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Mooney defends residency, criticizes Casey

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Republican candidate for Congress in West Virginia’s 2nd District said he is a West Virginian by choice.

“I think we should welcome people who want to move into our state,” Alex Mooney said in answering another question about his residency.

“It’s a great place to live and work and raise your family and I’m dedicated to fighting for that. I know my opponent wants to make fun of me and tease me,” he said.

“Frankly, they’re doing everything they can to avoid talking about the issues.”

Mooney was a guest on Friday’s MetroNews “Talkline” as part of a series of interviews with the statewide candidates ahead of the Nov. 4th general election.

With just more than a week remaining before Election Day, political analysts with MetroNews and other organizations are calling the 2nd District race between Mooney, a former Maryland legislator, and Nick Casey, a former state Democratic Party chair, a tight one.

Both camps have been trading barbs as Mooney and Casey compete for the open U.S. House seat that Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the Republican U.S. Senate candidate, currently holds.

Casey has tried to make an issue out of the fact that Mooney has not lived in West Virginia long.

Mooney and his family moved to Charles Town in 2013. Mooney said, despite Casey’s claims, he has paid taxes in the Mountain State and, he noted, his youngest daughter was born this month in Charleston.

Mooney has tried to link Casey to President Barack Obama and, additionally, questioned Casey’s pro-life claims since, at the State House this year, Casey lobbied for a bill that would have banned abortions in West Virginia after 24 weeks into a pregnancy — not the 20 week cut-off West Virginians for Life supported.

“This is a late-term abortion. It is offensive to the voters of West Virginia that my opponent would not oppose those late-term abortions,” Mooney said.

Last month, Casey called Mooney’s claims that he supported late-term abortions “scurrilous lies.”

Early voting in West Virginia continues through Saturday, Nov. 1. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4.





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