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Mercer County Voters Prepare for 1980 Primary Elections
Mercer County voters head to 74 precincts to select Republican and Democratic nominees and two Board of Education members. Polls run 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. with a computer tabulation expected to speed results. Names span local and state offices with contests in Sheriff, Circuit Court, and House of Delegates. Virginia-like turnout predicted amid extensive ballot listings for County and State tickets.
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Mercer County
Wilson Harvey
William O. Bivens
Harvey
Circuit Court
Board of Education
Magistrate
House of Delegates
Mercer
George Bush
Houston
Tex
Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles
Calif
Harold E. Stassen
Sunfish Lake
Minn
U.S
House of Representatives
Winton Guy Covey Jr
Lerena
Arch A. Moore Jr
Glen Dale
Marshall County
Dee Brown
Charleston
Kanawha County
E.E. Cumpton
John M. Lusher
Huntington
Cabell County
David Walkup
Beckley
Raleigh County
David Bailey
St. Albans
Lionel L. Smith
Pt. Pleasant
Mason County
Supreme Court of Appeals
Joe Rahall II
Raleigh
Jay Rockefeller
H. John
Herbie) Rogers
New Martinsville
Wetzel County
A. James Manchin
Farmington
Marion County
Chauncy Browning
Glen B. Gainer Jr
Parkersburg
Wood County
Larrie Bailey
Fairmont
Gus R. Douglass
Grimms Landing
Charles E. Jenkins
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Harry Camper
Welch
McDowell County
Pierre Dostert
Harpers Ferry
Jefferson County
Layne H. Ford
Grafton
Taylor County
Thomas E. McHugh
Odell Huffman
Princeton
James H. Stratus
Pipestein
Summers County
Herbert Fink
Charles H. Bower
Gilbert E
Gene) Bailey
Rudolph D. Jennings
Bluefield
Orville W. Siple
John Frazier
Richard Flanigan
Clarence C. Christian Jr
Donald F. Anello
Bramwell
W. Marion Shifler
Union
Monroe County
Tony E. Whitlow
Kellysville
Ira
Ike
L.C
Corky) Caldwell
Charles R
Chuck) Derenge
Joseph A. Shoda
Joe E. Walker
Doris Sue Kantor
David W. Knight
Wilma Buckner Grubb
John Maxey
Spanishburg
Wilma Grubb
Clerk County Commission
Wilson D. Harvey
Elmer Porter Caudill Jr
Donald R. Hare
Earl G. Kendrick
Alfred S. Lucas
Magistate
Lucille C. Beasley
Luther H. Byrd
Newman (Bones) Dodd
Mike Flanigan
Arlene Weinberg Gadd
David E. Pedneau
Mercer County School Board
William J. Akers
Harold D. Brewster Jr
Maureen M. Brown
William D
Bill) Claree Jr
Keith Farley
Ben Faulkner
Richard “Dick” Harrison
Jack E. Nestor