Tennant Defeats DeLong
CHARLESTON — Natalie Tennant won the Democratic nomination Tuesday for West Virginia Secretary of State, easily outpacing Hancock County native Joe DeLong and Wyoming County resident Billy Wayne Bailey.
Tennant made good on her second attempt to win her party’s nod for secretary of state. The former West Virginia University Mountaineer mascot, broadcaster and 2004 candidate won with 51 percent while West Virginia House of Delegates Majority Leader DeLong, D-Hancock, had 36 percent and state Senate Majority Whip Bailey, D-Wyoming, had 13 percent.
DeLong fared strong in most local counties, easily outpacing Tennant, the Marion County native. Wetzel County, however, ended fairly close, with DeLong capturing 1,820 votes to Tennant’s 1,787 votes.
Tennant will now face Republican Charles Minimah in November.
Voters Select Sheriff Nominees
Voters on Tuesday chose Democrat George Fahey and Republican Pat Butler to compete for the Ohio County sheriff’s post in November.
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Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority buses will stay on the road, thanks to overwhelming support of renewal levies in Wheeling and Marshall County.
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There will be both new and returning faces in local House of Delegates races this November.
In House District 1, incumbent Delegate Randy Swartzmiller, D-Hancock, was victorious Tuesday.
Board of Education Members Elected
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Longtime Wheeling Park High School head boys basketball coach Sam Andy is the newest member of the Ohio County Board of Education, easily winning one of the two available seats in Tuesday’s election.
Paper Shortage Hampers Hancock
A shortage of paper rolls in voting machines caused some delays for several Hancock County voters Tuesday but, in the end, 9,557 people decided the county’s primary election results.
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