Republicans easily sweep West Virginia statewide constitutional offices
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – Republican candidates easily secured West Virginia’s elected Board of Public Works seats Tuesday night. According to unofficial election results transmitted by the state’s 55 county clerks to the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office, Republicans secured the four contested Board of Public Works seats while Department of Revenue Cabinet Secretary Larry Pack had no Democratic opposition on the ballot. In the attorney general’s race to succeed Attorney General Patrick Morrisey – the victor of Tuesday night’s governor’s race against Democratic Huntington Mayor Steve Williams – State Auditor J.B. McCuskey received 71% of the vote as of press time, receiving 252,759 votes in by 9:40 p.m. Tuesday. His opponent, Wheeling attorney and state Democratic Party Vice Chair Teresa Toriseva, received 29% of the vote for 104,960 votes. McCuskey, a former member of the House of Delegates who was first elected as state auditor in 2016, is wrapping up his second four-year term. Succeeding him as state auditor will be state Sen. Mark Hunt, R-Kanawha, who received 69% of the vote for 246,728 votes. His Democratic opponent, former State Auditor’s Office employee Mary Ann Claytor, received 31% for 108,452 votes. This is Claytor’s third unsuccessful try for state auditor, losing election to McCuskey in 2016 and 2020. Two-term Secretary of State Mac Warner lost in the May GOP primary for governor to Morrisey, ending his current term at the end of the year. Succeeding him will be his brother, Economic Development Authority Executive Director and former state Republican Party chairman Kris Warner, who received 72% for 257,492 votes. His Democratic opponent, South Charleston attorney Thornton Cooper, received 28% of the vote for 101,562 votes. Two-term Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt won re-election Tuesday night for his third and final four-year term, receiving 71% of the vote for 252,759 votes in. Tucker County farmer and retired educator Deborah Stiles carried 29% of the vote for 104,960 votes. Larry Pack, a retired health care company executive, former member of the House of Delegates, and senior advisor to Gov. Jim Justice before being appointed to lead the Department of Revenue, received 302,060 votes despite being unopposed on the ballot. Steven Allen Adams can be reached at sadams@newsandsentinel.comLocal News
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