Democrat John Williams has unseated longtime state Sen. Mike Oliverio in West Virginia's Senate District 13. With 99% of the vote counted, Williams has 15,503 votes, or 55%, over 11,647 votes for the Republican incumbent in the seat that covers eastern Marion and central Monongalia counties, ...
KINGWOOD – Preston County had a record participation for the midterm election, according to Count Clerk Dave Sypolt, who said 8,625 of the county's 19,962 voters cast ballots in this election, for a 43% voter turnout. “We had a few hiccups, but this is the fastest we've finished ...
MORGANTOWN – Ben Ashmore is from West Virginia but had to apply for an absentee ballot to vote in the state’s 2026 midterm elections. Ashmore, who grew up in Wheeling, is a student-athlete at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. “At first, I didn’t really know how that ...
CHARLESTON – Early voting turnout combined with nearly three-quarters of requested absentee ballots being cast for the 2026 midterm general elections have exceeded early voting totals and total absentee ballots cast in the 2022 midterm elections in West Virginia. According to data released ...
PARKERSBURG – A former state treasurer seeking a second term in Congress is facing a former nonprofit executive crisscrossing the district to speak to voters. Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., and Democrat Ace Parsi are competing for the U.S. House of Representatives seat representing West ...
MORGANTOWN – National polling shows more than half of US adults get their news from social media. From national to local news, research shows unverified information spreads across those platforms fast, which can leave voters like West Virginia University student Megan Gary feeling unsure ...
