Derrick Evans will not be at the Capitol.
Rep. Carol Miller, RW.Va. won her race to defend her congressional seat in the November general election.
Miller defeated convicted felon Evans to become the Republican nominee for the 1st Congressional District of the U.S. House of Representatives.
“It has been the honor of my life to represent West Virginia in Congress, and I am grateful to have won the Republican primary in West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District tonight,” Miller said in a statement. “Over the past few years, I have ensured the Mountain Valley Pipeline is completed, worked on legislation that lowers taxes for West Virginians, and held the Biden administration accountable. While the Republican majority in the House of Representatives has done a great job, we still have more to do for the American people. I am grateful to represent my wild and wonderful state in Washington, and I will continue to work to make West Virginia the best place to live, work and raise a family.”
Miller, who calls herself pro-Trump on her website and refused the certification Based on the results of the 2020 presidential election, she was first elected to Congress in 2018 and previously served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 2006 to 2018. Her son Chris Miller ran as the Republican candidate for governor of West Virginia, but lost the nomination to West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
Evans was elected to the West Virginia House of Representatives in 2020, but only held office for 37 days before resigning to focus on his “personal situation”: He was arrested for the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 accused. Evans pleaded guilty to a felony charge of rioting and was sentenced to three months in prison in June 2022.
During his sentencing, Evans told the judge: “I will always remember that I made a crucial mistake. “I let myself down, I let my community down and, most of all, I let my family down .”
However, his remorse for his actions diminished when he began running for congressman “previously in captivity” “political prisoner”.
Chris Bob Reed of Charleston won the Democratic nomination for the House 1st Congressional District. He defeated Jim Umberger, a Vietnam War veteran who served in the Army and works in mental health care.
In the 2nd Congressional District, West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore won the Republican nomination.
“America first means AMERICANS FIRST!”, Moore Posted to
Moore is the nephew of Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, RW.Va. and grandson of Arch Moore, the former West Virginia governor who was convicted of corruption after pleading guilty to five crimes, including obstruction of justice, mail fraud, tax fraud and racketeering.
Moore defeated Dennis “Nate” Cain, Joseph (Joe) Earley, Alexander Gaaserud and Chris “Mookie” Walke.”
Steve Wendelin won an uncontested race to be the Democratic nominee. Wendelin, of Wardensville, is a Navy veteran.
