Carte Goodwin to Fill Byrd's US Senate Seat
Manchin, a Democrat announced Goodwin's appointment during a news conference in the state capitol . 'I am genuinely confident that Carte Goodwin will look out for West Virginia. I know West Virginia is better off since he's passed this way,' Manchin
JOE MANCHIN, Governor of West Virginia has selected former general counsel Carte Goodwin, a member of a prominent West Virginia family, to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Democratic Senator Robert C. Byrd. Manchin, a Democrat announced Goodwin's appointment during a news conference in the state capitol .
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that Manchin’s appointee will be on oath on July 20. After a while, the Senate decided to take another vote on whether to restore unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless. The proposal fell one vote short on June 30, two days after Byrd died. West Virginia’s other senator, Democrat Jay Rockefeller, said in a statement that Goodwin “is unquestionably among West Virginia’s best and brightest.” Goodwin has worked as Manchin’s chief counsel from 2005 to 2009 and then returned to his family law firm, Goodwin & Goodwin LLP in Charleston. Byrd was the longest-serving senator in record when he died last month at 92. Goodwin, the youngest among those considered potential choices, worked on Manchin's 2004 campaign for governor before becoming his chief lawyer.
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