CHARLESTON, WV – The Capito for West Virginia campaign announced today the endorsement of the Senate GOP and House GOP caucuses. Senate President Mitch Carmichael and House Speaker Roger Hanshaw released the statements below.
“Senator Shelley Moore Capito helped elect the GOP majority in 2014. She has been a partner in turning this state around – growing our economy and putting West Virginians back to work. My colleagues and I are excited to stand with her and run with her in 2020,” said Senate President Mitch Carmichael.
“Senator Shelley Moore Capito is the leader of the Republican Party in our state. She has worked as a partner with us in Washington delivering on the conservative policies we all ran on. The Republican members of the West Virginia House of Delegates are ready to work with her towards a successful election in 2020,” said House Speaker Roger Hanshaw.
“I’m honored to have the backing of so many Republican members of the West Virginia legislature. Five years ago, we came to the majority together, and since then, we have worked to put West Virginia on a more prosperous course. I look forward to continuing to work with them and supporting them in next year’s elections,” said Senator Shelley Moore Capito.
Attached is a list of the legislators who have endorsed Senator Capito for reelection.
Capito has previously been endorsed by Ambassador Nikki Haley, Congressman David McKinley, Congressman Alex Mooney, Congresswoman Carol Miller, Auditor JB McCuskey and Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt. In addition, the Republican National Committee Members, Kayla Kessinger and Larry Pack, are backing Capito.
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| Senate PresidentMitch Carmichael | House SpeakerRoger Hanshaw |
| Senator Mike Azinger | Delegate William Anderson |
| Senator Craig Blair | Delegate Martin Atkinson |
| Senator Donna Boley | Delegate Tom Azinger |
| Senator Greg Boso | Delegate Trenton Barnhart |
| Senator Charles Clements | Delegate Tom Bibby |
| Senator Sue Cline | Delegate Scott Cadle |
| Senator Bill Hamilton | Delegate Moore Capito |
| Senator Kenny Mann | Delegate Roy Cooper |
| Senator Mark Maynard | Delegate Daryl Cowles |
| Senator Rollan Roberts | Delegate Vernon Criss |
| Senator Patricia Rucker | Delegate Mark Dean |
| Senator Randy Smith | Delegate Paul Espinosa |
| Senator Chandler Swope | Delegate Tom Fast |
| Senator Dave Sypolt | Delegate Geoff Foster |
| Senator Tom Takubo | Delegate Dianna Graves |
| Senator Eric Tarr | Delegate Caleb Hanna |
| Senator Charles Trump | Delegate John Hardy |
| Senator Ryan Weld | Delegate Joshua Higginbotham |
| Delegate Jordan Hill | |
| Delegate John Paul Hott | |
| Delegate Eric Householder | |
| Delegate Gary Howell | |
| Delegate Dean Jefferies | |
| Delegate Joe Jefferies | |
| Delegate Rolland Jennings | |
| Delegate David Kelly | |
| Delegate John Kelly | |
| Delegate Kayla Kessinger | |
| Delegate Larry Kump | |
| Delegate Daniel Linville | |
| Delegate John Mandt | |
| Delegate Patrick Martin | |
| Delegate Robbie Martin | |
| Delegate Zack Maynard | |
| Delegate Eric Nelson | |
| Delegate Jeffrey Pack | |
| Delegate Tony Paynter | |
| Delegate Chris Phillips | |
| Delegate Ben Queen | |
| Delegate Matt Rohrbach | |
| Delegate Ruth Rowan | |
| Delegate John Shott | |
| Delegate Brandon Steele | |
| Delegate Erikka Storch | |
| Delegate Amy Summers | |
| Delegate Terri Sypolt | |
| Delegate Chris Toney | |
| Delegate Terry Waxman | |
| Delegate Steve Westfall | |
| Delegate Marshall Wilson | |
| Delegate Evan Worrell |