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US Senate

Senator Shelley Moore Capito wins GOP primary over Tom Willis, Rachel Fetty Anderson won Dem primary

US House

Rep. Riley Moore wins GOP primary unopposed, Ace Parsi leading the Dem primary (not called yet)

State Senate

District 2

Chris Claypole wins Dem primary unopposed, Toby Heaney beats Robert Dobkin in the GOP primary

District 13

John Williams and Mike Oliverio win their primaries unopposed

House of Delegates

District 77

Patricia Bunner, Joe Statler wins their primaries unopposed

District 78

Michael Wendell wins Dem primary unopposed, Delegate Geno Chiarelli beats Cohen Terneus for GOP

District 79

Evan Hansen wins Dem primary unopposed, will win another term with no GOP opposition

District 80

Olivia Miller beats Kirsten Nelson in the Dem primary, will go to Charleston with no GOP opposition

District 81

Anitra Hamilton wins Dem primary unopposed, will win another term with no GOP opposition

District 82

Delegate David McCormick wins GOP primary unopposed, Eddie Wagoner defeats Thomas Ramsey in Dem primary

County Commission

Julie Knight beats Commissioner Jeff Arnett handily in the Dem primary, Ron Lytle wins GOP primary unopposed

Board of Education

Dan Berry, Jennifer Hagerty, and Mike Kelly all retain their seats against Barbara Green and Michelle Marshall

School Levy

Levy passes 79-21%

Magistrate

Deanna Lindsay wins over Arlie Campbell and Nate Faust

Welcome to primary election night, and this will be here for updates across the state as Democrats and Republicans pick important nominees, and local races fill out the ballot.

Polls close 7:30 PM, go vote if you haven't already!

With early voting beginning tomorrow for the West Virginia primary, I would to like to bring up the excess levy for Mon County Schools being voted on. Unlike Morgantown City Council, who I criticized last week on here for talking and not doing enough action to fix the issues plaguing the city, the Mon County Board of Education has been embroiled in a load of controversial policies/stories since the last levy vote in 2021.

Their has been enough to anger liberals and conservatives alike in the last few years. For liberals, critics could point to the pride flag controversy that embroiled MHS, where they were considered political activity by the central office, and the Board itself rejected debating the issue at a meeting.

For both sides of the aisle, their has been the boondoggle dumpster fire that was the Renaissance Academy in 2024 (correctly rejected by the voters, both in terms of insane price tag and tax hike), disagreements over its blanket ban on classes using crowdfunding to gather donations (later changed after the backlash a year later), allowing for hilariously small school lunches while MHS' cafeteria got renovated (quickly having to order catering from multiple local establishments to bridge the gap).

Even with local issues, the board sees itself in a long-running legal dispute with members of the Suncrest community over what should happen to the former Suncrest Primary school.

I could understand the wishes from a public who doesn't see the Board as having its act together willing to vote no to send a message to them. For many voters, this will be the first time they have voted on a school excess levy. Many times prior to this primary, these levy election were on a Saturday, with sub 10% turnout for this.

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So, I argue to you in this post to vote if you are angry with this way the Board is being run, focus your energy on the actual board races. Change has already started, with 2 new members in 2024. Not to mention, messing with the levy should not be the way to send this message. Teachers could face heavy pay cuts in a county already starting to feel the shortage other parts of the state has faced for over a decade. Summer programs, already struggling to gain the funding to continue could end. Resources for public school students to have the best learning experience possible could be gone, setting them back even further than imagined. So please, this primary season vote yes on the levy for the our public school students.