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West Virginia 2008 Election Coverage

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Offices up for Election in 2008

United States President & Vice President

United States Senate: 1 seat

United States House of Representatives: All seats

State Supreme Court: 2 seats

Governor

Secretary of State

Attorney General

Auditor

Treasurer

Commissioner of Agriculture

State Senate: 17 seats (one from each district)

State House of Delegates: All seats

Presidential Republican Convention Winner

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

United States President

Mike Huckabee (R)

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Primary Election Winners

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All results are unofficial and are subject to change. 

Governor

Secretary of State

Attorney General

Auditor

Treasurer

Commissioner of Agriculture

State Senate Races

State House Races

State Supreme Court Races

United States Presidential Race (Democratic)

United States Senate Race

United States House of Representatives Races

Governor

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Joe Manchin III (D)*

Russ Weeks (R)^

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Secretary of State

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Natalie Tennant (D)

Charles Minimah (R)^

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Attorney General

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Darrell McGraw (D)*^

Dan Greear (R)

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Auditor

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Glen B. Gainer III (D)*^

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Treasurer

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

John Perdue (D)*^

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Commissioner of Agriculture

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Gus R. Douglass (D)*

J. Michael Teets (R)

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State Senate Races

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 1

Christopher Wakim (R)*^

Jack Yost (D)

District 2

Jeffrey Kessler (R)*

Frederick Brunner (D)

District 3

Donna J. Boley (R)*^

District 4

Karen L. Facemyer (R)*^

District 5

Robert Plymale (D)*^

Stephen Hall (R)^

District 6

John Pat Fanning (D)*


District 7

Earl Ray Tomblin (D)*^
Billy Marcum (R)^

District 8

Corey Palumbo (D)
Robert Ore (R)^


District 9

Richard Browning (D)*^

District 10

Donald Caruth (R)*^

James McNeely (D)

District 11

William R. Laird IV (D)
Aubry Wilson (R)^

District 12

Douglas Facemire (D)

District 13

Roman W. Prezioso Jr. (D)*^

District 14

Robert L. Williams (D)
Gary G. Howell (R)^

District 15

Clark S. Barnes (R)*^

Mike Ross (D)^

District 16

Herbert S. Snyder (D)^
Bob Adams (R)

District 17

Daniel Foster (D)*

Alan Long (R)

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State House Races

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 1

Randy Swartzmiller (D)*

Benton Manypenny (D)
Patrick McGeehan (R)

District 2

Timothy Ennis (D)*

Roy Givens (D)

District 3

Orphy Klempa (D)*

Talmadge Hutchins (D)*


District 4

Scott Varner (D)*
Michael Ferro (D)
Ronald Morris (R)^

District 5
Dave Pethtel (D)*^

District 6

William Romine (R)*^


District 7
Lynwood Ireland (R)*^

Ronald Nichols (D)^

District 8

William Anderson (R)*^

Charles Webb (D)^

District 9

Larry Border (R)*

Francis Marion (D)

District 10

Brenda K. Brum (D)

Daniel Poling (D)*

Iris McCrady (D)

Thomas A. Azinger (R)*

John N. Ellem (R)*

Frederick J. Gillespie (R)

District 11

Robert G. Ashley (R)*^

District 12

Mitch B. Carmichael (R)*^

Jo Phillips (D)

District 13

Brady Paxton (D)*

Dale Martin (D)*

James McCormick (R)
Brian Scott (R)

District 14

Troy Andes (R)*

Patti Eagloski Schoen (R)*

Jeffrey Martin (D)

Karen Coria (D)

District 15

Jim Morgan (D)*

Kevin Craig (D)*

Carl Eastham (D)

Carol Miller (R)*
James Carden (R)

Paula Stewart (R)

District 16

Kelli Ann Sobonya (R)*^

Doug Reynolds (D)*
Dale Stephens (D)*

Amy L.M. Herrenkohl (D)

District 17

Richard Thompson (D)*

Don C. Perdue (D)*

Lisa Peana (R)^

District 18

Larry W. Barker (D)*^

District 19

Josh Stowers (D)

Ralph Rodighiero (D)*

Greg Butcher (D)

Jeffrey Eldridge (D)*

District 20

Steven Kominar (D)*^

District 21

Harry Keith White (D)*^

District 22

Linda Phillips (D)

Daniel Hall (D)

District 23

Clifton Moore (D)*

District 24

Mike Vinciguerra Jr. (D)

John Shott (R)

District 25

Marshall Long (D)*

John Frazier (D)

Mike Porter (R)*
Joe Ellington Jr. (R)

District 26

Gerald Crosier (D)*^

District 27

Ricky Moye (D)*

Virginia Mahan (D)*

Louis Gall Jr. (D)*

Sally Susman (D)

William Wooton (D)

Linda Sumner (R)*

Dereck Severt (R)

Jeffrey Pack (R)

Albert Honaker (R)

Philip L. Stevens (R)

District 28

Thomas W. Campbell (D)*
Joan Browning (D)

Denny Ray Canterbury Jr. (R)*^

District 29

Margaret Anne Staggers (D)*

David Perry (D)*

William Louisos (D)

Marshall Clay (R)

Daniel Wright (R)

Steven Smith (R)

District 30

Daniel Wells (D)*
Barbara Hatfield (D)*

Bonnie Brown (D)*

Sharon Spencer (D)*

Nancy Guthrie (D)*

Mark A. Hunt (D)

Douglas Skaff Jr. (D)

John H. Miller (R)

Fred H. Joseph (R)

Edwin C. Anderson (R)

David Carden (R)

Lance Vaughan (R)

Victoria Casey (R)

Edward Burgess (R)

District 31

Carrie Webster (D)*

District 32

Timothy Armstead (R)*

Ronald N. Walters (R)*

Patrick Lane (R)*

John Cain (D)

Carmela Ryan-Thompson (D)

Charles Black (D)

District 33

David Walker (D)


District 34

Brent Boggs (D)*^

Larry Bright (R)^

District 35

Sam J. Argento (D)*^

District 36

Joseph B. Talbott (D)*

District 37

Bill Proudfoot (D)*

William G. Hartman (D)*

District 38

Margaret Smith (D)

Derrick Love (R)

District 39

Bill Hamilton (R)*

District 40

Mary M. Poling (D)*^

Lonnie Moore Sr. (R)^

District 41

Ron Fragale (D)*

Timothy Miley (D)*

Richard J. Iaquinta (D)*

Samuel J. Cann (D)*

District 42

Michael Manypenny (D)

District 43

Mike Caputo (D)*

Linda Longstreth (D)*

Tim Manchin (D)*

Rickie Starn (R)

District 44

Charlene Marshall (D)*

Barbara Evans Fleischauer (D)*

Alex J. Shook (D)*

Robert Del Beach (D)*

Cindy Frich (R)

Harry Bertram (R)

District 45

Larry A. Williams (D)*^

District 46

Stan Shaver (D)*

District 47

Harold Michael (D)*

District 48

Allen Evans (R)*^

Donna Kuhn (D)^

District 49

Robert Schadler (R)*^

District 50

Ruth Rowan (R)*^

Alan Davis (D)

District 51

Daryl Cowles (R)*^

District 52

Craig Blair (R)*^

Michael Roberts (D)^

District 53

Jonathan Miller (R)*^

District 54

Walter Duke (R)*^

District 55

John Overington (R)*^

District 56

Robert Tabb (D)*^

District 57

John Doyle (D)*^

Anne Dungan (R)^

District 58

Tiffany Lawrence (D)^

Richard Watson (R)^

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State Supreme Court Races

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

 

Margaret Lee Workman (D)

Menis E. Ketchum (D)

Elizabeth D. Walker (R)

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United States Presidential Race (Democratic)

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Hillary Clinton (D)

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United States Senate Race

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

 

Jay Rockefeller (D)*

Matthew Wolfe (R)^

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United States House of Representatives Races

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

 

U.S. House District 1

Alan B. Mollohan (D)*^

U.S. House District 2

Shelley Moore Capito (R)*^

Elizabeth Anne Barth (D)

U.S. House District 3

Nick Joe Rahall II (D)*^

Marty Gearheart (R)^

 

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State Election Calendar

February 5

Presidential Republican

Convention

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May 13
Primary Election

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 November 4

General Election

West Virginia Election
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