John Perdue

John D. Perdue (born June 22, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 24th West Virginia State Treasurer from 1997 to 2021.[2] In 1989 he became Executive Assistant to West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton, serving as a member of his staff for eight years.Following Governor Joe Manchin's resignation in 2010 to take his seat in the US Senate, he stood in the subsequent gubernatorial special election.Following governor Jim Justice’s defection to the Republican Party in 2017, Purdue was left as the only Democrat holding statewide office in West Virginia besides Joe Manchin.[4] In December 2021 he was appointed by Joe Biden as State Executive Director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in West Virginia.
West Virginia State TreasurerCecil UnderwoodBob WiseJoe ManchinEarl Ray TomblinJim JusticeRiley MooreBoone CountyWest VirginiaDemocraticWest Virginia UniversityFuture Farmers of AmericaGaston CapertonDemocratic Partygubernatorial special electionRepublicanDonald Trumpwon the state in the concurrent Presidential electionStan KlosRick ThompsonNatalie TennantJeff KesslerMike HallWest Virginia Treasurer Election, 2020Vote Smart