Doug Skaff, who stepped down as the minority leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates last month, has decided to fully resign after serving the House for 11 nonconsecutive years.

Doug Skaff Skaff, a Democrat from Kanawha County, said on Monday’s “580 Live” heard on MetroNews flagship station 580-WCHS he’d be interested in a potential run for Secretary of State.

“Doug Skaff was more than just a colleague; he was a friend to many of us, even after he left the legislature,” West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin said in a statement.

The official filing period for the 2024 election is in January. Doug Skaff, once one of West Virginias top Democrats, has switched parties in preparation for a secretary of state bid.

Doug Skaff Skaff, who provided an update from his hospital bed at CAMC Friday, said he’s still in a lot of pain.

Skaff came in second to Dr. Tom Takubo, who won as part of the 2014 Republican wave that saw the GOP take the majority in the House and Senate for the first time in more than 80 years.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader , died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. He was 48.