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Republicans keep their seats in state Senate 2nd and 14th District races

MORGANTOWN — Republican state Senators in the 2nd and 14th district both appeared to have won re-election over their Democratic challengers on Tuesday. In the 14th, which includes Preston County and part of Monongalia, Sen. Dave Sypolt was leading challenger Stephanie Zucker, with 20,243 ...

Democrats sweep five House seats in 51st District

MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia House of Delegates 51st District had its own blue wave on Election Day as Democrats laid claim to all five seats. Democrats Barbara Evans Fleischauer, John Williams and Rodney Pyles were re-elected and newcomers Evan Hansen and Danielle Walker unseated ...

Mike Caputo wins 12th term in House of Delegates 50th District race

MORGANTOWN — Longtime 50th House of Delegates incumbent Mike Caputo is making a return trip to Charleston. Caputo, a Democrat from Rivesville, pulled down 10,193 votes in the Marion County race Tuesday night to capture a 12th term in the House. He is a 60-year-old, third-generation ...

Bob Beach tops Mike Oliverio in state Senate 13th, wins re-election

MORGANTOWN — State Sen. Bob Beach kept his seat Tuesday night, winning re-election over his immediate predecessor and challenger Mike Oliverio. With all precincts reporting, Democrat Beach tallied 18-580 votes (52 percent) to Republican Oliverio’s 17,054 (48 percent). The ...

Miller wins over Ojeda in congressional race

CHARLESTON — Beginning in January, Carol Miller will be represent West Virginia in Congress. Miller won the only Congressional District race in the Mountain State that did not include an incumbent for this 2018 election season. Miller’s opponent was state Senator Richard Ojeda, a ...