House Speaker Tim Armstead Won't Run for Office in 2020; Looking at Running for State Supreme Court
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on January 19, 2018 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
According to MetroNews, House Speaker Tim Armstead says he will not run again for election to the House of Delegates, saying he is 
considering a state Supreme Court run in 2020.
considering a state Supreme Court run in 2020.
“I’ve made a decision to 2018 and am looking to the future in something I’m considering,” said Armstead, R-Kanawha. “I’m not planning to run for re-election to the House of Delegates this year.”
Armstead made the announcement public today on MetroNews’ “Talkline.” The Speaker went into a caucus with House Republicans prior to that to tell them the news.
“One of the offices I am looking very seriously at is election to the Supreme Court of Appeals,” Armstead said, saying it would be difficult to give full attention to his duties as Speaker while also preparing to a 2020 Supreme Court run.
He later added, “I haven’t made a definite decision. I’m not announcing as a candidate for that. But it’s certainly going to be something I’ll be looking at closely over the next several months.”
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Editor's Note: Photo by Perry Bennett, West Virginia Legislative Photography.
