CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Treasurer Riley Moore is now focused on his race in November after celebrating a victory in the May Primary for the Republican nomination for West Virginia’s Second Congressional District.
Moore defeated four other candidates for the nomination. During an appearance on MetroNews “Talkline” last week, he said the other four candidates ran a good, clean, tough race, but believes his voting record and results while being State Treasurer were the difference in the win.
“A heated contest but we came out on top,” said Moore. “It was also building on top of and reasserting the things that I’ve done as state Treasurer and for when I was in the state Legislature.”
More votes were gathered by Moore than Dennis “Nate” Cain, Joseph (Joe) Earley, Alexander Gaaserud and Chris “Mookie” Walker in the May 14th Primary Election.
Steve Wendelin is the Democratic nominee for the second congressional district seat. The winner of the November general election will fill the seat vacated by Alex Mooney, who ran for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate against Gov. Jim Justice.
Moore says his conservative voting record over the past years will be the same direction he takes if sent to Washington. He called it “results-based policy.”
“One of the most conservative voting records I might add when I was in the state Legislature,” he said.
It’s not about getting on TV and telling folks how bad things are. Moore said if elected he hopes to bring a new attitude to Capitol Hill and not fall into the trap of political theatre amongst a sometimes out-of-order Congress.
“I want to be fighting for our interests and our equities here in West Virginia,” said Moore.
As state Treasurer, Moore has gone after companies who he says are using taxpayer money to push left wing political ideology like “Environmental Social Governance,” or ESG. Currently, 10 banks are on West Virginia’s “Restricted Financial Institution List” for boycotting fossil fuel companies. Finance giants like BlackRock, Goldman Sachs are included in that list. Six additions were made to that list with two of them reversing course on their policy, according to Moore.
“It’s so important for us to fight back against this movement,” Moore said. “We’re protecting our tax dollars from being weaponized against us.”
Moore says around 15 other states have joined in a national coalition to band against financial institutions and an “ESG movement. This action, Moore believes, has brought more good results to West Virginia and has caught on nationwide.
“If we’re dealing with an institution that is trying to destroy the coal industry and we’re allowing them to manage our dollars and they’re making money off of that, those dollars that they are earning off of our tax dollars, they’re turning around and trying to destroy our industry,” said Moore.