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Upshur County Primary Election Results

BUCKHANNON — The My Buckhannon news team is staked out at the Upshur County Courthouse to bring you the latest election results as they come in. Refresh this page throughout the night for the most up-to-date information.

Key Local Races

Precincts reporting: 20 of 20. Voter turnout: 39%.

School Levy

  • Against – 2,780
  • For – 2,422

Upshur County Commission — 6-yr term (R)

  • Kristie G. Tenney (District 3) – 2,959
  • Scott H. Williams (District 2) – 1,254

Upshur County Commission — 2-yr term (R)

  • Doug Bush (District 2) – 2,106
  • Patrick Kyle Lane (District 2) – 1,689
  • Jesse Davidson (District 3) – 347

Upshur County Sheriff (R)

  • Mike Coffman – 3,545
  • Timothy (Timmy) Kelley – 451
  • Chester Zickefoose – 271

Upshur County Magistrate (Div.1)

  • Mark Davis – 3,013
  • Kay Hurst – 2,342

Upshur County Board of Education

  • Susan M. King (District 3) – 3,167
  • William (Willie) Parker (District 2) – 1,843
  • Rob Hinton (District 2) – 1,822
  • Neil W. Leput (District 3) – 754

Buckhannon City Council (3 Seats)

  • Robert Zuliani – 533
  • Jack Reger – 475
  • Pam Bucklew – 386
  • Scott Randall – 356
  • Laura Foulks – 182
  • John Antolini – 179
  • Jim Valenson – 128
  • Mike Ruffing – 127

Other local races

Upshur County Prosecuting Attorney (R)

  • Bryan S. Hinkle – 3,418

Upshur County Magistrate (Div. 2)

  • Alan Suder – 4,701

Upshur County Assessor (R)

  • Dustin “Dusty” Zickefoose – 3,778

Upshur County Surveyor (R)

  • Dale P. Bennett – 3,613

Conservation District Supervisor

  • Mateal Poling – 2,625
  • Amber Stripling – 1,872

Buckhannon Mayor

  • Robbie Skinner – 807

Key State Races

Precincts reporting: 1,646 of 1,659.

State Senate – 11th (R)

  • Robbie Morris – 9,166
  • Robert Lee Karnes – 4,746

State Senate – 11th (D)

  • Mandy Smith Weirich – 5,075

Governor (R)

  • Patrick Morrisey – 74,263
  • Moore Capito – 61,380
  • Chris Miller – 45,038
  • Mac Warner – 35,729
  • and others

Governor (D)

  • Steve Williams – 88,466

U.S. Senator (R)

  • Jim Justice – 136,006
  • Alexander X. Mooney – 58,744
  • and others

U.S. Senator (D)

  • Glenn Elliott – 45,737
  • Zachary Shrewsbury – 36,303
  • Don Blankenship – 18,427

View state results on the West Virginia Election Night Reporting dashboard. Please note that all results are unofficial until they have been canvassed.

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