***Official WV Primary Election Result Thread***

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U.S. President - Democrat

Precincts Reporting: 243 of 1892 13%
VOTES %
D HILLARY CLINTON 34,177 62%
D BARACK OBAMA 16,524 30%
D JOHN EDWARDS 4,461 8%
Hillary Clinton leading by 17,653 votes

Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals - Democrat

Precincts Reporting: 242 of 1892 13%

D MARGARET L. WORKMAN 28,493 36%
D MENIS KETCHUM 19,602 25%
D BOB BASTRESS 17,728 22%
D (i) ELLIOTT E. "SPIKE" MAYNARD 13,840 17%
Margaret L. Workman leading by 8,891 votes

Editorial comment by Lasher concerning the Supreme Court race: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!

U.S. House of Representatives - 2nd Congressional District - Democrat

Precincts Reporting: 43 of 592 7%

D ANNE BARTH 8,987 62%
D RICHARD A. ROBB 4,431 31%
D THORNTON COOPER 1,059 7%
Anne Barth leading by 4,556 votes

http://www.wvmetronews.com/election/home.cfm

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1. Update

U.S. President - Democrat

Precincts Reporting: 514 of 1892 27%

D HILLARY CLINTON 66,991 65%
D BARACK OBAMA 27,722 27%
D JOHN EDWARDS 7,931 8%
Hillary Clinton leading by 39,269 votes

Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals - Democrat

Precincts Reporting: 609 of 1892 32%

D MARGARET L. WORKMAN 58,384 35%
D MENIS KETCHUM 42,943 26%
D BOB BASTRESS 34,424 21%
D (i) ELLIOTT E. "SPIKE" MAYNARD 31,209 19%
Margaret L. Workman leading by 15,441 votes

Editorial comment by Lasher concerning the Supreme Court race: I hope Jerry Waters and his pal "Don" are watching these returns.



U.S. House of Representatives - 2nd Congressional District - Democrat

Precincts Reporting: 116 of 592 20%

D ANNE BARTH 16,257 62%
D RICHARD A. ROBB 7,992 30%
D THORNTON COOPER 2,172 8%

Editorial comment by Lasher concerning the 2nd Congressional District race: Barth is laded for bear, and will send Smelly Snore Cameltoe packing this November!!!

[Staph]

2. What is going on in the Supreme Court race?

According to the Sec of State:

Margaret Lee Workman	104171
Menis E. Ketchum	73924
Elliot E. Maynard	57085
Robert M. Bastress	56349


According to MetroNews:

ELLIOTT E. "SPIKE" MAYNARD  	184,289  	32%
MARGARET L. WORKMAN 	        170,536 	30%
MENIS KETCHUM 	                129,253 	23%
BOB BASTRESS 	                 83,311 	15%

How does Spike go from half of Peggy Workman's total to 15,000
more?  From third place to first?  Is Betty Ireland beholden
to Don Blankenship?

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Edited to add:

If you look at MetroNews' county by county totals:

Bob Bastress           83,600
Menis Ketchum         129,750
Elliot Maynard         92,606
Margaret Workman      171,278

And now they have corrected the numbers on the main page:

MARGARET L. WORKMAN  	    171,944  	36%
MENIS KETCHUM 	            130,339 	27%
ELLIOTT E. "SPIKE" MAYNARD   93,095 	19%
BOB BASTRESS 	             83,986 	18%

Sorry for the panic.  I made the mistake of going over to GDP,
and I'm a trifle upset.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. "Spike" got fired!

Workman, Ketchum win; Maynard out

Supreme Court Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard lost his re-election bid Tuesday night, as former Justice Margaret Workman and Huntington lawyer Menis Ketchum captured the Democratic nominations for two open state Supreme Court seats.

By Tom Searls
Staff writer

Supreme Court Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard lost his re-election bid Tuesday night, as former Justice Margaret Workman and Huntington lawyer Menis Ketchum captured the Democratic nominations for two open state Supreme Court seats.

With 82 percent of the vote counted, Workman and Ketchum were declared winners by The Associated Press. They will face the only Republican in the race, Charleston lawyer Beth Walker, in the November general election.

"I feel very grateful because I feel the message I've been getting out is resonating," said Workman, who was the first woman to win statewide office in West Virginia when she was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1988.

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200805140018

Barth to face Rep. Capito in fall

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200805140019

Hillary racks up big win

Observers still see Obama as nominee

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/ElectionCentral/200805140013

Edit...Looks like "Spike" couldn't cut the Ketchum or the Mustard!

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4. Ain't it a beautiful morning?

What a Wonderful World

All precincts reporting:

U.S. President - Democrat
HILLARY CLINTON 238,402 67%
D BARACK OBAMA 91,506 26%
D JOHN EDWARDS 26,026 7%
Hillary Clinton leading by 146,896 votes

U.S. House of Representatives - 2nd Congressional District - Democrat
D ANNE BARTH 65,040 62%
D RICHARD A. ROBB 29,744 28%
D THORNTON COOPER 9,714 9%
Anne Barth leading by 35,296 votes

Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals - Democrat
D MARGARET L. WORKMAN 178,376 36%
D MENIS KETCHUM 134,504 27%
D (i) ELLIOTT E. "SPIKE" MAYNARD 96,603 19%
D BOB BASTRESS 87,503 18%
Margaret L. Workman leading by 43,872 votes

Secretary of State - Democrat
D NATALIE TENNANT 170,517 51%
D JOE DELONG 119,211 36%
D BILLY WAYNE BAILEY 42,690 13%
Natalie Tennant leading by 51,306 votes

http://www.wvmetronews.com/election/home.cfm

Edit: More coverage, including county results, here: http://www.wsaz.com/elections

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5. Workman, Ketchum Advance in WV Supreme Court Race; Maynard Ousted

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard
has conceded the state Supreme Court race.

Former Justice Margaret Workman and Huntington lawyer Menis
Ketchum are the two Democratic nominees for the two open court
seats and will face sole Republican challenger Beth Walker in the
fall.

Maynard released a statement thanking the people of West
Virginia for allowing him the privilege and honor of serving them
as a judge and justice for nearly 28 years.

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Maynard was considered heavily favored in the race until the
release of photographs earlier this year that showed him vacationing in 2006 with Massey Energy's chief executive in Monaco. The coal producer had cases before the court at the time of the vacation.

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/18915659.html

[Hubert Flottz]

6. Maybe Don will give Spike a job in the deep mines...

I think folks are trying to say...Enough of the same old BUSHit already!