{"id":2374120,"date":"2024-11-28T06:54:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T11:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-moore-continues-familys-history-in-west-virginia-politics-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T06:55:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T11:55:40","slug":"riley-moore-continues-familys-history-in-west-virginia-politics-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-moore-continues-familys-history-in-west-virginia-politics-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Moore continues family\u2019s history in West Virginia politics &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Friley-moore-continues-familys-history-in-west-virginia-politics-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2374120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mandalorian-fallout-accusations-of-rosario-dawson-transphobia-resurface-rumors-of-cancel-campaign\/\" title=\"\u2018Mandalorian\u2019 Fallout: Accusations Of Rosario Dawson \u2018Transphobia\u2019 Resurface, Rumors Of \u2018Cancel\u2019 Campaign\">article focuses<\/a> \u2064on Riley Moore, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-caught-on-video-elbow-checking-young-daughter-of-newly-elected-gop-congresswoman\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi Caught On Video Elbow Checking Young Daughter Of Newly-Elected GOP Congresswoman\">newly elected representative<\/a>\u200c from West Virginia, who continues his family&#8217;s legacy in politics as he prepares to join Congress. He has a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">notable political \u2064lineage<\/a>, being the nephew of Senator Shelley Moore\u2063 Capito\u200b and the grandson of former Governor Arch Alfred Moore Jr. Despite initially distancing himself from politics, Moore is set to represent West Virginia&#8217;s Second Congressional \u200dDistrict, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tv-news-anchor-christina-pascucci-running-for-calif-senate\/\" title=\"Christina Pascucci, TV News Anchor, seeks Calif. Senate seat.\">seat \u2064previously held<\/a> by his\u200c aunt.\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>In \u200dhis remarks, Moore highlights the struggles faced by West Virginia, including issues caused by globalization, trade, \u200band the opioid crisis. His campaign aims to advocate for the state&#8217;s residents and address\u2062 these challenges. Before his congressional \u2064run, he served in the West \u2062Virginia House of Delegates \u200dand as\u2062 the state&#8217;s\u200c treasurer, \u200cin\u2062 addition to \u2064advising on\u2063 the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Moore\u2062 won the seat vacated by outgoing Representative Alex Mooney,\u200d who \u2064has provided guidance during his transition. As one of 30 \u2064new Republican \u200dmembers in the 119th Congress, Moore expresses his intention to align with caucuses that \u2063reflect West Virginia&#8217;s interests and to support\u2063 President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s initiatives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Capitol&rsquo;s new crop: Riley Moore continues his family&rsquo;s history in West Virginia politics<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1894285\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>The 2024 election cycle has ended, with Republicans holding control of all three branches of government. The&nbsp;<\/em>Washington Examiner<em>&nbsp;interviewed over two dozen new members as they prepare to take office in January. Part 4 of&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3240242\/fresh-faces-house-ready-roll-up-sleeves-119th-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capitol&rsquo;s new crop<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;will focus on the family legacy of one prominent incoming House Republican.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rep.-elect Riley Moore, hailing from a long line of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-believes-6-or-7-biden-family-members-involved-in-foreign-business-schemes\/\" title=\"Comer Believes 6 Or 7 Biden Family Members Involved In Foreign Business \u2018Schemes\u2019\">family members involved<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/West-Virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">West Virginia<\/a> politics, says he spent his life running from politics. Now, he&rsquo;s set to represent the state in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>He was elected to the same seat his aunt, now Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/shelley-moore-capito\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Shelley Moore Capito<\/a> (R-WV), once claimed in the House, as he is set to represent West Virginia&rsquo;s Second Congressional District. His grandfather, former GOP Gov. Arch Alfred Moore Jr., served as governor of the state for 12 years and also served the same district in Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3240974\/meet-new-congress-house-senate-freshmen-119th\/\"><strong>MEET THE NEW CONGRESS: THE HOUSE AND SENATE FRESHMEN ELECTED TO SERVE NEXT YEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;West Virginia is a small state. We all kind of know each other,&rdquo; Moore told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of trust there, I think, in my family, and the type of job that we&rsquo;re going to be able to do for them here in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Elect Riley Moore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;West Virginia is a state that has been crushed by globalization, unfair trade, and the opioid crisis and immigration, so there&rsquo;s a lot of problems in West Virginia. That&rsquo;s why I ran for Congress to try to fight for the people of my district,&rdquo; Moore said.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to entering Congress, Moore was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and is currently the state&rsquo;s treasurer. Before running for office himself, he worked on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as an adviser.<\/p>\n<p>Moore won outgoing Rep. Alex Mooney&rsquo;s (R-WV) seat as he vacated it in order to run for Senate. Moore said Mooney has been &ldquo;giving him a lot of advice&rdquo; in the transition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was a great member of Congress for us,&rdquo; Moore said. Mooney ended up losing the 2024 Senate primary to Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV).<\/p>\n<p>Moore is one of 30 new Republican members of the 119th Congress. He was elected<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3241837\/capitol-new-crop-four-house-republicans-maga-champions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ran for freshman representative\"> freshman representative<\/a>&nbsp;to the GOP&rsquo;s Elected Leadership Committee. He&rsquo;s formed an early bond with Rep.-elects Brandon Gill (R-TX), Brian Jack (R-GA), and Addison McDowell (R-NC) as the four men look to enact President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s agenda. <\/p>\n<p>Once sworn into office in January, Moore said he plans to join caucuses that align with West Virginia&rsquo;s interests such as the anti-abortion, Second Amendment, and coal caucuses.<\/p>\n<p>He said he is not sure of the exact committees he would like to join, but he enjoyed his time working on the Foreign Affairs Committee as an adviser. The House Financial Services Committee is also of interest to him, coming into Congress with experience from being West Virginia&rsquo;s Treasurer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the 118th Congress was plagued by high levels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/12\/21\/1221040449\/118th-congress-to-be-the-most-unproductive-in-decades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">unproductiveness<\/a> and GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2448027\/how-gop-infighting-is-putting-a-controversial-candidate-and-the-house-majority-at-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">infighting<\/a>, Moore and other freshmen members see a new path forward under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump<\/a>. He said his focus for this session is on bringing back to the U.S. jobs that had moved abroad and &ldquo;fighting back this woke left culture that&rsquo;s out there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a mandate to fix this country,&rdquo; Moore said. &ldquo;And I&rsquo;m proud to be part of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1894285\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1894285\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riley Moore carries on his family&#8217;s political legacy in West Virginia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2374122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Riley-Moore.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34176,38374,45806,32076,45807],"class_list":["post-2374120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-family-legacy","tag-political-history","tag-riley-moore","tag-washington-examiner","tag-west-virginia-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Riley-Moore.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374120"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374124,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374120\/revisions\/2374124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}