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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