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Polls are now closed around the state. Keep refreshing this page to see the latest.
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 11:50 p.m.
House of Delegates 24 District Democratic incumbents Rupert Phillips and Ted Tomblin appear to be in dead tie over who will take the second of two nominations for their party in that district.
Results from the AP are as follows:
39 of 39 precincts – 100 percent
x-Ralph Rodighiero 2,249 – 30 percent
Rupert Phillips (i) 2,013 – 27 percent
Ted Tomblin (i) 2,013 – 27 percent
David Graham 1,135 – 15 percent
(2 to be nominated)
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 11:35 p.m.
The AP has officially called the Democratic primary for the State Senate’s 12th District. Mike Romano defeats incumbent Sam Cann. According to the Secretary of State’s Campaign Finance Reporting System, over $200,000 was spent between the candidates.
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 11:30 p.m.
The Associated Press has called a couple more races for the West Virginia Statehouse primary:
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 10:59 p.m.
According to reports from around the state, a few incumbents in Statehouse races have been or will likely be knocked out by newcomers:
In Kanawha 36th Dem House, pitting Larry Rowe vs. three incumbents, Rowe tops the ticket, and Delegate Mark Hunt is the odd man out.
— Phil Kabler (@PhilKabler) May 14, 2014
Over in the @wvhouse, a 17-year-old girl (Saira Blair) is beating out incumbent Del. Larry Kump.. leading him 55% to 46% #wvlegis
— Mandi Cardosi (@MandiCardosi) May 14, 2014
WV Senate 12th District Dem race in Harrison County (60of75 reporting): Romano-3792 and Cann-2353
— Aaron Payne (@aaron_4_news) May 14, 2014
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 10:51 p.m.
Also, even more House of Delegates races have been decided by The Associated Press. The winners include:
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 9:58 p.m.
More Statehouse primaries have had a winner declared by The Associated Press. They are:
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 9:50 p.m.
The Associated Press says more races in the House of Delegates have been decided:
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 9:40 p.m.
Former Maryland Republican Party chairman Alex Mooney has emerged from a crowded field to earn the GOP’s nomination in West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District.
Seven Republicans were in the field as the GOP tries to retain the seat currently held by Shelley Moore Capito, who is running for U.S. Senate.
Unofficial returns show Mooney had 33 percent of the vote, and both Berkeley County pharmacist Ken Reed and Charleston attorney Charlotte Lane were at about 20 percent.
Others in the race were Charles Town private investigator Robert Fluharty, former state legislator Steve Harrison, Hurricane businessman Jim Moss and Charleston financial consultant Ron Walters Jr.
Also, more Statehouse races have been called:
Those nominees round out the GOP’s three nominations for West Virginia’s 10th Delegate District, along with Mike Azinger, who was declared a winner earlier this evening.
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 9:35 p.m.
More Statehouse races have been called for seats up for grabs in November. Here’s a few that just came down from the West Virginia Senate:
As for races in the House of Delegates, the following races have just been called:
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 9:22 p.m.
Nick Casey has been called as the winner of the U.S. House 2nd District. He defeated Del. Meshea Poore, who gave up her chance to seek reelection for the 37th District in the House of Delegates to run for the Congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Shelley Moore Capito. Earlier this evening, Capito was declared the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.
Also, a few more races have been declared for seats in the West Virginia Legislature:
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 9:22 p.m.
Primary races for West Virginia Statehouse seats are now being called by The Associated Press. They include:
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 8:59 p.m.
The Associated Press has called Rep. Nick Rahall as the winner of Democratic primary in West Virginia’s 3rd District, beating Richard Ojeda. Rahall will face the GOP’s Evan Jenkins, who ran unopposed in the primary.
Also, West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, now the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, said in a news release she is challenging Republican U.S. Senate nominee and current U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito to a series of five debates before the November election.
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 8:38 p.m.
West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant has won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.
She defeated Dennis Melton and David B. Wamsley on Tuesday in the contest to replace Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who is retiring.
Her Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, is favored to win the general election and currently has a 4-to-1 cash advantage.
Tennant spent 12 years as a television reporter in West Virginia and was the first woman to serve as West Virginia University’s Mountaineer mascot.
She is counting on her allegiance to the coal industry to separate herself from an unpopular President Barack Obama.
West Virginia has never elected a female senator and hasn’t sent a Republican to the Senate since the 1950s.
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 8:23 p.m.
The Associated Press has called U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito the winner of the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia.
She easily defeated Larry Eugene Butcher and Matthew Dodrill Tuesday to be the GOP nominee. She is running for the seat being left vacant by retiring Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller.
The 60-year-old Capito has built a 4-to-1 cash advantage over her likely Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Natalie Tennant.
In the primary, Capito avoided a tea party-fueled challenge from the right, despite less-than-enthusiastic reviews of her voting record by well-funded conservative groups.
Her most viable conservative challenger, former Republican state House delegate Pat McGeehan, struggled to raise money and ended his campaign in January.
West Virginia has never elected a female senator and hasn’t sent a Republican to the Senate since the 1950s.
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 8:14 p.m.
West Virginia Metro News reports that results are beginning to come in for the seat to be vacated by retiring U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller. Democrat Natalie Tennant and Republic Shelley Moore Capito–both favorites in their respective party races–are in the lead with just 12 precincts reporting in that race.
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 7:55 p.m.
The Associated Press reports there are a number of uncontested races this primary, including both the Democrat and GOP races in the U.S. House 1st District and the GOP contest for the U.S. House 3rd District. U.S. House 1st District Incumbent David McKinley (R) will square off against Glen Gainer (D) in November. In the U.S. House 3rd district, Republican Evan Jenkins will inevitably face the winner of the Democratic Primary between incumbent Nick Rahall and Richard Ojeda.
Several West Virgina House of Delegates and State Senate races are also uncontested.
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 7:24 p.m.
Polls will close in minutes. However, if you are in line at 7:30, you are still allowed to vote.
Reports from various sources indicate power outages affected precincts in two counties:
Battery-back-up for voting machines in Logan County kept the voting going during power outage.
— Hoppy Kercheval (@HoppyKercheval) May 13, 2014
Also a brief power problem in Hardy County, Tennant says.
— Hoppy Kercheval (@HoppyKercheval) May 13, 2014
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 4:55 p.m.
West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant says turnout in Tuesday’s primary election has been low to moderate, and voting has gone smoothly.
Several primary races will set up more compelling November matchups, including one that will determine who will replace retiring U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller.
Tennant and Republican U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito will likely advance Tuesday to a general election for that seat. Rockefeller, a Democrat, has held the post since 1985.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall is expected to advance to face Republican state Sen. Evan Jenkins in November.
The 100-seat state House of Delegates is up for election. A six-seat Democratic majority is in question. Seventeen of the Democratic state Senate’s 34 seats are on the ballot. Few state races are contested.
Updated: Tuesday, May 13 at 12:36 a.m.
A news release issued Monday from the Secretary of State’s office says more than 44,000 votes were cast in 54 of the state’s 55 counties during the early voting period this year, which ended on Saturday.
