CHARLESTON - In a closed Republican primary, GOP voters gave U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito their seal of approval Tuesday night to seek a third six-year term, while voters in the Democratic primary endorsed the campaign of Morgantown community organizer Rachel Fetty Anderson over former state ...
MOUNDSVILLE – In a race for a Republican nomination in a West Virginia Senate District that stretches from Marshall County to Monongalia County, Fairview resident Toby Heaney defeated Glen Dale resident Robert Dobkin on Tuesday. Heaney earned 3,713 votes, ahead of Dobkin's 3,074. He will ...
There will be one new -- and young -- face on the Wetzel County Board of Education, as Devon Tennant defeated incumbent Christine Nice on Tuesday in their election in Wetzel County. Tennant upended Nice 1,044-813. A 2023 graduate of Magnolia High School, Tennant is a student at Bethany College who also serves as an assistant funeral director in Hundred. He will join two other incumbents, who returned to their seats in Tuesday's election. Jimmy Glasscock retained his seat by holding off challenger Ronnie Wade, 1,061-787, while fellow incumbent Brian Castilow defeated Scott Emch, ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — Three new members will join the Hancock County Board of Education in July, shortly after the board has been stripped of much of its authority by the state. According to unofficial results Tuesday night, Tiffany Gale of Weirton, Melissa Bane of Weirton and Jeff Woofter of New Cumberland are set to take their seats at the beginning of the district’s fiscal year July 1. They are filling seats currently held by Board Vice President Ed Fields, Jack Crow and Jim Horstman. Numbers provided by the Hancock County Clerk’s Office Tuesday show Woofter receiving the most ...
The West Virginia House of Delegates will have a new member in its next session, as Doddridge County resident Steven Smith defeated incumbent Del. Bill Bell in the Republican primary Tuesday night. There was no Democratic nominee for that seat, so Smith will advance to the House. Smith defeated Bell in a district that includes Doddridge, Wetzel and Tyler counties 1,232-937 in the unofficial count. Bell was appointed to the seat in July 2025 to fill the spot vacated by David Kelly, who had been appointed to Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation earlier that ...
MOUNDSVILLE – Marshall County residents voted Tuesday to reelect two incumbents to the board of education along with a new face. According to unofficial vote totals, incumbent board member Duane Miller was reelected, receiving 2,341 votes, along with incumbent board member Christie Robison, who received 2,364 votes. Newcomer David Robbins also won a seat, receiving 2,578 votes. Other candidates who were not elected included David Evans, who received 1,639 votes and Levi Carney, who received 864 votes. Miller said he was very happy that county voters reelected him to serve on the ...
