CHARLESTON -- Republican Beth Walker has nearly twice as much campaign cash on hand as both of her Democratic opponents combined in the closing days of their state Supreme Court race.

Walker had a balance of $224,103 as of Oct. 19, compared with $108,781 for Margaret Workman and just under $40,000 for Menis Ketchum.

The three are running for two seats on the state's highest court. Ketchum, a Huntington lawyer, led in fundraising during the filing period, attracting $94,100. But he also spent the most, nearly $350,400.

Workman raised $61,833 during the Sept. 22-Oct. 19 filing period, spending just $11,547 while also repaying $50,000 in personal loans to her campaign. The reporting period saw Walker raise $67,265, spend $92,523 and lend her campaign another $1,258.

Both she and Ketchum bought television ads during that time. The Supreme Court race had been the most expensive state-level race, with spending per seat reaching $1.3 million. The figure includes the four-way Democratic primary. But the governor's race recently eclipsed it, with incumbent Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin accounting for nearly all of the $2.1 million spent in that contest so far.

In other statewide races, Attorney General Darrell McGraw ended the filing period with $52,614 on hand compared with Republican Dan Greear's $49. The incumbent Democrat had slightly edged out the Charleston lawyer in fundraising during the period, $59,682 to $45,923. McGraw also outspent Greear, $105,325 to $80,748, with Greear's campaign borrowing an additional $4,000 to avoid a negative balance.

McGraw's spending included more than $54,600 for postage, and $24,276 for radio ads. Nearly all of Greear's money paid Sprouse Consulting. More than three-fourths of Greear's nearly $206,000 in overall campaign spending has gone to that firm, with the money covering both radio and TV ads as well.

Democrat Natalie Tennant also enjoys a sizable money advantage over Republican Charles Minimah in the secretary of state's race. Minimah had $1,212 on hand to Tennant's $25,522. Minimah, a Charleston businessman, had raised just $1,750 during the filing period while Tennant, a former broadcaster, collected $14,607.

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