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The Wheeling area will have two new representatives in Charleston in the West Virginia House of Delegates, as Derek Ennis and Karen Shuler Stakem won their respective races Tuesday.
Stakem, a Democrat, defeated Republican Beth Hinebaugh, 2,861-1,934, in the race for the House 5th District. That seat had been held by Democrat Shawn Fluharty, who lost to Republican Laura Wakim Chapman in the West Virginia Senate District 1 race.
Meanwhile, Ennis, a Republican, defeated Democrat Joe Jividen 3,184-2,903 in the race for the House 4th District. That seat had been held by Republican Bill Flanigan, who had to give up the seat after winning a spot on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.