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May 16, 2008 @ 12:10 AM

Video: Cabell Midland students showcase talents

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Fairfield precincts boost Felinton

May 15, 2008 @ 11:14 PM

HUNTINGTON -- A strong showing in Huntington's Fairfield West neighborhood helped incumbent David Felinton squeak by Cabell County Commissioner Bob Bailey on Tuesday to secure the Democratic nomination for mayor.


Democratic Senate frontrunner counterattacks

May 15, 2008 @ 11:14 PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For weeks, Democratic Senate front-runner Bruce Lunsford was pummeled by rival Greg Fischer for his stewardship of a troubled health care company and support for a prominent Republican.


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Verbage-Spence accepts nomination

May 15, 2008 @ 11:14 PM

Patty Verbage-Spence says she will seek re-election. The two-term magistrate retired March 31, amid serious health concerns and questions about her competency. She publicly withdrew from the race at that time, but her plans changed this week after unofficial results showed she won the Democratic Party's nomination.


Oxley leads race; Barr in close contest for re-election

May 14, 2008 @ 11:58 PM

HUNTINGTON -- The two incumbents for the Cabell County School Board had secured leads with 60 of 72 precincts reporting Tuesday.


Exit polls: Clinton strong with many W.Va. groups

May 14, 2008 @ 11:58 PM

WASHINGTON -- Robust support from working-class whites and controversies over Barack Obama's former pastor and suspending the federal gas tax fed an unusually strong performance by Hillary Rodham Clinton in West Virginia's presidential primary.


Voters select candidates in Miss. and Neb.

May 14, 2008 @ 11:58 PM

JACKSON, Miss. -- A Democrat in deeply conservative Mississippi was vying for a congressional seat Tuesday in a race Republicans have tried to cast as a referendum on Barack Obama and the national Democratic Party.


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A complete list of unofficial results

May 14, 2008 @ 09:24 PM

Here are unofficial results from Tuesday's West Virginia primary election in various state, county and judicial races in the region. Italics denotes the highest overall vote-getters across all the districts in the race.


Barth challenges incumbent Capito in W.Va. Congress race

May 14, 2008 @ 09:24 PM

CHARLESTON -- Anne Barth's Democratic primary victory in the 2nd Congressional District was just a few minutes old, but her mind was already on bigger challenges.




Oxley, Barr win re-election

May 14, 2008 @ 01:14 AM

HUNTINGTON -- Two incumbents on the Cabell County School Board each secured another term in Tuesday's primary election. According to unofficial returns, Suzanne McGinnis Oxley topped all candidates with 9,704 votes, with current board president Ted Barr finishing second with 6,720 votes.


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Voter turnout up this Election Day

May 14, 2008 @ 01:14 AM

HUNTINGTON -- Nearly 1,100 more Cabell County voters went to the polls on Tuesday than in the last presidential primary election, officials said Tuesday night.


Incumbents fare well in District 16

May 14, 2008 @ 01:14 AM

HUNTINGTON -- The incumbents seemed poised to carry the day in the House of Delegates District 16 race, though who would be joining them in the race for the three seats in November was close.


Williams, Thacker take at-large council seats

May 14, 2008 @ 01:14 AM

HUNTINGTON -- Steve Williams and Rebecca Thacker were victorious Tuesday night among a field of six Democrats vying for two at-large seats on Huntington City Council.


McComas wins sheriff's race

May 14, 2008 @ 01:14 AM

HUNTINGTON -- Retired Cabell County Sheriff's Lt. Thomas W. "Tom" McComas said he trained all of his life to be sheriff. Voters moved him another step closer to his dream on Tuesday, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's primary.


Democrats oust two magistrates; Verbage-Spence wins nomination

May 14, 2008 @ 01:14 AM

HUNTINGTON -- Democratic voters in Cabell County ousted two incumbent magistrates and nominated another who dropped out of the race earlier this year, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's primary.


Hustead takes circuit judge contest

May 14, 2008 @ 01:14 AM

HUNTINGTON -- Cabell County Assistant Prosecutor Jane Hustead will be the county's newest circuit judge, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's primary.


Hubbard takes landslide victory

May 14, 2008 @ 01:14 AM

HUNTINGTON -- Susan Hubbard advanced to November's general election in landslide fashion Tuesday night, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's primary.


Cabell County results -- 72 of 72 precincts reporting

May 14, 2008 @ 12:56 AM

Check here for updated race results for the Cabell races -- sheriff, commission, Board of Education, District 6 circuit judge and magistrate -- and Huntington mayor and council races, as well as Cabell County results for statewide races.

Wayne County results
Logan County results
Mason County results
Putnam County results

Lincoln County results


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Clinton trounces Obama in West Virginia

May 14, 2008 @ 12:51 AM

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of the worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination. PHOTOS, MORE COVERAGE