Sen. Daniel Hall
BECKLEY, W.Va. — State Senator Daniel Hall, R-Wyoming, who Tuesday announced his pending resignation from the legislature’s upper chamber, hedged on that plan Wednesday morning, saying if Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin plans to appoint a Democrat to fill his seat, he’ll stay on in the Senate.
Tomblin Communications Director Chris Stadelman said the governor will wait on a vacancy before making any decision.
Hall, who said Wednesday that he’ll stay in the Senate until the issue is resolved or until Tomblin makes a statement that he’ll appoint a Republican, believes he knows what the governor would do.
“They’ll put a Democrat in there and that would be horrible,” Hall said, adding that he would not put the Senate “in chaos” without knowing for certain which party would fill his position.
A Democrat appointee would mean the Senate would be evenly divided, 17-17…
Sen. Daniel Hall
