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Voters in Belmont County Throw Support Behind Several Levies

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Voters across Belmont County on Tuesday decided a number of countywide and local issues during the general election, throwing support behind several tax levies. With all but one rural precinct reporting late Tuesday night, results of several ballot issues came into clear focus with overwhelming support. Countywide issues such as the Belmont County Senior Services levy and Belmont County 911 levy, both passed with significant margins, according to the unofficial results. The Belmont County Senior Services levy garnered 15,170 votes for the levy to 5,926 votes against ...

Heaney Tops Claypole In W.Va. Senate District 2 Contest

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MORGANTOWN – Toby Heaney is heading to West Virginia’s 2nd District as senator. With 91% of the votes counted, Heaney, an economist and combat veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, was besting his challenger Chris Claypole by a margin of 15,397 votes to 11,628. Claypole is the ...

Stakem To Represent W.Va. House Of Delegates District 5

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WHEELING – Democrat Karen Shuler Stakem will represent District 5 in the West Virginia House of Delegates starting in 2027. Stakem defeated Republican Beth Hinebaugh in Tuesday’s general election. She will succeed Delegate Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, who instead sought a state senate ...

McGeehan elected to another term in District 1 House seat

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WEIRTON – Pat McGeehan held off a challenge from a political newcomer Tuesday to be elected to another term in the West Virginia House of Delegates. McGeehan, the Republican incumbent, received 3,663 votes – or 70.82 percent of the turnout – compared to Democratic challenger Quincy Wilson, who received 1,509 votes, or 29.18 percent, according to unofficial results released Tuesday night. “There's a lot of work to be done,” McGeehan said, noting he has several projects and pieces of legislation in development to benefit both the Northern Panhandle and West Virginia as a whole. ...

Trifecta: Capito heads back to U.S. Senate for third term

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CHARLESTON — Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican and West Virginia's senior member of the congressional delegation, will return to the U.S. Senate next year to begin serving her third six-year term on Capitol Hill. WV MetroNews, the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ called the election ...