Treasurer-Elect Larry Pack to be appointed to post
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore will resign Thursday from the office he has held for four years to take his place as the 2nd District representative to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday when Congress returns from recess.
Treasurer-elect Larry Pack will be appointed to the office 12 days early.
Speaking by phone Monday morning, Moore said he will resign to allow Gov. Jim Justice to appoint Pack, the secretary of the Department of Revenue, to replace him. Pack was uncontested in the November general election and easily won a contested May Republican primary.
With Justice waiting to resign as governor and take his U.S. Senate seat until Jan. 13, Moore said this will allow a seamless transition for Moore with Pack being quickly appointed to take Moore’s place with no disruption in the many financial services offered by the treasurer’s office.
“Luckily, Gov. Jim Justice has decided to see out the rest of his term as governor of the State of West Virginia, which has actually really provided a lot of certainty in all of this. So, I want to thank him for doing that,” Moore said. “There would’ve been this gap in between which would’ve created some uncertainty in terms of appointment into the office, but now we have certainty.”