Community Bulletin
The Healthy Hero Hustle 5K Run/Walk in Buckhannon will return for its third year on Saturday, September 19, 2026, as WVU Medicine St. Joseph's Hospital and West Virginia Wesleyan College team up again to benefit nursing students. Read more →
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Editor’s Note: This list was updated in accordance with the filings Buckhannon City Hall and the Upshur County Clerk’s Office had received by Monday, Jan. 27. There’s a possibility that filings could still arrive by mail Tuesday, Jan. 28.
City of Buckhannon (nonpartisan)
Mayor, recorder and three council seats open
- Mike Bodnar — Mayor
- David W. McCauley — Mayor
- Robbie Skinner — Mayor
- Abigail Benjamin — City recorder
- Randall Sanders – City recorder
- Pamela Cuppari Bucklew – City council
- Rick Edwards — City council
- Shauna Jones – City council
- Matt Kerner – City council
- Stephen L. Oldaker — City council
- Scott Preston — City council
- Jack L. Reger – City council
- C.J. Rylands – City council
- Shelia Sines – City council
- Freddy L. Suder — City council
Board of Education (nonpartisan)
Two seats open – District 2 and District 3
- Tammy Jo Samples — District 3
- David Bush — District 2
- Graham Godwin — District 2
- Pat Long — District 2
Upshur County
- Upshur County Commission – Terry B. Cutright, Republican
- Prosecuting attorney – Bryan S. Hinkle, Republican
- Assesssor – Dustin ‘Dusty’ W. Zickefoose, Republican
- Sheriff — Mike R. Kelley, Republican
- Sheriff – Virgil D. Miller, Republican
- Magistrate Division 1 – John Michael Coffman
- Magistrate Division 2 – Glenda Kay Hurst
- Conservation District Supervisor – Douglas Kent Bush
State
- House of Delegates, Delegate District 44 – Robin Cutlip, Democrat
- House of Delegates, Delegate District 45 – Gary Connell, Republican
- House of Delegates, Delegate District 45 — Carl ‘Robbie’ Martin, Republican
- House of Delegates, Delegate District 45 — Doyle Tenney, Republican
- House of Delegates, Delegate District 46 — Brittney Barlett, Democrat
- House of Delegates, Delegate District 46 — Adam Burkhammer, Republican
- House of Delegates, Delegate District 46 — Dylan A. King, Republican
- House of Delegates, Delegate District 46 — Steve Moneypenny, Republican
- House of Delegates, Delegate District 46 — Robert ‘Bob’ Stultz, Democrat
- Senate, Senatorial District 11 — Denise Campbell, Democrat
- Senate, Senatorial District 11 — Robert Lee Karnes, Republican
- Senate, Senatorial District 11 — John ‘J.R.’ Pitsenbarger, Republican
