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May 8, 2012
Election results from selected counties around W.Va.

BOONE COUNTY 

(34 of 34 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D) 

Mickey Brown: 2175

Kathy J. Hill: 1881

Brett Kuhn: 1390

 

Sheriff (D) 

Robby Halstead: 2004

Roger Barker: 100

Randall White: 3289

 

Assessor (D)

Jennings P. Miller: 3236

Bobby R. Hale: 2053

 

Magistrate (D)

(two to be nominated)

Charles "Chuck" Byrnside: 3524

Porter Snodgrass: 2684

Josh Chaffin: 2053

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected; only one of Krueger, Woodrum and McCoy can be elected)

Sheila Gregg Krueger: 2172

Gary Woodrum: 3052

Jeff McCoy: 981

Charles "Chuck" Gibson: 2735

 

Unopposed races

Democrat Keith Randolph (prosecutor) and had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for county commissioner, prosecutor, sheriff, assessor or magistrate.

 

 

BRAXTON COUNTY 

(22 of 22 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D) 

Roger W. Hall: 662

David L. Jack: 987

Ronald L. (Ron) Facemire: 1,130

 

Prosecutor (D)

Kelly Hamon McLaughlin: 1,398

Paula M. Cunningham: 849

Daniel Boyd "Dan" Dotson III: 523

 

Sheriff (D)

George L. Keener: 1,049

John E. Stump: 856

Howard Carpenter: 943

 

Assessor (D) 

Arlene Herndon: 1,844

Jonathan Wine: 985

 

Magistrate (D)

Larry Clifton: 2,071

Beth (Prince) Smith: 2,022

 

Board of Education 

(two to be elected) 

J.D. Whitesel: 697

Jennifer (Keener) Olah: 525

Ernie Moore: 947

Van Carr: 719

Bill Morlan: 1,147

Mike Chapman:  1,837

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Larry Clifton and Beth (Prince) Smith (magistrate) and Republican Eddie Wayne Williams (sheriff) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for county commissioner, prosecutor, assessor or magistrate.

 

 

CLAY COUNTY 

(11 of 11 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D) 

Jerry Linkinoggor: 956

Mitch DeBoard: 758

 

Sheriff (D) 

Samuel R. Morris: 248

Miles Slack: 1389

Julie "Derby" Triplett: 150

 

Assessor (D) 

Peter "Pete" Triplett:  784

Teresa Lane: 970

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected)

Jim Perdue: 948

O. Gene King: 1384

R.B. Legg Jr.: 1097

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Jim Samples (prosecutor) and Mike King and Jeff Boggs (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for county commissioner, prosecutor, sheriff, assessor or magistrate.

 

 

FAYETTE COUNTY

(39 of 39 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Matthew D. Wender: 3,363

Tom Oxley: 2,311

 

County commissioner (unexpired term) (D)

Donny Beals: 2,025

Denise Eskew Scalph: 2,607

Randall W. Patterson: 1,026

 

Sheriff (D)

Frank L. Legg: 577

Steve Kessler: 3,714

Dallas Duncan Jr.: 1,530

 

Magistrate (D)

(four to be nominated)

Joe Crist: 1,665

Sharon R. McGraw: 3,021

Mike Malay: 1,441

Danita G. Young: 2,947

Paul R. Washington: 1,090

Leonard H. Bickford: 1,675

Craig L. Wood: 1,345

Samuel "Sam" Parsons: 2,331

Janice Lunsford Wiseman: 1,653

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected; only one of Ivey, Koontz, Smith and Farmer can be elected)

Terry L. Abbott: 1,242

Lou Jones: 1,800

Leon Ivey: 2,519

Tom Koontz: 2,208

Steven Oliver Smith: 602

Peggy Farmer: 2,115

Craig J. Petry: 860

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Matt England (family court judge), Carl L. Harris (prosecutor) and Harvey E. "Eddie" Young (assessor) and Republican Randy Prince (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for family court judge, county commissioner, prosecutor, sheriff or assessor.     

 

 

GILMER COUNTY

(14 of 14 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

John Wm. Moss Jr.: 501

Norma Hurley: 284

Larry Chapman: 819

 

Sheriff (D)

Larry D. Gerwig: 1123

Berk Reed: 508

 

Magistrate (D)

(two to be nominated)

Carol Reed Wolfe: 1158

Mickey Metz: 500

Alton L. Skinner II: 590

Bill Stalnaker: 530

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected)

Misty Pritt: 1027

Tracy Rexroad: 336

Tammy Cundiff: 369

William K. Simmons: 812

Kris Phares Snyder: 722

 

Fire and ambulance emergency services levy 

(60 percent needed)

For: 1187

Against: 605

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Gerry Hough (prosecutor) and Gary L. Wolfe (assessor) and Republicans Darren Feit (county commissioner) and Lori Rosenburg (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for prosecutor, sheriff or assessor.

 

 

GREENBRIER COUNTY 

(29 of 29 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Betty D. Crookshanks: 1,045

Woody Hanna: 2,170

J.K. Rose: 1,570

 

Sheriff (D)

Steve Malcolm: 1,053

Jan Cahill: 3,689

 

Assessor (D)

William L. Butler: 1,236

Steven Gerry Keadle: 3,356

 

Magistrate (D) 

(three to be nominated)

Charles D. Beard: 2,682

Brenda L. Campbell: 2,882

Brenda J. Smith: 2,805

William "Bill" Dean: 1,895

Lynn "Fields" Slater: 1,035

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected; only one of Dunbar and Reed can be elected)

Tina Jo Dunbar: 2,144

Robert C. "Bob" Toothman: 2,760

Stephen Baldwin Jr.: 2,984

Hazel Flanagan Reed: 2,580

 

Unopposed races

Democrat Ryan Keesee (prosecutor) and Republicans Sherman T. McClung (county commissioner), Patrick I. Via (prosecutor), Jim Childers (sheriff) and John W. Reed (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for assessor.  

 

 

JACKSON COUNTY

(36 of 36 precincts)

 

Sheriff (D)

Steve Donohew: 680

Tony Boggs: 2098

Charlie Hatcher: 315

 

Sheriff (R)

Greg Bower: 1465

Joe Tate: 406

Ramon Andy Williams: 833

 

Schools excess levy

(50 percent needed)

For: 4322

Against: 2078

 

Ambulance service levy

(50 percent needed)

For: 4622

Against: 1730

 

Library service levy

(50 percent needed)

For: 4616

Against: 1781

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Joe Pitts (county commissioner), Jim McHugh (prosecutor), Brian K. Thomas (assessor), Jackie Bell Casto (magistrate) and Republicans Mike Randolph (county commissioner), Kenny Skeen II (prosecutor), Delmer Murray Jr. (assessor) and Wm. Tom Reynolds and James Pesetsky (magistrate) and Board of Education candidates Tom Lane and Steve Chancey had no opposition on the ballot.

 

 

LEWIS COUNTY

(24 of 24 precincts)

 

Prosecutor (D)

Kurt Hall:  421

Michael C. Smith: 1,071

Lea Anne (Friedmann) Hawkins: 763

 

Sheriff (D)

Tammy Heater McDonald: 294

James "David" Clevenger: 577

Adam M. Gissy: 1,250

Michael (Mike) Matthews: 160

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected)

Claude M. Riffle:  772

Debbie Clem: 1,783

Sylvia L. McNeish: 2,302

Cline Craig: 1,656

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Agnes Queen (county commissioner), T. Chad Kelley (assessor) and Mike Gissy (magistrate) and Republicans Rocky Shackleford (county commissioner), Christina C. Flanigan (prosecutor), David L. Doak (sheriff) and James D. "Dan" Moody and Roger D. "Rob" Clem Jr. (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for assessor.

 

 

LINCOLN COUNTY

 

(16 of 16 precincts)

Prosecutor (D)

James W. Gabehart: 2,116

Justin A. Marlowe: 1,065

 

Sheriff (D)

Jesse Mullins: 750

Rick Saul: 1,095

Rickey Wade: 214

Ken Farley: 1,338

 

Assessor (D)

Tracy Dempsey: 1,677

Josh Brumfield: 1,813

 

Magistrate (D)

(two to be nominated)

Tina Marie Huffman Humphries: 410

Greg Butcher: 1,407

Sophia J. Tully: 1,972

Mona D. Snodgrass: 2,315

 

Board of Education

(three to be elected)

Carol Smith: 1,867

Gary McCallister: 1,886

Greg Mullins: 1,803

Larry M. Wilkerson: 2,221

 

Unopposed races

Republicans John Lovejoy (county commissioner), Betty Gregory (prosecutor), Lisa Ramey (sheriff) and Pauline Porter (assessor) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for magistrate.

 

 

LOGAN COUNTY

(38 of 38 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Danny Godby: 5,085

George Howes: 1,677

 

Prosecutor (D)

John W. Bennett: 4,696

Joe Spradling: 1,752

 

Sheriff (D)

Charles G. "Charlie" Walls: 1,079

Elbert Vance: 487

Ralph Rodighiero:  2,351

George L. Mathis: 338

Sonya M. Dingess Porter: 2,871

 

Magistrate (D)

(three to be nominated) 

Dwight Aaron Williamson: 4,011

Leonard I. Codispoti:  4,576

Joseph "Joe" Mendez:  3,110

Jeffrey S. Lane: 3,181

 

Board of Education 

(two to be elected; only one of White and Trent can be elected)

Sally Stollings: 1,662

Noel R. Napier: 468

Phyllis D. Adkins: 3,296

Moss R. Burgess: 1,972

Ben White: 1,821

Chris Trent: 917

Jim Frye: 2,524

 

Unopposed races

Democrat Rick Russell Grimmett (assessor) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republicans filed for county commissioner, prosecutor, sheriff, assessor or magistrate.

 

 

MASON COUNTY

(30 of 30 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Gene Zopp: 689

Mickey Whalen: 1,238

Paul Wray: 888

 

County commissioner (R)

Tracy Sturgeon Doolittle: 926

Marketta Crum: 490

Garry Peck: 728

Matthew Keefer: 382

 

Sheriff (D) 

Donnie Kapp: 247

Jim Will: 182

John Paul Casey: 595

Greg Powers: 1,754

 

Sheriff (R)

Joe Frank: 260

Curtis C. McConihay: 733

Gordon Clark: 1,478

 

Board of Education

(three to be elected; only one of Fowler and Reynolds can be elected; only two of Nunnery, Heib, Reed and Capehart can be elected)

Greg Fowler: 2,049

Tom Nunnery: 2,426

Sheena Reynolds: 1,007

Paul Sayre: 2,054

Cassi Heib: 1,191

Mark T. Clark: 1,469

Marty Reed: 1,492

William Capehart: 1,536

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Bryan S. Crowley (prosecutor), Ron Hickman (assessor) and Cheryl Miller Ross (magistrate) and Republicans Craig Tatterson (prosecutor) and Gail L. Roush (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for assessor.

 

 

MCDOWELL COUNTY

(43 of 43 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Kendrick King: 1180

Gordon O. Lambert: 2228

 

Sheriff (D)

Kenneth Hicks: 244

Martin B. West: 2197

Mark Shelton: 1279

 

Magistrate (D) 

(three to be nominated) 

Richard Vandyke: 1676

John "Andy" Vance: 1368

Steve Cox: 2248

Daniel W. Mitchell: 1942

 

Board of Education

(four to be elected; only one of West and Callaway can be elected)

David Williams: 1542

Jimmy Copolo: 1439

Georgia Muncy West: 1772

Mike Callaway: 2008

Kevin A. Wade: 1204

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Ed Kornish (prosecutor) and Dennis Altizer (assessor) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for county commissioner, prosecutor, sheriff, assessor or magistrate.

 

 

MERCER COUNTY

(51 of 51 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Jay Mills: 1979

Terry Hughes: 2565

Kenneth W. Hedrick: 1038

 

County commissioner (R)

A. Gene Buckner:  1566

Marshall G. Mann: 921

 

Sheriff (D)

Kevin Weiss: 2532

D.B. "Don" Meadows: 3318

 

Assessor (D)

Harold L. Buckner: 1914

Todd A. Gray: 980

Gerald Otey: 824

Sharon D. Gearhart: 2026

 

Magistrate (D)

(five to be nominated)

Rick Fowler: 3367

Mike Flanigan: 3655

Jacob "Jake" Hodges: 1666

Charles N. Poe: 2652

John H. McGinnis IV: 1599

Susan C. Honaker: 3130

Jim Dent: 3998

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected; only one of Hodges, Edwards-Thomas and Hartwell can be elected)

Mary Alice Kaufman: 3812

Paul Hodges: 3077

Arlene Edwards-Thomas: 2571

Thomas Roger Hartwell: 1790

 

Unopposed races

Democrat Scott Ash (prosecutor) and Republican Sandra Dorsey (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for prosecutor, sheriff or assessor.

 

 

MINGO COUNTY

(39 of 39 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Lonnie Hannah: 3,013

David L. Baisden: 3,857

 

Prosecutor (D)

C. Michael Sparks: 3,753

Robert H. Carlton: 1,010

Charles "Butch" West: 1,080

 

Sheriff (D)

Donald Stevens: 2,028

Eugene Crum: 3,021

James M. Smith: 3,054

 

Magistrate (D)

(three to be nominated)

"Big" Dal Toler: 3,541

Dee Sidebottom: 4,197

Jim Harvey: 2,442

Pam Newsome: 4,591

 

Board of Education

(three to be elected)

Joshua McClanahan: 742

J.D. "Dave" Farley: 2,170

William "Bill" Duty: 2,781

Tommy Ferrell: 749

Robert H. Adams Jr.: 1,099

Gregg Moore: 1,100

Leslie Hobbs: 1,451

Larry Todd Hamrick: 842

Jacqueline K. Branch: 1,542

Orville Messer: 1,708

Mark D. Colegrove: 1,468

 

Unopposed races

Democrat Ramona J. Mahon (assessor) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republicans filed for county commissioner, prosecutor, sheriff, assessor or magistrate, an official in the county clerk's office said.

 

 

MONROE COUNTY

(18 of 18 precincts)

 

Assessor (D)

Norbert A. Netzel: 725

Cory Riner: 257

Lori B. Wickline: 372

 

Sheriff (R)

Elmer L. Galford: 406

Mike Gravely: 636

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected)

Dixie Lee Hoke-Webb: 1,057

Danny G. Lively: 1,315

Rose M. Preston: 879

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Shane Ashley (county commissioner), Justin St. Clair (prosecutor), Alan Thomas (sheriff) and Nancy Crews (magistrate) and Republicans Angela Miller (assessor) and Kevin Miller (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for county commissioner or prosecutor.

 

 

NICHOLAS COUNTY

(28 of 28 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Gary R. Hewitt: 743

Ken Altizer: 993

Birl O'Dell: 945

James A. "Jim" Robinson: 889

Jim O'Dell: 298

 

Sheriff (D)

Roger Beverage: 1,290

John Paul Collins: 1,141

David Hopkins: 1,527

 

Magistrate (D)

(three to be nominated)

Sarah Meadows Brown: 1,946

Wayne Plummer: 2,158

John D. Morton Jr.: 1,971

Greg Auxier: 1,135

Stanley S. Adkins: 1,247

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected; only one of Pritt and O'Dell can be elected)

Jessie Pritt: 1,461

Lloyd K. Adkins: 2,819

Bob Digger O'Dell: 2,756

 

Unopposed races

Democrats James "PK" Milam (prosecutor) and Ernie Dennison (assessor) and Republican Tim Clifford (county commissioner) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for prosecutor, sheriff, assessor or magistrate. 

 

 

POCAHONTAS COUNTY

(15 of 15 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Christine Campbell: 774

Dolan Irvine: 953

 

County commissioner (R)

Norman Lee Alderman: 223

Lloyd Arbogast: 594

 

Prosecutor (D)

Donna Meadows Price: 634

Robert "Bob" Martin: 572

Martin V. Saffer: 481

 

Sheriff (D) 

Brad Miller: 222

Ben Wilfong: 454

Shawn Kelly: 282

Kenneth "Buster" Varner: 512

 

Sheriff (R) 

David R. Jonese: 625

Stephen D. McCarty Jr.: 77

Norma Lea McDaniels: 214

 

Assessor (D)

Tom Lane: 808

Jesse A. Groseclose: 617

Leslie Cain: 277

 

Assessor (R)

Scott Triplett: 498

Andrew "Andy" Friel: 342  

 

Magistrate (D)

(two to be nominated)

Carrie E. Wilfong: 725

Janet Kershner-Vanover: 784 

Jeff Taylor: 498

Kathy L. Beverage: 650 

 

Magistrate (R)

(two to be nominated)

Rebecca Morris Rabel: 239

Cynthia Broce-Kelley: 488

Joel Srodes: 264

Cheryl A. McCullough: 220

 

Board of Education

(three to be elected; only two of Sharp, Beverage, Jordan and Irvine can be elected; only one of Sizemore and VanReenen can be elected) 

Hanna Sizemore: 1,092

Randy D. Sharp: 722

Cheryl Beverage: 1,269

Lynn D. Jordan: 360

Roger D. Irvine: 581

Kenneth Vance: 1,113

Thomas W. VanReenen: 917

 

Unopposed races

No Republicans filed for prosecutor.

 

 

RALEIGH COUNTY

(unknown number of 87 precincts)

 

Assessor (D) 

Jerry Zaferatos: 488

Drema Bias-Evans: 660

 

Board of Education 

(two to be elected; only one of Finch, Susman and Wood can be elected)

Richard "Rick" Snuffer II: 832

Stephen W. Finch: unclear

Sally Susman: unclear

George D. Wood Jr.: 556

 

Fire services levy

(51 percent needed)

For: 1048

Against: 590

 

Unopposed races

Democrats John Wooton (county commissioner), Kristen Keller (prosecutor), R. Steven Tanner (sheriff) and Charles "Randy" Humphrey, Mary Koontz Jennings, Rick Jones, Tomi Sue Peck and Greg Tanner (magistrate) and Republicans Linda Epling (county commissioner), Stan Ellison (sheriff) and John Stephen Mays and Steve Massie (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for prosecutor or assessor.               

 

 

ROANE COUNTY

(20 of 20 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D) 

David F. Boothe: 378 

David Garrett: 573

Brad Niday: 377

 

County commissioner (R)

Ben Hays: 444

Melissa Parsons-O'Brien: 540 

Michael Richardson: 300

 

Prosecutor (R)

Joshua W. Downey: 774

Teresa C. Monk: 486

 

Board of Education

(three to be elected)

Steve Bell: 1,115

Jeff Mace: 1,252

Paul Cummings: 1,648

Joe L. Painter: 1,595

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Russell Goodwin and Ron White (magistrate) and Mike Harper (sheriff) and Republicans Emily Westfall (assessor) and Jason Bennett and John Dolan (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Democrat filed for prosecutor or assessor. No Republican filed for sheriff.

 

 

SUMMERS COUNTY

(15 of 15 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Leonard W. Anderson: 1037

Tony Williams: 1079

 

County commissioner (R)

Geof Tuckerman: 141

Jeff Lyon: 165

 

Sheriff (D) 

G.E. "Mac" McMellon: 248

E.L. "Lee" Hunt: 243

Randy Lilly: 416

Garry E. Wheeler: 1006

Gregory Paul Blankenship: 268

 

Assessor (D)

Gregory S. "Greg" Vandall: 10311

Benny Dickenson: 865

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Amy Leigh Mann (prosecutor) and Jack Kennedy Hellems and J.W. "Bill" Jeffries Jr. (magistrate), Republican Edward Dolphin III (sheriff) and Board of Education candidates James Withrow and Jean Gore had no opposition on the ballot.  No Republican filed for prosecutor, assessor or magistrate.

 

 

WEBSTER COUNTY 

(14 of 14 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Louise Hamrick: 614

Tony Hamrick: 828

Jerry F. Hamrick:  854

 

Sheriff (D)

David Morris: 297

Johnny C. Sandy: 519

Ronnie Lee Barbe Sr.: 145

David G. Bender: 817

Boyd Cutright: 568

 

Sheriff (R) 

James "Jimbo" Williams: 62

Billie R. "Rick" Thomas: 84

 

Assessor (D) 

Nancy (Bailey) Matthews: 1142

Max Cochran: 1182

 

Magistrate (D)

Rich Robertson: 1440

John R. Stone: 1306

Edward C. Gibson: 726

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected; only one of Varney and Snyder can be elected)  

Heather Nutter Davis: 1111

James "Jim" Varney: 817

Lisa Clutter: 1035

Michael Lowell Snyder: 872

 

Unopposed races

Democrat Dwayne C. Vandevender (prosecutor) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for county commissioner, prosecutor, assessor or magistrate.

 

 

WYOMING COUNTY

(37 of 37 precincts)

 

County commissioner (D)

Silas W. Mullins Jr.: 1,982

John L. Daniels: 1,070

 

Magistrate (D)

(three to be nominated)

Jeff Dunigon: 1,401

Craig Cook: 1,757

J.R. Boles: 1,457

Kim (Roach) Farmer: 2,137

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected)

Robert "Robbie" Bailey: 2,036

Michael Prichard: 2,265

Perry E. Cook: 1,754

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Rick Staton (prosecutor), Randall Aliff (sheriff) and Mike Cook (assessor) and Republican Gerald Jackson (magistrate) had no opposition on the ballot. No Republican filed for county commissioner, prosecutor, sheriff or assessor.

 

 

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