EL PASO, Texas — Sen. Ted Cruz fended off a spirited underdog challenge from Democrat Beto O'Rourke to win re-election on Tuesday in a Texas race that once seemed like a cakewalk but needed a late boost from President Donald Trump to help push the incumbent over the top. Cruz ...
CHARLESTON — An amendment to allow lawmakers to have more oversight of the judicial branch’s budget has been overwhelmingly approved by voters. The amendment would allow the Legislature to reduce the budget of the state judiciary by up to 15 percent. The judiciary budget has been ...
CHARLESTON — Republicans kept their majorities in the state Senate and House of Delegates but lost their majority leaders. Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns, a Republican, was defeated by challenger William Ihlenfeld, a Democrat. Ihlenfeld, a former federal prosecutor, won the race ...
MORGANTOWN — With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Rep. David McKinley was on his way Tuesday night to an overwhelming victory and re-election to his House of Representatives 1st District seat. With 559 of 573 precincts reporting, Republican McKinley had 125,059 votes (64 percent) to ...
MORGANTOWN — Pro-life advocates celebrated a narrow victory with Tuesday night’s passage of Amendment One, which could remove the state’s mandate to pay for some abortions. With only a few precincts yet to report, the amendment was approved by a 52-48 percent margin. Some 290,415 ...
MORGANTOWN — Democrat Tom Bloom broke what’s become a bit of an incumbent curse on Tuesday, defeating Republican Andrew Price to hold onto his Monongalia County Commission seat representing the Western District for a second six-year term. The current commission president, Bloom received ...
