He's a liberal, pro choice republican who ran for governor in the primary, but didnt get much traction and hardly any votes.
Probably just had his feelings hurt.
(Shamefully speaking about WV laws and my local area)..., a Dem House of Delegates member from this district did the same a few years back, ignoring the will of the voters as one of the five Electoral College voters. Although, granted, it was the will of the Dems she happened to be opposing, and I like the fact that she fractured their party, I hate that the state now has the precedent in place for this to happen again in the Electoral College. (And try as we might, this particular Dem is too powerful to uproot; we can't get her out of office no matter what candidate we can muster to oppose her. Her support comes from the medical community, and from the higher ed institution here which is a huge employer of local people).