Democrat Kevin Johnson won a 5-point victory over Republican Sonny Sanders in South Carolina’s HD-64. [On whether this seat was supposedly a Dem stronghold:] I took another look at it; it’s almost all of a county that Obama got around 56% in along with one or two precincts of an...
The leading candidates for governor, Democrat Jim Justice and Republican, state Senate president, Bill Cole, have had to answer the budget question on the campaign trail. Justice has ruled out tax increases and further budget cuts, predicting during the last debate a coal comeback will help in ...
To act as clerk (fiscal officer) of the Harrison County Commission. To act as the receiver of fees charged for the instruments filed and recorded within the county. To act as the chief election authority in Harrison County. To carry out the numerous duties, the County Clerk may select deput...
Since 2000, West Virginians have supported the Republican candidate in every presidential election. The state is regarded as a "deep red" state at the federal level.[170] In 2012 Republican Mitt Romney won the state, defeating Democrat Barack Obama with 62% of the vote to 35% for Obama. ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some Republican officeholders in West Virginia are already revving up campaigns for governor in 2024. But first, they have to sort out what happened in 2020. Years after Democrat Joe Biden was declared the White House winner, Secretary of State Mac Warner and At...
He leaves behind one piece of legislation underway that’s actually a pretty cool idea: instituting “question time,” a la the UK’s parliament, where the Governor has to show up for a biweekly grilling in front of the legislature. Paton becomes the third Republican state Senator to ...