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%). ...
An excess levy to support emergency medical services to the tune of $17.8 million over the next four years was approved in Monongalia County by about 650 votes Tuesday. Excess levies need to pass with a 60% majority. The EMS levy put forward by Mon EMS received 16,690 votes out of 26,742 ...
Star City voters overwhelmingly supported moving the town’s municipal election to coincide with county, state and federal elections. The ballot question received 387 votes in favor of the change and 49 votes against. Star City has always held its municipal election in June of odd-numbered years. When the town holds its June 2023 election, the seats of mayor, recorder and town council will be on the ballot for a one-year term ending June 30, 2024. Doing so will allow those seats to go back before voters, this time for the standard two-year terms, as part of the county’s ...
MORGANTOWN — In terms of campaign fundraising and spending, two of three local state Senate races are highly competitive. The races, in the order we'll look at them, are for the 13th, 2nd and 14th districts. The numbers come from the candidates' 3rd Quarter Reports, covering July 1-Sept. ...
