MORGANTOWN — Just going by the percentages, you’d have to go back 20 years, to 2004, to find a higher turnout in Monongalia County than the recently […]
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Musick wins fourth term in county assessor’s office
Democrat incumbent Mark Musick said believes the county’s voters took the past 12 years into account Tuesday when they returned him to the Monongalia County Assessor’s Office. […]
Bloom secures third term on Mon Commission
Democrat Tom Bloom locked up a third six-year term on the Monongalia County Commission Tuesday evening, besting Republican challenger MaryAnn Folz 21,477 to 19,128. “I’m feeling a […]
Forbes tops Morgan in sheriff’s race
Todd Forbes was happy Tuesday evening. He was also relieved. He was out picking up campaign signs just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when he unofficially became Monongalia […]
County heading into Election Day with record turnout
It’s Election Day in America. At long last. More than two dozen polling locations across Monongalia County will be open from 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. today […]
More than 3,000 ballots cast on opening day of early voting
The early voting periods ahead of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections set records in Monongalia County as 20,735 and 20,907 votes were cast in those 10-day […]
How can voters still be undecided?
by Doyle McManus WASHINGTON — In a U.S. presidential race that features a deeply polarized electorate and a sharp contrast between the two candidates, most voters have […]
Politicians are all ‘flip-floppers’
by Carl P. Leubsdorf When Kamala Harris first sought the presidency in 2019, she leaned left, backing Medicare for all, urging a ban on the oil recovery […]
Harris’ about-face on border issues is classic flip-flopping. Will voters care?
by Lynn Schmidt Anyone who has gone fishing, caught one and had it wiggle out of their hands, knows that while a fish is flopping around searching […]
Bouncing Bobby off the ballot
We are not fans of restrictive ballot access, believing that candidates with even a modicum of legitimate support should be able to compete for votes. Throwing people […]
