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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2016
Page
1
In Nenana Alaska 44 players shared this year’s 300000 jackpot in the Ice Classic guessing contest. The tripod on the Tanana River went out at 339 PM Alaska time on April 23. Each winner receives about 6818 dollars.
West Virginia Daily 3 draws 7 2 1 and Daily 4 8 3 8 3. Virginia picks show Pick 3 8 1 1 and Pick 4 0 3 2 0.
Bernie Sanders adds West Virginia to his wins, toughening Clinton's path to the nomination while Trump also wins in West Virginia and Nebraska. The results reflect lingering party divisions as Clinton nears the 2383 delegates required, with 144 still needed and GOP endorsements unsettled.
Sab oor at Battle of Baileys Tommy wins GOP nomination. Mercer County Prosecutor Sitter to face Harshbarger. Mercer County Commissioner Archer and Ferguson advance. House of Delegates District 27 six unopposed candidates turn attention to November election. U S Senate District 6 Swope and Seay nominated. Supreme Court Walker ousts Supreme Court incumbent.
Billionaire Jim Justice won the Democratic nomination for West Virginia governor defeating Booth Goodwin and Jeff Kessler and will oppose Republican Bill Cole in November. Unofficial returns show Justice with about 51 percent, Goodwin 27 percent, and Kessler 23 percent. Justice poured roughly 2.1 million dollars into the race, with about 2 million of his own funds and 683,700 in donations, emphasizing his bid to revive The Greenbrier resort he bought in 2009.
Mark Wills won the Mercer County Division 3 Circuit Court judgeship in a non partisan race with 4,882 votes to 4,022 for Scott A. Ash and 2,937 for Gregory Pradich, with Gerald R. Linkous at 1,232. Wills will take office January 1, 2017, pending Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's appointment to fill the vacancy from Omar Aboulhosa resignation.
Princeton reports crowded Mercer County magistrate contest saw four of five incumbents re elected as 15 candidates vied for five seats. William Frank Holroyd also won a magistrate seat while Flanigan, unopposed in division one, secured 10 603 votes. Incumbent Honaker led division two with 6831 votes and J W. John trailed with 4976.
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