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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 of three nominees submitted by the county on Jan. 14. The order paves the way for Kenova resident Jo...

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 amicu...

“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 with one of three names presented to him by the Wayne County GOP Executive Committee. “The state c...

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 and the Wayne County GOP Executive Committee. Justice, however, chose to pick a name from a second l...

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 committee violated procedures to replace Evans — who resigned after he was charged with illegally...