CLAY REPUBLICAN HANSHAW SELECTED NEW SPEAKER OF HOUSE, WV LEGISLATURE

(08/30/2018)
A Clay County lawmaker was approved by the West Virginia House of Delegates as its new speaker.

House members on Wednesday chose Del. Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, as the new speaker by a vote of 62-34.

Hanshaw replaces Tim Armstead, who resigned previously as speaker and as a delegate from Kanawha County to run for West Virginia Supreme Court.