Same Manchin tie-ins, different titles

Larry Puccio and Frank Jezioro continue to be joined at the hip with Joe Manchin, just changing titles.

West Virginia Democratic Party Chairman Larry Puccio is resigning as state party chairman to become chairman of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's political action committee, Country Roads PAC.

Previously, Puccio was chief of staff when Manchin was governor, before Farmington Joe changed his title to U.S. Senator.

A bill introduced in the West Virginia Legislature Jan. 19 would prohibit political party chairmen from serving as lobbyists, which both Puccio and West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Conrad Lucas do. They would grandfathered in the bill, which means they could do both but their successors could not.

Manchin also named West Virginia's former Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro to be his liaison to Sportsmen and Natural Resources. 

Again, joined at the hip despite a title change. Jezioro, DNR director since 2005, retired from that job last month.