By Beth Sergent

For Mason County Extra Edition

POINT PLEASANT — Saturday was the last day for candidates to file for the May primary, with county, state and national offices up for grabs.

County Races

County Clerk Diana Cromley provided Mason County Extra Edition with the latest candidate filings received by her office as of the close of business on Monday, Jan. 29.

Included below, along with the candidate’s name, are party affiliation and the district the candidate has filed under (where applicable).

(Editor’s note: Races for Magistrate, Board of Education, and Conservation District Supervisor, are non-partisan.)

Mason County Assessor:

Democrat – Sean M. Cullen.

Republican – Aimee J. Duncan.

Mason County Board of Education:

(In alphabetical order) Meagan Bonecutter, District III.; Bo Burgess, District IV; Trey Byus, District III; Charlotte Oshel, District III; Rhonda Tennant, District I.

Conservation District Supervisor:

Jeremy Grant.

Mason County County Commission:

Democrat – Jason R. Schultz, District II.

Republican – (In alphabetical order) Tracy Sturgeon Doolittle, District II; Christopher “Chris” Johnson, District I; Stormy See, District II.

Mason County Magistrate:

Division 1 – (In alphabetical order) Gail L. Roush; Steve Tarbett.

Division II – Melanie L. Sang.

Mason County Prosecuting Attorney:

Republican – Seth Gaskins.

Mason County Sheriff:

Republican – Corey J. Miller.

National, State and District races

According to the website for West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, as of Monday evening (Jan. 29), the following were listed as filing their candidacy with his office:

U.S. President: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-Wilmington, Del.); Ryan L. Binkley, (R-Dallas, Texas); Nikki R. Haley, (R-Kiawah Island, S.C.); Stephen P. Lyons, (D-Damascus, Md.); Jason Michael Palmer, (D-Baltimore, Md.); Armonda “Mando” Perez-Serrato, (D-Orange, Calif.); Dean Phillips, (D-Wayzata, Minn.); Jill Stein (Mountain – Lexington, Mass.); David Stuckenberg, (R-Tampa, Fla.); Rachel Hanna MoHawk Swift, (R-Hagerstown, Md.); Donald J. Trump, (R-Palm Beach, Fla.).  

U.S. Senate: Bryan Bird, (R-Beckley); Don Blankenship, (D-Sprigg); Glenn Elliott, (D-Wheeling); Jim Justice (R-Lewisburg); Zane Lawhorn (R-Princeton); Don Lindsay (R-Baker); Bryan McKinney (R-Inwood); Janet McNulty, (R-Martinsburg); Alexander X. Mooney, (R-Charles Town); Zachary Shrewsbury (D-Princeton).  

U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional District 1: Derrick Evans (R-Prichard); Carol Miller (R-Huntington); Chris Bob Reed, (D-Charleston); Jim Umberger (D-Lewisburg).

Governor: Moore Capito (R-Charleston); Kevin “KC” Christian (R-Chloe); Chase Linko-Looper (M-Saint Albans); Chris Miller (R-Huntington); Patrick Morrisey (R-Harpers Ferry); Mitch Roberts (R-Poca); Mac Warner (R-Charleston); Stephen Williams, (D-Huntington).

Secretary of State: Thornton Cooper (D-South Charleston); Ken Reed (R-Hedgesville); Doug Skaff, Jr. (R-South Charleston); Kris Warner (R-Charleston); Brian Wood (R-Winfield).

Auditor: Caleb L. Hanna (R-Charleston); Eric L. Householder (R-Martinsburg); Mark Hunt, (R-Charleston); Tricia Jackson (R-Harpers Ferry); Mary Ann Roebuck Claytor (D-St. Albans).

State Treasurer: Larry Pack (R-Charleston).

Commissioner of Agriculture: Joshua Kurt Higginbotham, R-Charleston); Kent Leonhardt (R-Fairview); Roy Ramey (R-Lesage).

Attorney General: John “JB” McCuskey (R-Charleston); Richie Robb (D-South Charleston); Mike Stuart (R-South Charleston); Teresa Toriseva, (D-Wheeling).

Intermediate Court of Appeals: Elgine Heceta McArdle, Wheeling; Mychal S. Schulz, Charleston; S. Ryan White, Charleston. (Editor’s note: Judicial races are non-partisan.)

Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Division 1: Haley Bunn, Charleston. (Editor’s note: Judicial races are non-partisan.)

Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Division 2: Charles S. Trump IV, Berkeley Springs. (Editor’s note: Judicial races are non-partisan.)

State Senate, District 4: Amy Nichole Grady, (R-Leon); Dwayne Russell (D-Leon).  

House of Delegates, District 17: Jonathan Adam Pinson (R-Point Pleasant); Adam Roush (R-Hartford).

House of Delegates, District 18: Jim Butler, (R-Gallipolis Ferry); Andrea Meadows, (D-Fraziers Bottom).

Circuit Judge, Judicial Circuit 5: Anita Harold Ashley, Spencer; Joshua W. Downey, Spencer; Lora Dyer, Ripley; Richard Craig Tatterson, Gallipolis Ferry. (Editor’s note: Judicial races are non-partisan.)

Family Court Judge, Family Court Circuit 5: Bryan Cromley, Point Pleasant, (Division 2); Connie Fisher Thomas, New Haven, (Division 1). (Editor’s note: Judicial races are non-partisan.)

To reiterate, candidate filing ran through Jan. 27. In addition to in-person filing during special office hours this past Saturday, candidates could also file via a mailed certificate of announcement which had to be postmarked by 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 27. Cromley relayed to Mason County Extra Edition that no certificates were received via mail on Monday, Jan. 29.

The primary election in West Virginia is May 14, followed by the general election Nov. 5.  

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Beth Sergent has nearly 20 years of experience in journalism, having worked as both a reporter and editor. She has a BLA in English from Marshall University, and a certificate in Technical Writing from Duke University. She is a lifelong resident of Point Pleasant, in Mason County.

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