Riley McGowan Moore (born July 1, 1980) is an American politician who has been the

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for

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since January 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 25th West Virginia State Treasurer from 2021 to 2025 and represented district 67 in the

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from 2017 to 2019.

Early life and career

Moore earned an apprenticeship certificate in

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from the C. S. Monroe Technology Center, a

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in government from

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, and a

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in strategic security studies from the

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. He also served as a staffer on the

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. Moore worked as a welder. From 2013 to 2017, Moore was a Vice President at the Podesta Group, a lobbying firm closely associated with the Democratic Party, where he was part of a client team working on the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECFMU), which had been formed to represent former Ukrainian President,

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. During the subsequent investigation, Moore was never identified as a person associated with the case. Starting in 2017, Moore became a director at

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Career

West Virginia House of Delegates

With Stephen Skinner opting not to run for reelection for the 67th district in the

in 2016, Moore ran to succeed him, defeating Rod Snyder. He was elected, and served as assistant majority whip for the Republicans. In 2018, Moore was named by Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw as the next Majority Leader in the House. He lost his reelection bid in 2018 to John Doyle.

State Treasurer of West Virginia

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, Moore ran for West Virginia State Treasurer. He was unopposed in the Republican primary and faced 24-year incumbent John Perdue in the general election. Moore won the general election with 56% of the vote. Riley opposed ESG investing during his tenure as State Treasurer. In June 2022, Moore issued a letter to six financial institutions (

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, US Bancorp, and

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), saying that they would no longer be allowed to do business with the state of West Virginia because of their advocacy against the fossil fuel industry.

U.S. House of Representatives

On November 21, 2022, Moore announced that he was running for the

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in in the 2024 elections to succeed

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, a member of the Republican Party who was running for the

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. Moore won the primary election for the Republican nomination against four other candidates, receiving 46 percent of the vote.{{{cite web, url=https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/05/14/riley-moore-carol-miller-win-gop-nominations-for-west-virginias-two-congressional-seats/, title=Riley Moore, Carol Miller win GOP nominations for West Virginia's two congressional seats, date=May 14, 2024, first=David, last=Beard, work= The Dominion Post, accessdate=May 20, 2024 He was elected in the November 2024 general election. On January 3, 2025, Moore started to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2025, Moore introduced a bill that would ban the issuing of student visas for all citizens of the

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. Various groups such as the Committee of 100 and the Asian American Foundation labeled the bill Sinophobic. In April 2025, Moore posed for photos in front of prisoners at the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador. The Trump administration had shipped immigrants without criminal records to the prison, including immigrants like Kilmar Abrego Garcia who were illegally abducted and transported to the prison. Moore praised Trump for doing so, saying "Several inmates were extremely violent criminals recently deported from the U.S. I leave now even more determined to support President Trump’s efforts to secure our homeland."

Committee assignments

* Committee on Appropriations ** Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies ** Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies ** Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch (Vice Chair)

Personal life

Moore's grandfather, Arch A. Moore Jr., is a former

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. Moore was named for his grandmother, Shelley Riley Moore. His aunt,

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, and cousin, Moore Capito, are also politicians. Moore is a

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. Moore and his wife, Guillermina ({{nee Garcia), and their two daughters and son live in

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Electoral history

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