a delegate for th...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com CHARLESTON — A motion by the West Virginia Republican Party to intervene in a case that could determine who represents Wayne County in the House of Delegates was approved Friday by the state Supreme Court of Appeals. J. Zak Ritchie, an attorney for the state Republican Party, filed a motion to intervene in a mandamus lawsuit filed by Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard asking the court to require Gov. Jim Justice to choose a delegate fo...

The West Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a newly appointed state lawmaker from assuming his duties while it considers a challenge to the legality of his appointment.