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Hechler Beats Oliverio In West Virginia Secretary Run
In a WV race Ken Hechler, 89, defeats 40-year-old Mike Oliverio for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state. Natalie Tennant, 36, runs close. Hechler wins 26 of 70 counties. Tennant, Pritt, Bailey, Acord, and Daugherty also place in the field as GOP contests unfold. Hechler vows a nonpartisan office for all voters in the fall with Betty Ireland as the Republican opponent. Andrew Yost wins GOP nod for agriculture against Gus Douglass, who is unopposed in Democrats. Gainer, Perdue, and McGraw face unopposed GOP challengers in fall races.
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Charleston
Mike Oliveria
Ken Hechler
Oliverio
Hechler
Natalie Tennant
Roger Pritt
Larrie Bailey
Donna Acord
George Daugherty
Natalie
Tennant
Kevin Leyden
Betty Ireland
Florida
West Virginia
Gus Douglass
Douglass
Andrew Yost
Lawrence T. Beckerle
Yost
Beckerle
Glen Gainer III
John Perdue
Darrell V. McGraw Jr
Gainer
Lisa Thornburg
Milton
Bob Adams
Shenandoah Junction
Perdue
Hiram Lewis IV
Morgantown
McGraw