Mercer residents vote in Mercer County races across several offices
Mercer County voters cast ballots for magistrate county commission sheriff assessor conservation district supervisor and Mercer County Board of Education. Incumbent magistrates faced challengers in divisions 2 3 and 5 with one write in. Unofficial results show divisions led by Flanigan Honaker Compton Poe and Holroyd along with several unopposed or contested races for clerk sheriff assessor and board seats.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Mercer County Board of Education
Tormm
Mike Flanigan
Susan Honaker
Sandra Dorsey
Charles Poe
William Holroyd
Perry P Richmond
Keith Compton
George Bill Lightfoot
Marvin Lockett
Pam Sizemore
Perry Richmond
Sandra
Dorsey
Bill Lightfoot
Mercer County Clerk’s Office
Greg Puckett
Bluefield
Marchant
Paul Hodges
Athens
Jim Bailey
Richard Dillon
Hodges
Bailey
Dillon
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Ldionline
Newcomer Wins GOP Nomination in Monroe
Union A political newcomer Melvyn Young won the Republican nomination for Monroe County Commission. Young with 738 votes defeated incumbent Bill Miller and others. Dane Wills seeks the general election seat as the lone Democrat. Sheriff race winner Jeff Jones also advances against Democrat Lee Carter in November.
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UNION
Main
Monroe County Commission
Melvyn Young
Peterstown
Rin
Dane Wills
Wills
Young
GOP
Bill Miller
Miller
Daniel Tickle
Dean Mimsey
Jeff Jones
James Hylton
Jones
Lee Carter
Carter
Sarah Martin
Chad Parker
Pnd
Caroline Sparks
Mart
Parker
McDowell County races finalize party nominations and offices
Unofficial returns show Ed Evans as Democratic House 26 nominee with 1,675 votes and Wesley Payne as Republican with 383 votes. Evans and Payne will face off in November for the House 26 seat. Patterson wins county commission rerun. Puckett takes prosecuting attorney. Bailey prevails for assessor. five vie for magistrates. Kornish re elected circuit judge.
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Welch
McDowell County
Ed Evans
McDowell
Wesley R. Payne
Yukon
Mercer County
Evans
Payne
Cecil Dale Patterson
Caretta
Larry Barber
Gary
Herb Billings
War
Patterson
Barber
Bailey
Hall
Steve Cox
Danny Mitchell
Andy Vance
Ed Kornish
Floyd A. Anderson
Swope wins West Virginia Senate District 6 race unopposed
Incumbent Chandler Swope as Republican from Bluefield defeats Wesley Blankenship in the 6th Senatorial District with 6475 votes to 2474 as 118 of 118 precincts report. District includes Mercer McDowell Mingo Wayne counties. Swope led all counties and will face no Democrat in November.
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Princeton
Chandler Swope
Mercer
West Virginia
Swope
Bluefield
Wesley Blankenship
McDowell
Mingo
Wayne
Cristobal Storm Drops Heavy Rain Across Midwest
The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal moved through the Midwest on Tuesday bringing heavy rain and gusty winds. Missouri faced rain as another weather system approached, with gusts near 62 mph at Midway Airport in Chicago and about 19,000 without power in northeastern Illinois. The storm threatened flash and river flooding with possible gale warnings for Lake Michigan and unconfirmed tornado reports in Iroquois County south of Chicago.
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Springfield
Cristobal
Midwest
Missouri
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Iroquois County
Chicago
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Sharon D. Gearhart
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Monroe
Charles Boothe
Justin R. St. Clair
Energy
Bramwell
Montcalm
Billings
County Commission
Prosecuting Attorney Post
Emily Miller
Brittany R. Puckett
Martin West
Sheriff’s Post
Ray Bailey
McDowell County Commission
West
Gary R. Hall
Senate
Charles Owens
Government Organization
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Swope Construction Company
Corte Construction
Ohio State University
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First Century Bank
Pocahontas Bankshares Holding Company
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