Riley Moore | |
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Treasurer of West Virginia | |
Assumed office January 18, 2021 | |
Governor | Jim Justice |
Preceded by | John Perdue |
Member of the West VirginiaHouseofDelegates from the 67th district | |
In office January 2017 –January 2019 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Skinner |
Succeeded by | John Doyle |
Personal details | |
Born | Riley McGowan Moore July 1,1980 Morgantown,West Virginia,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Guillermina Garcia |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Arch Moore (grandfather) Shelley Moore (grandmother) Shelley Moore Capito (aunt) Moore Capito (cousin) |
Education | George Mason University (BA) National Defense University (MS) |
Riley McGowan Moore [1] (born July 1,1980) [2] [3] is an American politician who has served as West Virginia State Treasurer since January 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he previously represented district 67 in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Moore is the Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives in West Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the 2024 elections.
Moore earned an apprenticeship certificate in welding from the C. S. Monroe Technology Center,a bachelor's degree in government from George Mason University,and a master's degree in strategic security studies from the National Defense University. He also served as a staffer on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. [4]
From 2013 to 2017, [5] Moore was a Vice President at the Podesta Group where he was part of a client team working on the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECFMU),which had been formed to represent former Ukrainian President,Viktor Yanukovych. [6] During the subsequent investigation,Moore was never identified as a person associated with the case.[ citation needed ] Starting in 2017,Moore became a director at Textron. [7]
With Stephen Skinner opting not to run for reelection for the 67th district in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2016, [8] Moore ran to succeed him,defeating Rod Snyder. He was elected,and served as assistant majority whip for the Republicans. [9]
In 2018,Moore was named by Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw as the next Majority Leader in the House. [10] He lost his reelection bid in 2018 to John Doyle. [11]
In 2020,Moore ran for West Virginia State Treasurer. He was unopposed in the Republican primary,and faced 24-year incumbent John Perdue in the general election. [12] Moore won the general election with 56% of the vote. [13]
Riley opposes ESG investing during his tenure as State Treasurer. [14] In June 2022,Moore issued a letter to six financial institutions (BlackRock,JPMorgan Chase,Wells Fargo,Morgan Stanley,US Bancorp and Goldman Sachs) saying that they would no longer be allowed to do business with the state of West Virginia,because of their advocacy against the fossil fuel industry. [15]
On November 21,2022,Moore announced that he was running for the United States House of Representatives in West Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the 2024 elections to succeed Alex Mooney,who is running for the United States Senate. [16] Moore won the primary election for the Republican nomination against four other candidates,receiving 46 percent of the vote. [17] His grandfather represented the district,then numbered as the 1st district,from 1957 to 1969.
Moore's grandfather,Arch A. Moore Jr.,is a former governor of West Virginia. Moore was named for his grandmother,Shelley Riley Moore. His aunt,Shelley Moore Capito,and cousin,Moore Capito,are also politicians. [9] Moore is a devout Roman Catholic. Moore and his wife,Guillermina ( née Garcia),and their two daughters and son live in Harpers Ferry,West Virginia. [18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Riley Moore | 1,177 | 78.1% | |
Republican | Daniel Swisher | 330 | 21.9% | |
Total votes | 1,507 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Riley Moore | 4,230 | 50.6% | |
Democratic | Rod Snyder | 4,134 | 49.4% | |
Total votes | 8,364 | 100.0% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Riley Moore (incumbent) | 1,084 | 80.5% | |
Republican | Daniel Swisher | 263 | 19.5% | |
Total votes | 1,347 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Doyle | 4,214 | 55.9% | |
Republican | Riley Moore (incumbent) | 3,320 | 44.1% | |
Total votes | 7,534 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Riley Moore | 169,798 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 169,798 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Riley Moore | 425,745 | 56.3% | |
Democratic | John Perdue (incumbent) | 330,316 | 43.7% | |
Total votes | 756,061 | 100.0% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Riley Moore | 46,839 | 45.0% | |
Republican | Joseph Earley | 21,074 | 20.3% | |
Republican | Chris Walker | 15,125 | 14.5% | |
Republican | Dennis Cain | 13,535 | 13.0% | |
Republican | Alexander Gaaserud | 7,418 | 7.1% | |
Total votes | 103,991 | 100.0% |
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