2008 Election Coverage
Hardy elects new faces to BOE; Hampshire keeps two
KEYSER - Hardy County voters removed two incumbent board of education members on the ballot during Tuesday's primary election and elected two new ones.
Nancy Hahn, with 2,393 votes, and Lloyd Kesner, with 1,848 votes, ousted incumbents Max Park, with 1,034 votes, and Red Funkhouser, with 850 votes. Bradley Rinard, the fifth candidate on the ballot for the two seats, netted 571 votes.
The nonpartisan school board seats are filled in the primary and those elected take their seats July 1.
Hampshire County voters casting ballots for two board of education seats are apparently happy with the incumbents, re-electing Linda J. Baker and Bernie Hott, with 2,503 votes and 2,504 votes, respectively.
Challenger David Spurling netted 1,149 votes, and 55 voters wrote in other people not on the ballot.
In Grant County, only two candidates filed for the two seats; incumbent Jerry Ours received 1,730 votes, while newcomer David Jones received 2,154 votes.
In each of the three counties, those elected will join three other members of the board elected two years ago. School board members serve four-year terms with the staggered elections seating three members in one election and two in the next.
Contact Mona Ridder at mridder@times-news.com.
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Rhodes, Miller, Sowers, Endler earn council seats
Mayor Glen "Bunk" Shumaker will be working with an entirely new Keyser City Council starting next month, when William "Sonny" Rhodes, Ed Miller, Dave Sowers and James Endler take office.
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LaRue Gets Nod
After 10 hours of laboriously counting each Republican ballot from the May 13 primary election, Mineral County election officials declared Janice LaRue the winner of her party's nomination for county commission - by five votes.
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Bailey running for Frostburg public works commissioner
I have filed to become Frostburg's next public works commissioner. I would like to thank everyone for their continued support and encouragement.
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Mineral voters once again defeat school bond issue
It was a night of upsets for the Mineral County Board of Education as the complete but unofficial results of the West Virginia primary election were counted sometime around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
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Incumbents unseated in Grant, Hardy, Hampshire
Incumbent county commissioners didn't fare well in Grant and Hardy counties, where they were defeated for their parties' nominations. Other upsets saw the incumbent sheriff of Grant County knocked out of the November general election as well as the incumbent assessor in Hampshire County.
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Hardy elects new faces to BOE; Hampshire keeps two
Hardy County voters removed two incumbent board of education members on the ballot during Tuesday's primary election and elected two new ones.
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Mineral County clerk says ballot counting should go smoothly
Tallying the ballots for West Virginia's primary election should go fairly smoothly tonight, according to Mineral County Clerk Lauren Ellifritz.
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Leatherman candidate for county commission
Antioch resident Roger Leatherman has announced his candidacy for Mineral County Commissioner, vowing to use his long experience and skills as a consensus builder to fix county government, boost the local economy by putting an end to turning away businesses, and ensure that every county resident pays no more than their fair share of taxes.
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W.Va. election deadlines upcoming
The last day to register to vote, change your party or make an address change for the May 13 West Virginia primary election is Tuesday, according to Mineral County Clerk Lauren Ellifritz.
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Independents, others must ask for ballot
Members of the Independent, Green, Libertarian or other parties, or those with no party affiliation, must ask for the party ballot of their choice when they go to the polls to vote in the West Virginia primary election May 13.
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