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PARKERSBURG – All of the candidates have filed to run for the May primary which will be on Tuesday, May 5 in Ohio and Tuesday, May 12 in West Virginia.

In Ohio, two countywide offices and one state House of Representatives seat are on the ballot in Washington County for the May 5 primary election.

Incumbent county Commissioner Eddie Place, of Little Hocking, faces a challenge in the Republican primary from Lowell resident Stephanie Lang. Stockport resident Brian G. Whalin is unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Incumbent Auditor Matthew Livengood, a Republican, is the only candidate to have filed for that office.

There’s one candidate in each primary for the Ohio House District 94 seat, setting up a rematch between Republican Rep. Kevin Ritter of Marietta and Democrat Wenda Sheard of Athens.The 94th District includes Washington, Meigs and a portion of Athens County.

Four levies have also been submitted for the ballot: an additional five-year, 0.95-mill levy for the Washington County Board of Developmental Disabilities, an additional 10-year, 0.5-mill levy for the Washington County Public Library, an additional five-year, 1-mill levy in Marietta Township and an additional five-year, 2-mill levy for the East Muskingum Township Fire District, according to Mandy Amos, director of the Washington County Board of Elections.

The board is scheduled to meet Wednesday to certify ballots for the primary election.

The deadline for write-in candidates to file is Feb. 23.

After the latest redistricting, Washington County will be a part of the state’s 2nd Congressional District for the U.S. House of Representatives. It stretches across most of southern Ohio and includes Adams, Athens, Brown, Clermont, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton counties, plus part of Perry County.

According to the Clermont County Board of Elections, incumbent Rep. David Taylor will face Bob Carr in the Republican primary. The crowded Democratic primary for the seat includes Andrew Gage, Brian Kenderes, Jen Mazzuckelli and Todd Wilson

The deadline to register to vote in Ohio’s primary is April 6.

In West Virginia, the final deadline to file for local, state and federal races in West Virginia was Saturday, Jan. 31 with both the Wood County County Clerk’s Office and the West Virginia Secretary of State offices

Early voting in West Virginia will be April 29 through May 9 at the Judge Black Annex in Parkersburg. Community early voting sites will be open May 5-9 at the Williamstown City Building, the Vienna Community Building, the Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department and the Lubeck Volunteer Fire Department.

Absentee ballot applications are being accepted through May 6. Ballots will be mailed out through May 7.

The deadline to register to vote is April 21.

West Virginia is voting on a U.S. Senate seat and a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives with incumbents Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Riley Moore, R-W.Va., running respectively with Capito facing five Republican challengers for the primary election while Moore is unchallenged in the Republican primary. The winner of that race will face one of three potential Democratic challengers for the seat.

Delegate Bob Fehrenbacher, R-11th, is running for the State Senate in the seat currently held by Republican Mike Azinger who is seeking reelection. Former Wood County Sheriff Jeff Sandy and Parkersburg City Council President Andrew Borkowski are facing off for the seat in the Republican primary. The winner will face Democrat Daniel Miller.

Wood County Commissioner Bob Tebay has decided not to seek re-election. Wood County Sheriff Rick Woodyard will be facing Republicans Jarrod Gard and Greg Bannon in the primary.

The Wood County Board of Education will have three open seats up. Voters can elect 1 from District A, 1 from District B and 1 from District C; or 2 from District C and 1 from District A or 1 from District B. A total of nine people are vying for the seats.

The candidates that will appear on the ballot in West Virginia include:

Federal

U.S. Senate

Shelley Moore Capito – Republican

Alexander Gaaserud – Republican

Bryan McKinney – Republican

Janet McNulty – Republican

David Purkey – Republican

Tom Willis – Republican

Thornton Cooper – Democrat

Rachel Fetty Anderson – Democrat

Jeffrey V. Kessler – Democrat

Rio Phillips – Democrat

Zachary Shrewsbury – Democrat

U.S. House of Representatives, District 2

Riley Moore – Republican

Steven Wendelin – Democrat

Ace Parsi – Democrat

Stephanie Spears Tomana – Democrat

State

House of Delegates, District 10

Bill Anderson – Republican

Justin Beanard – Republican

Christopher Jones – Democrat

House of Delegates, District 11

Jeff Sandy – Republican

Andrew Borkowski – Republican

Daniel Miller – Democrat

House of Delegates, District 12

Vernon Criss – Republican

Charles D. Hartzog – Republican

Dennis V. Rempel – Democrat

House of Delegates, District 13

Scot C. Heckert – Republican

Melissa McCrady – Republican

Marley Umensetter – Democrat

House of Delegates, District 14

Dave Foggin – Republican

Angie Adams – Republican

Andy Daniel – Republican

Jim Marion – Democrat

Crystal Butcher – Democrat

Jonathan White – Democrat

West Virginia Senate, District 3

Mike Azinger – Republican

Bob Fehrenbacher – Republican

Caci Petrehn – Democrat

Wood County

Wood County Commission

Rick Woodyard – Republican

Jarrod Gard – Republican

Greg Bannon – Republican

Wood County Board of Education

Elect three: (1 from District A, 1 from District B and 1 from District C; or 2 from District C and 1 from District A or 1 from District B)

Randy Modesitt – District A

John D. Merritt – District A

Simon Hargus – District A

Justin Rabler – District B

Allen W. Shultz – District B

Haley Meredith – District B

Kevin Burkman – District C

Debbie Hendershot – District C

Jim Stout – District C

Jason McCrady – District C

Conservation Supervisor

Dave Pahl

Bob Buchanan

Williamstown

Mayor

Paul Jordan

Council

Jeff Meeks

Pat Peters

Marty Seufer

Wood County Republican Executive Committee

Scot C. Heckert

Heather Heckert

Melissa Herceg

Terry J. Hofmann

Chris L. Hofmann

Katherine Conley

Barbara L. Deem

Warren W. Bigley

Steve Conley

Rob Cornelius

Terri Goodnow

Matthew Landers

Gladys Lemley

Janet Michels

Sean Andrews

Larry Baker

Sue Ellen Dodrill

Lynn Dodrill

Glenn Newman

Karen Vancamp

Elizabeth Johnson

Marlienne Whitt

Arthur Dunn

Shawn Conley

Kenny Cline

Janet Lee Wigal

Ronald Michels

Lewis H. Rexroad

John H. Sines

Rick Modesitt

John Mike Nichols

Leonard A. Rabatin

Linda Lou Rabatin

Josie Rabatin

Brandon Tanzey

Sandra DeHaven Ryan

Jason McCoy

Angie Summers

Michael D. Habeb

Nathan J. Alfred

John H. Sines

Jeff Smith

Sallilee Radabaugh

Steven Radabaugh

Ray Vannoy

Shelly Woolridge

Wood County Democratic Executive Committee

Warren Peascoe

Kim Van Rijn

Jeff Fox

Josh Lemley

Judith Gould Peascoe

Sue Ellen Waybright

Dolores O. Townsend

Delegate Executive Committee for District 14

Lewis H. Rexroad – Republican

Senatorial Executive Committee

Lewis H. Rexroad – Republican

Rick Modesitt – Republican

Kenny Cline – Republican

Kim Van Rijn – Democrat

Congressional Executive Committee

Lewis H. Rexroad – Republican

Rick Modesitt – Republican

Scot C. Heckert – Republican

Kenny Cline – Republican