MORGANTOWN — Cities would be required to hold their municipal elections on the same days as statewide primary or general elections under a bill approved by the House Political Subdivisions Committee on Wednesday. Under a separate bill also OK'd by the committee, cities could establish ...
MORGANTOWN — The Republican field for the 2024 gubernatorial primary got a bit more crowded on Tuesday. Secretary of State Mac Warner said he's considering a run and House of Delegates Judiciary Chair Moore Capito announced his candidacy. Warner announced his intentions in a Tuesday ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice briefly addressed his thoughts on running for U.S. Senate during Tuesday's COVID briefing. But it was a COVID briefing and before the press dove into politics, Justice and his team talked numbers and vaccines. Tuesday's pandemic death toll was 7,590, and ...
MORGANTOWN – Republican Rep. Alex Mooney won the biggest landslide of his West Virginia Congressional career Tuesday night, receiving 65.62% of the vote over Democratic candidate Barry Wendell. Mooney received 159,379 votes to Wendell's 83,489 (34.38%). Both were vying to represent ...
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia voters turned the Republican supermajorities in the state Senate and House of Delegates into mega-majorites Tuesday night. The GOP-Democrat balance in the House will go from 78-22 to 88-12 come January, under the new 100 single-member district map. In the ...
Monongalia County voters returned Sean Sikora to the Monongalia County Commission for a second six-year term. The Republican incumbent defeated Democrat Bob Beach 13,964 to 12,206 on Tuesday for the commission’s central district seat. “I couldn’t be more pleased,” Sikora said. Sikora said he believes the results reflect support from across the political spectrum. “That’s really pretty significant against somebody with a 22-year record of getting elected by the citizens of this county. I think the citizens took note of how special this commission is and what ...
