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Senator-elect Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., held a meeting with elected Republican leaders in Charleston Dec. 8.

We met together as federal and state leaders to talk about our combined efforts in terms of getting West Virginians getting good paying jobs, Capito said. We talked about what our visions are.

Capito was joined by Republican for the Second District Alex Mooney, Congressman-elect Evan Jenkins, as well as upcoming state leaders in the West Virginia House and Senate.

We're going to be talking about health care, jobs, energy, taxes, business friendly policies to really work for West Virginia, Capito said.

Capito said the delegation plan to meet quarterly and hopefully in different areas of the state to hear statewide concerns.

I'm very humbled by it, it's a great responsibility, Delegate Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, said, who was recently nominated for Speaker of the House. We've had a great number of discussions and are ready to get to work.

Armstead said the leadership teams are discussing the first round of bills they hope to push this upcoming session in January.

Our priority is job creation, Armstead said. Our first wave and round of legislation we want to see passed is putting West Virginians back to work and keeping our children and grandchildren here (in the state).

Armstead said the lawmakers feel confident in the responsibility they have been entrusted with.

We're ready to go to work, he added. The more debate we have, the better legislation we have. We want ideas from all sides. We want all the ideas brought to the table.

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CONCORD House Speaker Shawn Jaspers upset victory last week continues to vex some Republican state representatives, who soon plan to caucus to select a Republican Leader.

The GOP state representatives had planned to hold a caucus today, but it was postponed due to the impending storm.

This caucus is being coordinated under the purview of the Republican State Committee, based on party bylaws that spell out that its executive committee includes the Republican Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, selected by a majority vote of the Republican Caucus.

Rep. Bill OBrien, R-Mont Vernon, won the House Republican caucus nomination for speaker three weeks ago. When the full House convened Dec. 3, Jasper pulled off the upset when OBrien failed to capture a majority of votes. Jasper patched together a majority, including Democrats and some Republicans, to win on a secret ballot.

Until the GOP state representatives can reschedule the caucus, OBrien informed them he would serve as the elected Republican Leader from the House on the executive committee.

The caucus originally scheduled for today is not an official House Republican caucus.

Rep. Jack Flanagan, the Brookline Republican named Majority Leader by Jasper on Friday, underscored that after he called the first House Republican caucus for Dec. 17 in Representatives Hall.

Nevertheless, conservatives upset with Jasper relying on Democrats to win the gavel are openly questioning the legitimacy of Flanagan as the House Republican Leader.

Rep. Al Baldasaro, R-Londonderry, and Rep. Carol McGuire, R-Epsom, confirmed in separate telephone interviews that they plan to seek the Republican Leader post during the caucus. Baldasaro and McGuire are two of the three co-chairs of the House Republican Alliance, which was also scheduled to meet today for selection of leaders for the 2015-16 session. There was no immediate word on whether the HRA meeting would be postponed. Baldasaro is not seeking another term as HRA co-chair. McGuire said she is also running for HRA co-chair.

The House Republican Alliance mission is to focus on bills that embody traditional Republican values, the state party platform and fiscal responsibility.

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Former Republican National Committee member and party activist Ruth Ulrich was attacked by a raccoon at her home in Monroe on Monday, according to a report by The News-Star.

"Then it decided it was going to hiss and come after me and I had hit it in the face with a shovel three different times, and it would roll away and run right back at you," she told the paper. "Finally, I had Wildlife and Fisheries to come capture it." LDWF officials believe the raccoon was sick, and Ulrich was unharmed.

Ulrich was elected as a Republican national committeewoman in 2008 to represent Louisiana. She was unseated on the Republican Sate Central Committee by former U.S. Rep. John Cooksey in 2012.

Ulrich has been involved in Louisiana and national Republican politics dating back many years. In 2004 she was the chairperson of the Louisiana Bush-Cheney presidential electors.

She remains active in politics today.

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Cole Averyis a legislative and state politics reporter based inBaton Rouge. You can reach him on Twitter@cole_avery1or emailravery@nola.com.

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The new class of Republican state representatives doesnt fit the national GOP stereotype.

Four of the 19 new members are Hispanic. Two are women.

The GOP has long been more diverse in Florida than in other states, thanks largely to Cuban Americans from Miami-Dade County. But the party is involved in a broader push to recruit minority and female candidates from across the state.

The effort paid off in 2014. Three of the four new Hispanic members were elected outside of Miami-Dade.

"This is the new face of the Republican Party of Florida," said newly elected state Rep. Bob Cortes, an Altamonte Springs Republican who was born in New York but grew up in Puerto Rico."You're seeing more young, fresh, Hispanic Republicans not only run for office, but win."

Cortes and the other new members of the state House will be in Tallahassee Tuesday for training.

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