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<title><![CDATA[Former Pratt mayor told to repay $7,000 to town]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    <.--[if gte mso 9]><xml>     Normal   0      </xml><.[endif]-->    Former Pratt mayor Ann Neese must repay town officials $7,000 and pay a $500 fine for violating state ethics rules, the state Ethics Commission ruled this week.  Neese resigned as mayor...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Boone County stays loyal to Democrats]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NELLIS - Tom McComas knows that Boone County is an island of blue in a deep red sea on maps that show Tuesdays presidential results in West Virginia.&quot;I was tickled to death, very happy,&quot; said McComas, a Nellis resident and former DuPont employee....]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Byrd steps down as Appropriations Committee chairman]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd announced today that he will step down as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee as of Jan. 6.First elected to the Senate in 1958, Byrd is the longest-serving senator in American history. He chaired th...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:52:59 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Ketchum, Workman win seats on West Virginia Supreme Court]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After a long, hotly contested campaign, voters sent Democrats Menis Ketchum and Margaret Workman to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. With all of the states 1,887 precincts reporting, Ketchum had 353,293 votes. Workman also earned a ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Greenbrier voters approve gambling at resort]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<.--[if gte mso 9]><xml>     Normal   0      </xml><.[endif]-->    A small majority of Greenbrier County voters approved a referendum to allow guests at The Greenbrier resort to play video lottery and table games.  With all 30 precincts reporting, voters f...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Challengers profiles low in Kanawha Senate races]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Facing opposition that ran nearly non-existent campaigns, Democrats swept to easy wins in Kanawha Countys 8th and 17th Senate districts.With 151 of 160 precincts reporting, 17th District Sen. Dan Foster had a 48,505-to-23,090 lead over...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[philk@wvgazette.com (Phil Kabler)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[W.Va.s turnout down nearly 8 percent in historic election ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. - In a historic election where more Americans voted than ever before, fewer West Virginians voted Tuesday than in the presidential election of 2004, with turnout particularly low in some heavily Democratic counties. Unofficial numbers sho...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[alisonk@wvgazette.com (Alison Knezevich)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Greenbrier seeks adviser on gaming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Managers at The Greenbrier resort will hire an adviser to help them determine whether to offer casino-style video lottery and table games, after Greenbrier County voters allowed them to do so Tuesday.&quot;The Greenbrier will promptly retain a third-party ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Manchin credits vote margin to state economy, initiatives]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A day after apparently getting a bigger share of the vote than any West Virginia gubernatorial candidate ever, Gov. Joe Manchin said he intends to use that momentum to push an aggressive agenda in the 2009 legislative session.&quot;I ca...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Attorney general: McGraw wins re-election]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Darrell McGraw fended off a stiff challenge from Dan Greear to win re-election as the states attorney general.With 1,887 of the states 1,887 precincts reporting, the Democratic incumbent lead over Republican challenger Greear, 339,...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[aclevenger@wvgazette.com (Andrew Clevenger)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Putnam legislators win re-election]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<.--[if gte mso 9]><xml>     Normal   0      </xml><.[endif]-->    Five legislators representing Putnam County won re-election relatively easily on Tuesday.  Sen. Karen Facemyer, R-Jackson, was re-elected to her 4<sup>th</sup> District seat with 28,807 vot...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Clinton asks crowd to pick Obama]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    BECKLEY, W.Va. - Former President Bill Clinton on Saturday called on West Virginians to pick Barack Obama as president, saying hed strengthen the middle class and govern with good judgment. &quot;Its not too late for us to carry West Virginia,&quot; Cl...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[In Kanawha civics classes, Nov. 4 front and center]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Students at George Washington High School expect Barack Obama and Shelley Moore Capito will do just fine on Election Day.Each candidate handily won their race in a mock election at GW, which led teacher Brian OConnell to wonder &quo...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin attack selectively quotes Obama on coal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[        <img src="/images/icons/audio.gif" title="cnImage" border="0" /><a href="http://www.wvgazette.com/static/multimedia/ObamaCoal.mp3" target="_blank">Click to hear a portion of Barack Obamas actual interview with the San Francisco Chronicle.</a>CHARLE...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[kward@wvgazette.com (Ken Ward Jr.)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:45:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Carper calls for re-evaluation of voting system]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Electronic voting machines put the responsibility for elections into the hands of private vendors, Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said Sunday.&quot;We are held hostage to whatever they wish to do, whatever they want...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[pjnyden@wvgazette.com (Paul J. Nyden)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Innerviews: His golden heart bleeds politics, labor law and Ireland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Few West Virginians will monitor Tuesdays election results with more hopeful intensity than lifelong Democrat activist Pat Maroney. Former state party chairman and current Democrat national committeeman, he cut his political teeth ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Capito, Barth face off one last time]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    HUNTINGTON - In the closing hours of a contentious campaign, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., debated her Democratic opponent, Anne Barth, for half an hour at WSAZ-TVs studio on Saturday.The debate, featuring their answers to questions by a panel of...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greenbrier hotel gambling campaign quieter than in 2000]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[            WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - The last time voters decided on gambling at The Greenbrier, owners of the luxury resort spent big bucks to sway them to say yes.Local ministers hired a political consultant to help convince people otherwise.And mo...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GOP leaders make stop in Charleston]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- About 150 enthusiastic supporters of the GOP presidential ticket greeted national Republican leaders at the McCain-Palin state campaign headquarters on Hale Street in Charleston late Friday afternoon.Republican presidential candidate S...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Poll shows Greear leading in race for attorney general]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_WV_1030.pdf" target="_blank">View the poll results in PDF form here.</a>CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Republican challenger Dan Greear has surged ahead of incumbent Attorney General Darrell McGraw, accordi...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[aclevenger@wvgazette.com (Andrew Clevenger)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Kanawha puts out extra ballots for early voting]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Early voter turnout was so heavy for some Kanawha County voting precincts that election officials brought out extra ballots. County Clerk Vera McCormick said county election officials usually reserve about 80 percent of their ballots f...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[rustymarks@wvgazette.com (Rusty Marks)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Voting machine complaints continue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A few voters from different counties continue to experience problems with electronic machines during early voting.Eleven early voters from three counties - Jackson, Putnam and Berkeley - previously reported having problems with voting m...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Mondays debate to feature hot topics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Hard to say which came as more of a surprise last week: That West Virginias economic growth is outpacing the rest of the nation, or that the West Virginia Education Association failed to endorse Gov. Joe Manchin for re-election. Both t...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[philk@wvgazette.com (Phil Kabler)]]>
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<title><![CDATA[One mans pork is anothers road]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Last year, West Virginia received $215 million in federal earmarks, funding requests inserted into bills by members of Congress. But if Sen. John McCain is elected president next month, most of those earmarks could disappear.McCain has ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[pjnyden@wvgazette.com (Paul J. Nyden)]]>
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<title><![CDATA[McCain makes brief stop in state]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    KENOVA - John McCains stop in West Virginia was brief Wednesday. He got off his campaign plane and onto another version of the &quot;Straight Talk Express,&quot; his campaign bus.The presumed Republican nominee had been in Pittsburgh earlier in the day...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama can win West Virginia, Manchin says]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[        After meeting with other &quot;centrist&quot; leaders of the Democratic Party for two days in Chicago, Gov. Joe Manchin said Monday he believes Illinois Sen. Barack Obama can carry West Virginia in November.&quot;Ive told Barack, You need to come t...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[tomsearls@wvgazette.com (Tom Searls)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Prominent Democrat Frye on McCain list of backers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate John McCain trumpeted the support of a &quot;prominent&quot; West Virginia Democrat over the weekend - a fringe political candidate best known because former Gov. Bob Wise had an affair with his wife.Philip &quot;Icky&quot...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Byrd endorses Obama]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd endorsed Barack Obama for president on Monday, saying the Illinois senator is the best choice to get the United States out of the war in Iraq. &quot;As people all across this great nation know, I have been one of the most outsp...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Webster sees parallels between her, opponent]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    House Judiciary Chairwoman Carrie Webster, D-Kanawha, said she saw much in her primary opponent, political newcomer Meshea Poore, that reminded her of herself when she first ran for the House in 2000.&quot;Shes young and enthusiastic, and a tough campa...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[philk@wvgazette.com (Phil Kabler)]]>
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<title><![CDATA[McCain to visit city for private event]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    Presumed Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain plans a visit to the Charleston area Friday, but it is apparently a private event and McCain officials said Wednesday they could not release the senators itinerary.Campaign spokeswoman Crystal B...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[tomsearls@wvgazette.com (Tom Searls)]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Canvass to decide board results]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    About 900 provisional ballots cast in Tuesdays primary elections could change the results of the Kanawha County school board election. Maybe.&quot;Its possible, but highly doubtful,&quot; Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said Wednesday.S...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[rustymarks@wvgazette.com (Rusty Marks)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Manchin win a matter of interpretation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    Depending on who is doing the analyzing, Gov. Joe Manchins three-to-one margin of victory over little-known and under-financed Delegate Mel Kessler, D-Raleigh, in Tuesdays primary election was within expectations - or is reason for concern.On the posit...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tough fight shaping up for Putnam commission]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    Putnam County Commission President Steve Andes could face a tough fight in the general election if Putnam voters repeat past patterns. The last three incumbent Putnam County commissioners have lost bids for re-election. In 2002, Clinton &quot;Bud&quot;...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[alisonk@wvgazette.com (Alison Knezevich)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[W.Va. superdelegates hold firm]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[        <a href="http://wvgazette.com/county-by-county.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="/images/icons/moretext.gif" title="cnImage" border="0" />County-by-county results online</a>Sen. Hillary Clintons landslide victory Tuesday in West Virginia gave her 20 c...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[tomsearls@wvgazette.com (Tom Searls)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Hillary racks up big win]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.wvgazette.com/primaryphotos" target="_blank"><img src="/images/icons/slideshows.gif" title="cnImage" border="0" />See photos from the W.Va. primary day</a>Sen. Hillary Clinton swept to victory over Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama Tue...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[tomsearls@wvgazette.com (Tom Searls)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 14 May 2008 00:55:03 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Workman, Ketchum win; Maynard out]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    Supreme Court Chief Justice Elliott &quot;Spike&quot; Maynard lost his re-election bid Tuesday night, as former Justice Margaret Workman and Huntington lawyer Menis Ketchum captured the Democratic nominations for two open state Supreme Court seats.With...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[tomsearls@wvgazette.com (Tom Searls)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 14 May 2008 00:58:06 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Barth to face Rep. Capito in fall]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    First-time candidate Anne Barth rode the backing of West Virginias Democratic establishment to an easy victory in Tuesdays primary, and she is now poised to face four-term Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito in November.By 9:51 p.m., The Associated Pr...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[tara@wvgazette.com (Tara Tuckwiller)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 14 May 2008 00:59:12 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Foster, Palumbo easily win Kanawha Senate races]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two veteran legislators swept past largely unknown political newcomers in the Democratic primaries Tuesday for two Kanawha County state Senate seats.With 139 of 160 precincts reporting, Sen. Dan Foster and Delegate Corey Palumbo were leading their challeng...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[philk@wvgazette.com (Phil Kabler)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 14 May 2008 01:10:46 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Crawford, Rector lead BOE race]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    Stuck in third place most of the night, Board President Jim Crawford surged late to tie challenger Robin Rector in the race for the Kanawha County Board of Education.Pending an official canvass, Rector will overtake incumbent Barbara Welch on the board...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[davinwhite@wvgazette.com (Davin White)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 14 May 2008 01:02:14 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Webster wins close 31st District House of Delegates race]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    Some of the 10 incumbents in House of Delegates races in Kanawha Countys 30th, 31st and 32nd Delegate Districts faced real nail-biters against a host of challengers Tuesday. That was highlighted by a neck-and-neck race in the single-member 31st Distric...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[philk@wvgazette.com (Phil Kabler)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 14 May 2008 00:49:18 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Andes wins tight Putnam commission fight]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[WINFIELD - Putnam County Commission President Steve Andes narrowly won the Republican primary election Tuesday, defeating a retired chemical engineer from Hurricane. With all of the countys 48 precincts counted, Andes had received 2,022 votes to Jerry Lill...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[alisonk@wvgazette.com (Alison Knezevich)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 14 May 2008 00:50:46 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[10 incumbents nominated for Kanawha magistrate]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    All 10 of Kanawha Countys incumbent magistrates cruised to easy nominations in Tuesdays primary.With all 160 precincts counted, all of the nine Democratic incumbents running for re-election as magistrate won one of 10 spots in Novembers general electio...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[aclevenger@wvgazette.com (Andrew Clevenger)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 14 May 2008 01:08:23 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama pushes for new GI Bill]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[                    <a href="http://wvgazette.com/obamaveterans" target="_blank"><img src="/images/icons/video.gif" title="cnImage" border="0" />Watch video from Obamas visit to Charleston</a>On the day before West Virginias primary election, U.S. Sen. Bar...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[tomsearls@wvgazette.com (Tom Searls)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 13 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Hillary ends whirlwind tour of state]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[        LOGAN - As her weeklong tour of West Virginia drew to a close Monday, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton told her supporters that she needs their votes in todays primary if shes going to be the next president.&quot;Im going to work as hard as I can until th...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[sarahkwinn@wvgazette.com (Sarah K. Winn)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 13 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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