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May 13, 2008
Results from Kanawha County races

Kanawha County

 

(160 of 160 precincts)

State Senate, 8th District (D)

*Corey Palumbo (i): 26,892

Paul W. Gunnoe: 9,247

 

State Senate, 17th District (D)

*Dan Foster (i): 26,687

Rod Harless: 8,504

 

House of Delegates, 30th District (D)

(seven to be elected)

*Danny Wells (i): 13,414

*Barbara "Bobbie" Hatfield (i): 13,052

*Bonnie Brown (i): 12,667

*Sharon Spencer (i): 11,373

*Mark Hunt: 10,409

*Doug Skaff Jr.: 9,307

*Nancy Peoples Guthrie (i): 8,764

Barbara A. Lacy: 5,784

Brenda Nichols Harper: 5,408

Dave Higgins (i): 5,317

Jeff Wood: 5,040

Jim Canterbury: 4,374

Doris Rowe: 4,157

Jerry Mollohan: 3,979

Timothy Cooper: 3,322

Cody Britton: 2,962

Roger A. Decanio: 2,780

 

House of Delegates, 30th District (R)

(seven to be elected)

*John H. Miller Jr.: 4,095

*Fred Joseph: 4,029

*E.C. "Bud" Anderson: 3,845

*Todd Carden: 3,466

*Lance Byron Vaughan: 3,049

*Victoria Casey: 2,888

*Edward R. Burgess: 2,736

Elijah E. Young: 2,725

 

House of Delegates: 31st District (D)

*Carrie Webster (i): 1,686

Meshea L. Poore: 1,568

 

House of Delegates, 32nd District (D)

(three to be elected)

*Jon W. Cain: 3,863

*Carmela Ryan-Thompson: 3,560

*Charles Black: 2,449

Clint Casto: 2,332

Curtis Robinson: 1,704

 

Family court judge, 4th division (D)

*D. Mark Snyder (i): 9,179

Darlene Ratliff Thomas: 8,982

Greg Elliott: 7,876

 

Family court judge, 5th division (D)

*Sharon M. Mullens: 16,749

Charles "Dusty" Phalen: 9,042

 

Magistrate (D)

(10 to be elected)

*Jack L. Pauley (i): 15,182

*Ward Harshbarger (i): 13,958

*Pete C. Lopez (i): 13,924

*Kim Aaron (i): 12,908

*Joe L. Shelton (i): 12,443

*Tim Halloran (i): 12,416

*Traci Carper-Strickland (i): 11,214

*Julie M. Yeager (i): 10,836

*Marva Lee Crouch (i): 9,694

*Paris Workman: 7,863

Guyla Black: 7,071

Jack Lavender: 6,064

Harold "Herbie" Summers: 5,911

Tom Raker: 5,762

Robert Joseph Haddy II: 5,229

Dwana "Pearl" Walker: 4,909

Maritza James Williams: 4,679

Chadrick A. Harper: 4,385

Robert "Flood" Elswick: 3,470

 

Board of Education

(two to be elected)

*Jim J. Crawford (i): 12,321

*Robin Rector: 12,321

Barbara Burdette Welch (i): 12,153

Bill Ferrell: 11,126

Pamela Gwinn Minimah: 9,744

Mark Davis: 8,577

Bobby Johnson: 8,156

(Because of district requirements, Crawford and Ferrell cannot both be elected.)

 

Unopposed races

Democrats Irene Berger, John G. Hackney Jr., Tod J. Kaufman, Louis "Duke" Bloom, Jennifer Bailey Walker and Charles E. King Jr. (circuit judges), Rob Montgomery, Ken Ballard and Mike Kelly (family court judges), Bill Murray (prosecutor), Mike Rutherford (sheriff) and Phyllis Gatson (assessor); Republicans Bob Ore (state Senate, 7th District), Alan Long (state Senate, 17th District), Ron Walters, Patrick Lane and Tim Armstead (House of Delegates, 32nd District), Paul Zakaib Jr. and James C. Stucky (circuit judges), Jane Charnock Smallridge (family court judge), Henry C. "Hoppy" Shores (county commissioner), Mark Plants (prosecutor) and Carol Fouty and Adam Henry Knauff (magistrates); and Mountain Party candidate John Welbourn (House of Delegates, 30th District) ran unopposed.

 

School board excess levy

50 percent needed to pass

*For: 24,668

Against: 16,182

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