(The Middle Sq.) – Jarred Cannon, at the moment working for election within the West Virginia Home of Delegates, will be part of the chamber early after Gov. Jim Justice appointed him to fill a vacant seat.
Cannon is a Republican who gained his main to symbolize the celebration within the 2022 election for the twenty first Home District. He’ll be part of the Home earlier than his election to symbolize the twenty second District underneath the outdated map traces to fill a emptiness left by former Del. Joe Jeffries, R-Putnam, resigning his place. He’ll proceed working to symbolize the brand new twenty first District.
“I’d prefer to thank Gov. Justice for his confidence in appointing me to symbolize the twenty second District within the Home of Delegates,” Cannon mentioned in a press release. “It’s an unbelievable honor and I’m able to get to work with the governor and legislative management on day one to assist make West Virginia the perfect place within the nation to dwell, work, and lift a household.”
Cannon is a local West Virginian and a enterprise proprietor. He’s a graduate from West Virginia College and serves on the Ohio-West Virginia Youth Management Affiliation. He’s additionally an organizer and counselor on the conservative youth management camp, Camp Lincoln. The district represents components of Putnam, Boone, Lincoln and Logan counties.
“I’m very excited to nominate Jarred to this place within the Home of Delegates,” Justice mentioned in a press release. “He’s going to work onerous to symbolize the folks of the twenty second District properly, and I stay up for seeing him serve the state that I do know he loves.”
Jeffries resigned from his seat after securing a job in Florida. Justice and different lawmakers rebuked him and referred to as for his resignation a few yr in the past after he posted TikTok movies that graphically mentioned oral intercourse and different issues of a sexual nature.
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