{"id":5855,"date":"2023-06-02T14:33:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=5855"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:39:23","slug":"senator-charles-trump-to-run-for-open-seat-on-west-virginia-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=5855","title":{"rendered":"Senator Charles Trump to Run for Open Seat on West Virginia Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Senator Charles Trump (R-Morgan) announced today that he will be running in 2024 for the open West Virginia Supreme Court seat. Justice John Hutchinson announced yesterday that he\u2019s not running for re-election.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5856\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senator Charles Trump<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Appearing on <em>Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval<\/em> this morning, Senator Trump said that \u201cit wasn\u2019t something that I was planning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJustice Hutchison surprised many people, including me, with his announcement yesterday,\u201d Senator Trump said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have considered running against Justice Hutchison were he choosing to stand for re-election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf given the honor of serving on the Supreme Court as a justice, I would serve to the very best of my ability with high levels of integrity, ethics and civility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would work very hard with the court to continue to enhance public trust in the institution,\u201d Senator Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Trump has been serving in the West Virginia Senate since 2014. He is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five years ago, all five justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court were impeached on charges related to corruption, lack of oversight and overspending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I came to the Supreme Court in January 2019 the judicial system was starting to come out of a very dark place,\u201d Justice Hutchison wrote in his letter to Chief Justice Elizabeth Walker yesterday. \u201cIn the last five years the new court has made amazing strides in reestablishing the integrity of the third branch of government. That could not have happened without the leadership provided by the five members of the Court but also it could not have happened without the dedication and hard work of the 1500 employees who work for the Court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Trump\u2019s announcement will leave an open Senate seat from Morgan County in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Charles Trump (R-Morgan) announced today that he will be running in 2024 for the open West Virginia Supreme Court seat. Justice John Hutchinson announced yesterday that he\u2019s not running for re-election. Appearing on Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval this morning, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=5855\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5859,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855\/revisions\/5859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}