Hinkle Opens Early Lead in West Virginia GOP Primary
Buckhannon businessman J D Hinkle led the 2nd District GOP contest with 1 916 votes from 112 of 625 precincts 35 percent. Del Robert Harman 23 percent and Morgantown lawyer Joe Laurita 21 percent trailed. Harley S Staggers Jr faces Benedict in the Democratic primary.
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Charleston
W.va
Buckhannon
J.D. Hinkle
Hinkle
Del
Robert Harman
Morgantown
Joe Laurita
Harley O
Bucky” Staggers Jr
Cleve Benedict
R-V.va
Robert Byrd
U.S. Senate
Pocahontas County
Steve Hunter
Martinsburg
Prince Dunn
Harman
Keyser
Mineral County Board of Education
House of Delegates
Upshur
State Senate
Hunter
Marlinton
Air Force
Dunn
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
Voter Turnout In Welch Good Despite Predictable Outcome
Welch city voters turned out strongly in a six-candidate unopposed race led by mayoral hopeful Bobby Lewis with 363 votes. Council results showed Jim Blair 332, Cordelia Propst 325, Harry Harman 332, Bill Spencer 183, and newcomer John Wilson 79, replacing Wiley Lester.
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Welch
Charles Blevins
Blevins
Bobby Lewis
Jim Blair
Cordelia Propst
Harry Harman
William ‘Bill’ Spencer
John Wilson
Wilson
Wiley Lester
Sibold Leading In Monroe Race
With 16 of 18 Monroe County precincts reporting, W C Sibold leads Democrat rival H H Mohler for County Commission by 1,138 to 693. J D Hinkle leads 2nd District House nomination with 402 votes. Parker ahead in 10th Senate race 1,594 to 206. Shifler unopposed in the 21st Delegate District House race.
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UNION
Monroe County
W.C. Sibold
H.H. Mohler
Sibold
Mohler
House of Representatives
J.D. Hinkle
Steve Hunter
Joe Laurita Jr
Robert D. Harman
Prince Dunn
Harley Staggers Jr
Frederick L. Parker
Richard T. Baylor
Truman L. Sayer
Marion Shifler
Agnew Must Pay Maryland Judgment
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals upheld a $248,735 judgment against former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Circuit Judge Bruce C. Williams found Agnew accepted 147,500 from consultants seeking state contracts, with 101,235 in interest dating to his 1967 and 1968 governorship. The civil suit stemmed from the federal probe that prompted his resignation.
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Annapolis
Spiro T. Agnew
State of
Maryland
Court of Special Appeals
Bruce C. Williams
Agnew
Williams
Wise Takes Early Lead In Third
AP report on the 3rd District Democratic primary where Robert Wise leads over G Kemp Melton and Roger Tompkins with 10 percent of precincts in. Melton 28 percent and Tompkins 25 percent trail Wise who seeks to challenge Republican Rep. Mick Staton. Staton ran unopposed in the GOP primary as the three Democrats criticized policy and each other.
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Charleston
W.va
Robert Wise
Mick Staton
Kanawha County
Wise
House of Delegates
Roger Tompkins
G. Kemp Melton
Staton
West Virginia
South Charleston
John Hutchinson
John M. Slack Jr
Benedict Wins GOP Nomination To Oppose Byrd In November
Rep Cleve Benedict swept the West Virginia Republican primary for the U S Senate seat, defeating Fred Weiland III and James A Washburn. He claimed 80 percent of the vote with 5080 tallies as Byrd, unopposed in the Democratic primary, prepared for a strong challenge framed around Byrd's liberal stance and long Senate tenure. Byrd predicted a costly campaign with outside money while Benedict touted his wealth and party backing.
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Charleston
W.va
Cleve Benedict
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Benedict
Fred Weiland III
James A. Washburn
Washburn
Weiland
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Cooper Benedict
Cleve
GOP
National Republican Party
National Conservative Political Action Committee
Reagan
West Virginia
Congress
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