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 ...
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia County voters returned four incumbents – one Republican and three Democrats – to the House of Delegates Tuesday night. In two open Mon House races, Republicans topped their Democratic opponents. That will make Mon County’s party representation in the House ...
MORGANTOWN – Republican 13th District state Senate candidate Mike Oliverio won a close victory over Democratic opponent Barbara Evans Fleischauer Tuesday night. The numbers were 13,459 for Oliverio and 13,297 for Fleischauer – a 162-vote difference. That number is unofficial pending ...
MORGANTOWN – Republican Congressman Alex Mooney handily won the race to represent West Virginia’s new 2nd District Congressional seat Tuesday evening. With 701 of 777 precincts reporting, Mooney led Democrat Barry Wendell with 142,644 votes (65%) to Wendell’s 76,730 votes (35%). ...
