{"id":6324,"date":"2026-11-03T22:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T03:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=6324"},"modified":"2026-11-03T23:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T04:18:51","slug":"west-virginia-dodges-dem-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=6324","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Dodges Dem Tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Democratic tsunami may have swept the country tonight, but not in West Virginia. And not in Morgan County.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Morgan County Commissioners (left to right)
Bill Clark, Sean Forney and Joel Tuttle at Courthouse November 3, 2026 9 pm monitoring election results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In Morgan County, County Commissioner Joel Tuttle handily won re-election, defeating Democrat Judith Ann Shumate 68 percent (3,873) to 32 percent (1,852).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressman Riley Moore defeated Democrat Ace Parsi 59 percent to 41 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Senator Shelley Moore Capito won re-election, defeating Democrat Rachel Fetty Anderson 58 percent to 38 percent, with Constitution Party candidate S. Marshall Wilson garnering 4 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One ray of sunshine for the Democrats locally was Lucia Valentine\u2019s victory over Chris Anders 56 percent to 44 percent for the 97th House of Delegates district, which covers Berkeley and Jefferson counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 90th delegate district, Delegate George Miller defeated Democrat Ashley Braner 68 percent to 32 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in the 15th Senatorial district, Senator Darren Thorne won re-election by a 60 percent to 40 percent margin over Democrat Elizabeth Ferris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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