State Auditor JB McCuskey will be the state’s next attorney general. McCuskey, a Republican, had 68% of the vote to Democrat Teresa Toriseva’s 32% when the Associated Press called the race at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday night.
“Thank you, West Virginia, for making your voice heard and placing your trust in our campaign.” McCuskey posted on the social media platform X. “I look forward to continuing my service to the great Mountain State as your next Attorney General!”
McCuskey is a Charleston attorney. He was first elected state auditor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2020. Prior to working as an auditor, McCuskey served two terms in the state House of Representatives.
Toriseva is an attorney in Wheeling.
McCuskey will fill the position of current Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a candidate for governor of West Virginia.
Speaking to West Virginia Watch after his elementary school In defeating Sen. Mike Stuart, R-Kanawha, McCuskey said Morrisey did a “fantastic job defending the will of our Legislature and the will of our people.”
“I intend to continue to attract world-class talent who are capable of going to the Supreme Court and the Fourth Circuit and winning cases that defend not only what our Legislature does, but what the people do.” in West Virginia,” McCuskey said. He added that he would “defend West Virginia values and West Virginia’s economy to the ends of the earth.”
According to the campaign finance reports, By mid-October, McCuskey had transferred Toriseva $1.4 million to her $35,000.
