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CHARLESTON -- Secretary of State Mac Warner is announcing the promotion of Donald "Deak" Kersey as Chief Deputy and Chief of Staff for the WV Secretary of State's Office. Kersey is currently serving as Deputy Secretary and General Counsel.
Kersey will replace current Chief Deputy & Chief of Staff Chuck Flannery who is leaving to become the State Director for the Office of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito. Flannery has served the Mac Warner administration as Chief Deputy Secretary and Chief of Staff since January 2017.
Kersey is a native of Bluefield in Mercer County and currently resides in Charleston with his wife and two children. He is a graduate of the WVU College of Law. Kersey joined the WV Secretary of State's Office in 2017 as Deputy Legal Counsel and Elections Division Director. In 2019, he was promoted to General Counsel.