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Amy Burnside gives her daughter, Lily Stewart, a civics lesson on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Fayetteville, W.Va.. The pair were leaving the Fayette County Memorial Building after Burnside cast her vote. (F. Brian Ferguson/The Register-Herald via AP)
West Virginia voters reelect Gov. Justice, Sen. Capito

By John Raby Nov. 03, 2020 01:06 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019 file photo, Paula Jean Swearengin poses for a portrait to promote the film "Knock Down the House" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Swearengin, a Democrat, is using her stances on progressive issues, her popularity from a role in a Netflix movie and the hard realities of a life spent in the southern West Virginia coalfields to try to snap Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's two-decade streak in political office. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
Tuesday's election is packed with choices for WVa voters

By John Raby Nov. 02, 2020 12:31 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019 file photo, Paula Jean Swearengin poses for a portrait to promote the film "Knock Down the House" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Swearengin, a Democrat, is using her stances on progressive issues, her popularity from a role in a Netflix movie and the hard realities of a life spent in the southern West Virginia coalfields to try to snap Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's two-decade streak in political office. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
West Virginia voters have heavy slate of choices Tuesday

By John Raby Oct. 31, 2020 09:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019 file photo, Paula Jean Swearengin poses for a portrait to promote the film "Knock Down the House" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Swearengin, who is the daughter and granddaughter of coal miners, is running in the U.S. Senate primary in West Virginia on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)
West Virginia voters have heavy slate of choices on Nov. 3

By John Raby Oct. 20, 2020 02:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 15, 2018 file photo, Richard Ojeda talks at a gym in Logan, W.Va. Ojeda, a former state senator, is running in the U.S. Senate primary in West Virginia on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)
Justice, Salango to face off in fall WVa governor's election

By John Raby Jun. 09, 2020 01:22 AM EDT