Wooton and Anderson win reelection to state Senate seats
Incumbents Bill Wooton and Leonard Anderson secured easy wins in the 9th and 10th Senate districts. Wooton led 11,723 to 2,850 over Joy Johnson, while Anderson won 11,355 to 5,947 for Tom Fast and 1,171 for Elizabeth Simmons. Johnson praised Libertarian gains, while Anderson touted a clean race and outlined agenda items.
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Leonard Anderson
Wooton
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Johnson
Anderson
D-Summers
Tom Fast
Elizabeth Simmons
Fast
Simmons
Jobs
28th District sees no surprises in Greenbrier race
Incumbent Democrats Thomas Campbell and Carroll Willis led unofficial returns in West Virginia's 28th District with Campbell at 4,616 votes and Willis at 3,370. Republican Denny Ray Canterbury Jr. tallied 2,749 as he noted straight ticket voting affected the outcome, while Campbell pledged continued focus on education funding and economic development for Greenbrier County and the state.
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Campbell
Willis
Denny Ray Canterbury Jr
Canterbury
Charleston
Greenbrier County
West Virginia
Status quo holds in 23rd District election results
With 98 percent of the vote counted in the 23rd District Wyoming County and part of Mercer incumbents Dick Staton and Joe Sparks were re elected. Staton led with 3702 votes while Sparks gained 3567. Republican David Bugs Stover tallied 1624 and Libertarian David Whelan 599. Stover praised turnout and urged party competition as a check on Democrats.
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House of Delegates
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Sparks
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Wyoming
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Charleston
UMW
Democrats win big in 27th House District race
Democrats swept the 27th District as Bob Kiss led the ticket with 9,964 votes and incumbents followed. Libertarian Wallace Johnson trailed by about 3 to 1, while Raleigh and Summers counties split support among Mahan Susman McGraw and Thompson amid a low key election day with few complaints.
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Susman
Mahan
Kristen Keller
Mary Ratliff
State Election Office
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