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April 14, 2009
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  • Boone County
  • (0 of XX precincts reporting)

    Sheriff (D)

    Robby Halstead: 0

    Rodney A. Miller: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Vernon Eversole: 0

    Eddie Hendricks: 0

    Scotty D. Cook: 0

    Glenna J. Workman: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Chuck Gibson: 0

    Robert L. "Bob" Brown: 0

    Gary Woodrum: 0

    Bobby R. Hale: 0

    (Because of district requirements, Woodrum and Hale cannot both be elected.)

    Unopposed races

    Democrats C.E. "Sam" Hall (prosecutor), Jennings P. Miller (assessor), and C. Porter Snodgrass and Chuck Byrnside (magistrates) ran unopposed. No Republicans filed for county office.

     

  • Braxton County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    Eddie D. Smallwood: 0

    Charles "Chuck" Posey: 0

    John E. Stump: 0

    Luther Ford Powers: 0

    Jeffrey McLaughlin: 0

    George L. Keener: 0

    Larry Emge: 0

    Gary Lane Hacker: 0

    Johnny Wine: 0

    Richard H. Perkins: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Derek V. Long: 0

    Teresa "Terry" Frame: 0

    Prosecutor (D):

    Kelly Hamon McLaughlin: 0

    William C. Martin: 0

    Daniel R. Grindo: 0

    Assessor (D)

    Arlene Herndon: 0

    Howard Carpenter: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (two to be elected)

    Beth Smith: 0

    Carolyn Cruickshanks: 0

    Mike Chapman: 0

    Larry Clifton: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Roger W. Hall: 0

    James "Jimmy" Huffman: 0

    Michael C. Jackson: 0

    Ernie Moore: 0

    (Because of district requirements, Huffman and Jackson cannot both be elected.)

    School bond

    (XX percent needed)

    For: 0

    Against: 0

    Excess levy

    (XX percent needed)

    For: 0

    Against: 0

    Unopposed races

    Republican Eddie Williams (sheriff) ran unopposed.

     

  • Clay County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    Randy N. Holcomb: 0

    Tom Auxier: 0

    Joseph "Joe" Morris: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Mike Pierson: 0

    Peter Triplett: 0

    David W. Pierson Jr.: 0

    Board of Education

    (three to be elected)

    Morgan Triplett: 0

    Ronnie Rogers: 0

    James Dawson: 0

    O. Gene King: 0

    R.B. Legg Jr.: 0

    (Because of district requirements, only two of Triplett, Dawson and King can be elected.)

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Jim E. Samples (prosecutor), Teresa Lane (assessor) and Jeff Boggs and M.H. "Mike" King (magistrates) ran unopposed. No Republicans filed for county office.

     

  • Fayette County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    Steve Kessler: 0

    Pete A. Lopez: 0

    Lawrence Boley: 0

    Paul R. Washington: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Kenneth "Ken" Eskew: 0

    Jonathan Walkup: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (four to be elected)

    Charles L. Garvin III: 0

    Danita G. Young: 0

    Roger D. Boone Sr.: 0

    Sharon McGraw: 0

    Ben Love: 0

    Michael "Mike" D. Parsons: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Manuel Domingues: 0

    Peggy Farmer: 0

    Leon Ivey: 0

    Leon D. Newman: 0

    (Because of district requirements, only one of Domingues, Farmer and Ivey can be elected.)

    School excess levy

    (XX percent needed)

    For: 0

    Against: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Paul M. Blake Jr. and John W. Hatcher (circuit judges), Janet Frye Steele (family court judge), Carl L. Harris (prosecutor) and Eddie Young (assessor) and Republicans Randy Prince (sheriff) and James Murdock Jr. (county commissioner) ran unopposed.

     

  • Gilmer County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    Samuel W. "Sam" Cutlip: 0

    Mickey E. Metz: 0

    Berk Reed: 0

    County commissioner

    Brian Kennedy: 0

    Reta Kight: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Misty Pritt: 0

    Kelly Ann Radcliff: 0

    Alton L. Skinner II: 0

    Excess levy for recreation center

    (XX percent needed)

    For: 0

    Against: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Gerry Hough (prosecutor), Gary L. Wolfe (assessor) and Carol Reed Wolfe and Robert W. Minigh (magistrates) and Republican Darren Feit (county commissioner) ran unopposed.

     

  • Greenbrier County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    Roger L. Sheppard: 0

    Albert Wallace Lindsey: 0

    Bruce E. Hosey: 0

    Steve Malcomb: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Karen Lobban: 0

    Walter "Kevin" Bennett: 0

    Jeff Lewis: 0

    Bruce Bowling: 0

    Prosecutor (D)

    Martha J. Fleshman: 0

    R. Kevin Hanson: 0

    Douglas H. Arbuckle: 0

    Assessor (D)

    Nancy Sartor: 0

    Steve Keadle: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (three to be elected)

    Brenda J. Smith: 0

    Brenda L. Campbell: 0

    Julia Thompson: 0

    Charles D. Beard: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Frances Jane Workman: 0

    Hazel Flanagan Reed: 0

    Marvin L. Morgan: 0

    Robert "Bob" Toothman: 0

    (Because of district requirements, only one of Workman, Morgan and Toothman can be elected.)

    School excess levy

    (XX percent needed)

    For: 0

    Against: 0

    Unopposed races

    Republicans James W. "Jim" Childers (sheriff), Lowell C. Rose (county commissioner) and Patrick I. Via (prosecutor) ran unopposed.

     

  • Jackson County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    County commissioner (D)

    Tommy Nutter: 0

    Scott Staats: 0

    County commissioner (R)

    Chasity Williams: 0

    Mitch Morrison: 0

    Board of Education

    (three to be elected)

    Lisa Atkinson Casto: 0

    Jack Wiseman: 0

    Ollie M. Harvey: 0

    Thomas H. Layne III: 0

    Roy B. Guthrie: 0

    Steve Chancey: 0

    Steve Donohew: 0

    (Because of district requirements, only two of Casto, Harvey, Layne, Guthrie and Chancey can be elected.)

    Special ambulance levy

    (XX percent needed)

    For: 0

    Against: 0

    School excess levy

    (XX percent needed)

    For: 0

    Against: 0

    Special library levy

    (XX percent needed)

    For: 0

    Against: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Jim McHugh (prosecutor), Michael G. Bright (sheriff), Brian Thomas (assessor) and Jackie Bell Casto (magistrate) and Republicans Shannon Baldwin (prosecutor) and James H. Pesetsky and William H. "Tom" Reynolds (magistrates) ran unopposed.

     

  • Lewis County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    County commissioner (D)

    Patrick D. Boyle: 0

    Bill McVay: 0

    Michael "Mike" Holden: 0

    Joy L. Stalnaker

    County commissioner (R)

    Bob Taylor: 0

    Christal Hensil: 0

    Assessor (D)

    R. Gary Smith: 0

    Samuel Hicks: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Gary Morris (prosecutor), Michael "Mike" Gissy (sheriff) and Sharon A. Hull (magistrate) (R) Joe Wagoner (prosecutor) and James D. "Dan" Moody (magistrate) and school board candidates Cline Craig and Sylvia L. McNeish ran unopposed.

     

  • Lincoln County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    County commissioner (D)

    Charles S. McCann: 0

    Stephen Priestley: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (two to be elected)

    David Webb: 0

    Blaine Wilkerson: 0

    Sophia Tully: 0

    Brian Kevan Garley: 0

    Geniva Beck: 0

    David Michael Roberts: 0

    Mona D. Snodgrass: 0

    Billy McNeely: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Donna Martin: 0

    Billie Frye: 0

    Collis Tooley: 0

    Ed Triplett: 0

    Carol A. Smith: 0

    (Because of district requirements, only one of Martin, Tooley, Triplett and Smith can be elected.)

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Jack Stevens II (prosecutor), Jerry Bowman (sheriff) and Tracy Dempsey (assessor) and Republicans Michael L. Parsons (sheriff) and Renee Mullins (magistrate) ran unopposed.

     

  • Logan County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Family court judge (D)

    Jason Harwood: 0

    Mark Hobbs: 0

    Sheriff (D)

    Richard A. Watts: 0

    Ray Bryant: 0

    William "Steve" Simpkins: 0

    Don Steele: 0

    W.E. "Eddie" Hunter: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Willie Akers: 0

    Chris Stratton: 0

    Prosecutor (D)

    Joe Spradling: 0

    John W. Bennett: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (three to be elected)

    George Howes: 0

    Dwight A. Williamson: 0

    Leonard L. Codispoti: 0

    Jeff Lane: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Moss R. Burgess: 0

    Lynne McDonough: 0

    Johnny Sloan: 0

    Phyllis D. Adkins: 0

    April Trosper: 0

    Scott Johnson: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Roger L. Perry and Eric H. O'Briant (circuit judges), Kelly Gilmore Codispoti (family court judge) and Rick Russell Grimmett (assessor) ran unopposed. No Republicans filed for county office.

     

  • Mason County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    Harry E. Matheny: 0

    Roger Dale Bonecutter: 0

    David Anthony II: 0

    Sheriff (R)

    Jess Stephen Johnson: 0

    Rich Gilkey: 0

    Ernie Watterson: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Kevin Nott: 0

    Rick Handley: 0

    Jeff Clendenen: 0

    County commissioner (R)

    Delvin Scott Simms: 0

    Kenneth Blessing: 0

    William "Billy" Plants: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Michael "Micky" Cottrill: 0

    Tom Nunnery: 0

    Noah Tyree: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Ron Hickman (assessor) and Harry "Moke" Simpkins and Cheryl Miller Ross (magistrates) and Republicans Damon B. Morgan Jr. (Republican) and Gail L. Roush (magistrate) ran unopposed.

     

  • McDowell County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Circuit judge (D)

    Ted A. White (1st): 0

    Booker T. Stephens: 0

    Sheriff (D)

    Barry D. Hale: 0

    Daniel W. Mitchell: 0

    S.P. "Pat" McKinney: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Carl W. Urps: 0

    A. Ray Bailey: 0

    Prosecutor (D)

    Sid Bell: 0

    Kendrick King: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (three to be elected)

    Steve Cox: 0

    Richard VanDyke: 0

    Pete Beavers: 0

    Martin B. West: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Rick Murensky (circuit judge) and Dennis Altizer (assessor) and school board candidates Georgia Muncy West and Mike Callaway ran unopposed. No Republicans filed for county office.

     

  • Mercer County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    County commissioner (D)

    Robert W. "Bob" Carter: 0

    Joe Coburn: 0

    Willie Wiley: 0

    Stephen Akers: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (five to be elected)

    Jake Hodges: 0

    Mark Steven Shrader: 0

    Charles N. Poe: 0

    Roy Compton: 0

    Rick Fowler: 0

    Michael Blankenship: 0

    Marvin Lockett: 0

    Susan Honaker: 0

    Roscoe Boone Sr.: 0

    Mike Flanigan: 0

    David C. Smith: 0

    Harold L. Buckner: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Mary Alice Kaufman: 0

    Kenny Harmon: 0

    Mona Poling: 0

    Lynne White: 0

    Brandon K. Young: 0

    (Because of district requirements, only one of Harmon, White and Young can be elected.)

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Dereck C. Swope and William J. Sadler (circuit judges), Timothy D. Boggess (prosecutor), Danny R. Wills (sheriff) and Bill Blankenship (assessor) and Republicans Amber Radford McClure and Charles "Chuck" Terry (magistrates) ran unopposed.

     

  • Mingo County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Circuit judge (D)

    Mike Thornsbury: 0

    Robert H. Carlton: 0

    Sheriff (D)

    Freddie J. Hall: 0

    John Henry Maynard: 0

    Tennis H. Hatfield: 0

    Lonnie Hannah: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Greg "Hootie" Smith: 0

    Jim Harvey: 0

    Assessor (D)

    Halcy Hatfield: 0

    Ramona Mahon: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (three to be elected)

    Jason Ryan Varney: 0

    "Big" Lee Hatfield: 0

    Dee Sidebottom: 0

    Eugene Crum: 0

    Pam Newsome: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Bill Kirk: 0

    William D. Duty: 0

    Jackie Branch: 0

    Larry Todd Hamrick : 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Miki Thompson (family court judge) and C. Michael Sparks (prosecutor) ran unopposed. No Republicans filed for county office.

     

  • Monroe County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    M. Joe Galuszek: 0

    Allen Hunt: 0

    Jim Furrow: 0

    Keith Campbell: 0

    J.K. "John" Farmer: 0

    Sheriff (R)

    Mike Gravely: 0

    Elmer L. Galford: 0

    Darrell Richard Mann

    County commissioner (D)

    Scotty Phipps: 0

    Oliver B. Porterfield: 0

    Keith Wickline: 0

    Prosecutor (D)

    H. Rod Mohler: 0

    Justin R. St. Clair: 0

    Assessor (D)

    Donna Huffman: 0

    Terry Utterback: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected):

    Helen Campbell Graves: 0

    Larry E. Mustain: 0

    Kenny W. Mann: 0

    Danny G. Lively: 0

    (Because of district requirements, only one of Mann and Lively can be elected.)

    Excess school levy

    (XX percent needed)

    For: 0

    Against: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrat Nancy P. Crews (magistrate) and Republicans William E. "Bill" Miller (county commissioner) and Kevin L. Miller (magistrate) ran unopposed.

     

  • Nicholas County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Circuit judge (D)

    Gary L. Johnson: 0

    Timothy R. Ruckman: 0

    Sheriff (D)

    Lonnie Thomas: 0

    Wetzel Bennett: 0

    Ken Myers: 0

    Bob Vaughan Sr.: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Tom Blankenship: 0

    Charles Wilson Monroe: 0

    Larry A. Tucker: 0

    Prosecutor (D)

    Mark D. Hudnall: 0

    Keith W. McMillion: 0

    James "P.K." Milam: 0

    Circuit clerk (D)

    Gary Jarrell: 0

    Debbie Facemire: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Jason Swager: 0

    Lloyd Adkins: 0

    Bob "Digger" O'Dell: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Ernie Dennison (assessor) and Bobby Gordon, John D. Morton Jr. and Mike Cooper (magistrates) ran unopposed. No Republicans filed for county office.

     

  • Pocahontas County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    Dave Walton: 0

    Doshia Webb: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    James W. Carpenter: 0

    David Fleming: 0

    County commissioner (R)

    Mulvie W. Grimes: 0

    Charles Albert Wilfong: 0

    Jeremy Donald Bauserman: 0

    Prosecutor (D)

    Walt Weiford: 0

    Donna Meadows Price: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (two to be elected)

    Shawn Gilmore: 0

    Bob Alkire: 0

    Kathy Beverage: 0

    Janet L. Kershner-Vanover: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Jesse A. Groseclose: 0

    Henry (Hank) Jaeger: 0

    Margaret Worth: 0

    Kenneth Vance: 0

    (Because of district requirements, Groseclose and Worth cannot both be elected.)

    Unopposed races

    Democrat Dolan Irvine (assessor) and Republican David Jonese (sheriff) ran unopposed.

     

  • Raleigh County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    Darel D. Greene: 0

    J.P. (John) Stevens: 0

    Dan Farley: 0

    Bob McComas: 0

    Steve Tanner: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Jerry Zaferatos: 0

    Pat Reed: 0

    Assessor (D)

    Drema Bias-Evans: 0

    Anthony Alvin Farmer: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (five to be elected)

    Charles T. Darlington: 0

    Greg Tanner: 0

    Mary Koontz Jennings: 0

    Robert Workman: 0

    Richard "Rick" Jones: 0

    Stan Sweeney: 0

    Charles "Randy" Humphrey: 0

    Dana Bird: 0

    Board of Education

    (three to be elected):

    Richard (Rick) Snuffer II: 0

    Gary L. Poling: 0

    Stephen W. Finch: 0

    Richard Jarrell: 0

    Judi L. Almond: 0

    Cindy Jafary: 0

    Jack Gordie Roop: 0

    (Because of district requirements, only two of Snuffer, Poling and Almond can be elected. Also, only one of Finch, Jarrell and Roop can be elected.)

    Unopposed races

    Democrats John A. Hutchison, H.L. "Kirk" Kirkpatrick and Robert A. Burnside Jr. (circuit judges) and Kristen Keller (prosecutor) and Republicans Charles "Chuck" Carpenter (county commissioner) and Steve Massie (magistrate) ran unopposed.

     

  • Roane County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    James L. (Jim) Crowder: 0

    Mike Harper: 0

    Danny Marks: 0

    Chris Rhodes: 0

    Scott Tolley: 0

    Sheriff (R)

    Larry W. White: 0

    John D. Nicholson: 0

    Malcolm Cottrell: 0

    Dale E. Fluharty: 0

    Magistrate (R)

    (two to be elected)

    Denver Gandee Jr.: 0

    Linda Nichols-McCarty: 0

    Jason D. Bennett: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Joe L. Painter: 0

    Mario R. Sotomayor: 0

    Paul Cummings: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Rodney D. Cox (county commissioner), Mark G. Sergent (prosecutor) and Russell Goodwin (magistrate) and Republicans Joshua Downey (prosecutor) and Emily C. Westfall (assessor) ran unopposed.

     

  • Summers County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Sheriff (D)

    John Dunn: 0

    Curtis A. Shaver: 0

    John M. Plumley Jr.: 0

    Gary L. Sears: 0

    Benny Dickenson: 0

    Charles D. Canterbury: 0

    George "Steve" Cales: 0

    Patrick B. (Pat) Boggs: 0

    G. David Meadows: 0

    Sheriff (R)

    Douglas Willis: 0

    Edward F. Dolphin III: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Bill Lightner: 0

    Clyde Grimmett: 0

    Prosecutor (D)

    Jason David Parker: 0

    Amy L. Mann: 0

    Assessor (D)

    Garry E. Wheeler: 0

    Denise Wilson: 0

    Greg Vandall: 0

    Board of Education

    (two to be elected)

    Jean B. Gore: 0

    James Withrow: 0

    Jim Gaal: 0

    (Because of district requirements, Gore and Gaal cannot both be elected.)

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Jack Kennedy Hellems and J.W. "Bill" Jeffries Jr. (magistrates) and Republican John C. Parkin (county commissioner) ran unopposed.

     

  • Webster County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    County commissioner (D)

    Larry R. Sandy: 0

    Sam Barger: 0

    Victor Ace McClure: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (two to be elected)

    Mike Payne: 0

    Nellie Knight: 0

    George "Pete" Cutlip: 0

    John Stone: 0

    Stephanie Miller Loughridge: 0

    Richard Robertson: 0

    Unopposed races

    Democrats Dwayne C. VanDevender (prosecutor), Jerry F. Hamrick (sheriff) and Dana L. Lynch (assessor) and school board candidates Louise Hamrick and Michael L. Snyder ran unopposed. No Republicans ran for county office.

     

  • Wyoming County
  • (0 of XX precincts)

    Circuit judge (D)

    Warren R. McGraw: 0

    G. Todd Houck: 0

    Sheriff (D)

    Thomas C. Wilson: 0

    Randall Aliff: 0

    Wilburn W. Bolt: 0

    County commissioner (D)

    Harold Hayden: 0

    Jason Mullins: 0

    Prosecutor

    W. Richard "Rick" Staton: 0

    Sonny Boninsegna Jr.: 0

    Dennie S. "D.J." Morgan: 0

    Assessor (D)

    Earl Mongeni II: 0

    Mike W. Cook: 0

    Michael "Mike" E. Cook: 0

    Magistrate (D)

    (three to be elected)

    Kim Farmer: 0

    David Kidd: 0

    Michael Lawson: 0

    Pamela England Trent: 0

    Thomas "Tommy" Daniels: 0

    Craig Cook: 0

    J.R. Boles: 0

    Board of Education

    (three to be elected)

    Curtis Lovejoy: 0

    Michael R. "Mike" Pritchard: 0

    Robert "Bob" Toler: 0

    Perry E. Cook: 0

    Unopposed races

    Republicans Peni H. Adams (assessor) and Gerald R. Jackson (magistrate) ran unopposed.

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