By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One week after securing the election for West Virginia’s next governor, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is hitting the ground running on forming a transition team, soliciting resumes and ideas and working with lawmakers and other state officials to craft a legislative agenda for next year.
Morrisey held a press conference Tuesday morning in the law library of the Attorney General’s Office to lay out his transition agenda over the next nearly 60 days until he takes the oath of office as West Virginia’s 37th governor.
“I want to start out by thanking the people of West Virginia for providing me with a resounding victory and a mandate to govern,” Morrisey said. “There’s so much good happening in our state, and I’m looking forward to building on past success.”
Morrisey last week defeated the Democratic opponent, Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, by more than 30 points, earning 62.11% of the vote over Williams’ 31.49% of the vote according to unofficial results from the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office.