BUCKHANNON – With the Jan. 29 filing deadline just around the corner, a total of 12 people have already filed to run for Upshur County Board of Education.
Since My Buckhannon’s last filing update, Buck Edwards (District 1), Tom O’Neill (District 1), Robert Osburn (District 1), Sherry Dean (District 2), Harmon George (District 2) and Robert ‘Todd’ Starkey (District 3) all filed for the school board. They join Derrick Aegan (District 3), Dave Chipps (District 1), Jan Craig (District 1), Jesse Davidson (District 3), Roy Wager (District 1) and Brandon Weese (District 2) in the race for the three open nonpartisan seats.
In the other new local filing, Lindon ‘Lenny’ Stone filed for Magistrate – Division 2. Alan Suder has also filed for that race.
The in-person filing period began Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, and continues through Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Filings by U.S. mail must be postmarked by midnight Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022.
Here is the complete list of local filings so far:
City Council (two four-year terms)
Laura Foulks
Shelia Lewis-Sines
David McCauley
David Thomas
Jim Valenson
City Recorder (one four-year term)
Randy Sanders
The last day to withdraw from the municipal election is Feb. 15 and drawing for positions on the ballot will take place at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in the Upshur County Clerk’s Office inside the Upshur County Courthouse. City races are nonpartisan. The filing fee for council is $5 and the fee for city recorder is $7.50. The City of Buckhannon website also has a Call for Election page on their website, which lists precinct locations here.
County Commission (1st Magisterial District)
Sam Nolte (R)
County Clerk
Carol J. Smith (R)
Circuit Clerk
Brian P. Gaudet (R)
Magistrate – Division 1 (unexpired term, non-partisan)
Mark Davis
Magistrate – Division 2 (unexpired term, non-partisan)
Alan Suder
Lindon ‘Lenny’ Stone
Conservation District Supervisor (non-partisan)
Donnie R. Tenney
11th Senatorial District
Bill Hamilton of Buckhannon (R)
64th Delegate District
Adam Burkhammer of Horner (R)
65th Delegate District
Carl “Robbie” Martin of Buckhannon (R)
U.S. House of Representatives (District 2)
Angela J. Dwyer of Martinsburg (D)
Barry Lee Wendell of Morgantown (D)
Susan Buchser-Lochocki of Morgantown (R)
David B. McKinley of Wheeling (R)
Alexander X. Mooney of Charles Town (R)
Mike Seckman of West Union (R)
For more information about filing for office from West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, please click here.
