MORGANTOWN -- Just going by the percentages, you’d have to go back 20 years, to 2004, to find a higher turnout in Monongalia County than the recently completed 2024 election. But percentages can be deceiving. After the completion of canvassing on Tuesday, the county ended up ...
Democrat incumbent Mark Musick said believes the county's voters took the past 12 years into account Tuesday when they returned him to the Monongalia County Assessor's Office. Musick defeated Republican challenger, and former assessor's office employee, Rich Jacobs 24,059 to ...
Democrat Tom Bloom locked up a third six-year term on the Monongalia County Commission Tuesday evening, besting Republican challenger MaryAnn Folz 21,477 to 19,128. "I'm feeling a lot better now than at 7:30," Bloom said after the unofficial results were posted. "I just want to thank the ...
Todd Forbes was happy Tuesday evening. He was also relieved. He was out picking up campaign signs just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when he unofficially became Monongalia County's sheriff-elect. Forbes, a Democrat, defeated Republican Jason Morgan 21,338 to 18,375 to fill the seat being ...
It’s Election Day in America. At long last. More than two dozen polling locations across Monongalia County will be open from 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. today as the county’s voters add their voices to those choosing local, state and national leadership across the country. The county ...
The early voting periods ahead of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections set records in Monongalia County as 20,735 and 20,907 votes were cast in those 10-day periods, respectively. After one day of early voting ahead of the 2024 general election, the county appears to be on pace to push ...