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Sample Ballot Republican 2016 Primary OFFICIAL BALLOT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Monongalia County, WV Presidential Primary Election May 10, 2016 NATIONAL TICKET STATE TICKET COUNTY TICKET FOR PRESIDENT FOR STATE SENATOR FOR SHERIFF (Vote For ONE) 2nd District (Vote For ONE) (Vote for ONE) JEB BUSH GINGER NALLEY GARY DRVAR Coral Gables, FL Sistersville Tyler Co. Morgantown CARLY FIORINA MIKE MARONEY RICK PANICO Lorton, VA Glen Dale Marshall Co. Morgantown CHRIS CHRISTIE Mendham, NJ DONALD J. TRUMP Manhattan, NY FOR STATE SENATOR MARCO RUBIO FOR ASSESSOR 13th District (Vote For ONE) West Miami, FL (Vote for ONE) JOHN R. KASICH Westerville, OH TED CRUZ JAMES CLAWSON NO CANDIDATE(S) FILED Houston, TX Fairmont Marion Co. DAVID E. HALL BARRY BLEDSOE Stuart, FL Fairmont Marion Co. RAND PAUL Bowling Green, KY BEN CARSON FOR SURVEYOR West Palm Beach, FL FOR STATE SENATOR (Vote For ONE) MIKE HUCKABEE 14th District Santa Rosa Beach, FL (Vote for ONE) BOB ANDRIOTTO Morgantown RANDY E SMITH FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Davis Tucker Co. 1st Congressional District (Vote For ONE) FOR MEMBER OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES DAVID B. MCKINLEY 5th Delegate District Wheeling Ohio Co. (Vote for ONE) PHILLIP W. WILEY STATE TICKET New Martinsville Wetzel Co. FOR GOVERNOR (Vote For ONE) FOR MEMBER OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES 49th Delegate District (Vote for ONE) BILL COLE Bluefield Mercer Co. AMY SUMMERS Flemington Taylor Co. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE (Vote For ONE) FOR MEMBER OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES 51st Delegate District (Vote For Not More Than FIVE) BARRY HOLSTEIN Cross Lanes Kanawha Co. MAC WARNER BRIAN KURCABA Morgantown Monongalia Co. Morgantown Monongalia Co. ERIC FINCH Fairview Monongalia Co. JOE STATLER Core Monongalia Co. FOR AUDITOR CINDY FRICH (Vote For ONE) Morgantown Monongalia Co. MICHAEL ACEVEDO Morgantown Monongalia Co. JOHN "JB" MCCUSKEY Charleston Kanawha Co. COUNTY TICKET FOR TREASURER FOR CIRCUIT CLERK (Vote For ONE) (Vote For ONE) LARRY W. FAIRCLOTH NO CANDIDATE(S) FILED Inwood Berkeley Co. ANN URLING Charleston Kanawha Co. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Not more than one resident of any magisterial district may be elected. FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE (Vote For ONE) (Vote For ONE) SEAN P SIKORA Morgantown Central District KENT LEONHARDT Fairview Monongalia Co. FOR COUNTY CLERK (Vote For ONE) FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL (Vote For ONE) KYLE MCAVOY Morgantown PATRICK MORRISEY Harpers Ferry Jefferson Co. FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY (Vote For ONE) NO CANDIDATE(S) FILED OFFICIAL BALLOT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Monongalia County, WV Presidential Primary Election May 10, 2016 NATIONAL CONVENTION NATIONAL CONVENTION NATIONAL CONVENTION TONI DICHIACCHIO DAN HILL FOR DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL Morgantown - Monongalia (Kasich) Glen Ferris - Fayette (Trump) CONVENTION - AT LARGE CRESCENT GALLAGHER KEVIN HONAKER (Vote For Not More Than TWENTY-TWO) Charleston - Kanawha (Kasich) Glen Daniel - Raleigh (Trump) CATHERINE L. HALLORAN KRISTI JEFFREY Charleston - Kanawha (Kasich) Victor - Fayette (Trump) DEWAYNE ANNIS STACEY HALLORAN TYLER JORDON Fayetteville - Fayette (Christie) Charleston - Kanawha (Kasich) Charleston - Kanawha (Trump) TOM BELL JOHN R. HOLLAND ANNE LIEBERMAN Huntington - Cabell (Christie) Charleston - Kanawha (Kasich) Charleston - Kanawha (Trump) MELANIE DOWDY KATRINA (TINA) LEWIS THORNEY LIEBERMAN Princeton - Mercer (Christie) Moundsville - Marshall (Kasich) Charleston - Kanawha (Trump) MINNIE ESTEP MATTHEW ROHRBACH CHRISTOPHER MAY Ripley - Jackson (Christie) Huntington - Cabell (Kasich) Charleston - Kanawha (Trump) CHARLES FARLEY MARK A. SADD STEPHEN MCELROY Pipestem - Summers (Christie) Charleston - Kanawha (Kasich) Bridgeport - Harrison (Trump) JOE V. FUNDERBURK JANE WARNER T. AARON METZ Charleston - Kanawha (Christie) Charleston - Kanawha (Kasich) Morgantown - Monongalia (Trump) SANDRA HALL DANNY BLAIR JARED A. PAGE Wheeling - Marshall (Christie) St. Albans - Kanawha (Uncommitted) St. Albans - Kanawha (Trump) KATHY LOU JUDGE DUANE BORCHERS SR. JOHN R. RAESE Alum Creek - Lincoln (Christie) Craigsville - Nicholas (Uncommitted) Morgantown - Monongalia (Trump) ROBERT GORDON JUDGE WILLIAM T. "BILL" BRIGHT E. VIRGINIA ROCKWELL Alum Creek - Lincoln (Christie) Summersville - Nicholas (Uncommitted) Enterprise - Harrison (Trump) JAMES KLINE III NANCY CAMPBELL SCOTT SIMMS Charleston - Kanawha (Christie) Charleston - Kanawha (Uncommitted) Ona - Cabell (Trump) CHARLES E. MCCARTY ROBERT L. CAMPBELL MARK E. SNAPP Spencer - Roane (Christie) Charleston - Kanawha (Uncommitted) Charleston - Kanawha (Trump) TERRIE MORGAN MITCH B. CARMICHAEL MICHAEL K. SNELLING Lewisburg - Greenbrier (Christie) Ripley - Jackson (Uncommitted) Scott Depot - Putnam (Trump) LINDA NICHOLS-MCCARTY MARK CARTER ELIZABETH "BETH" THAXTON Spencer - Roane (Christie) Charleston - Kanawha (Uncommitted) Dunbar - Kanawha (Trump) STEVEN D. TRACEY DAN CASTO GREG THOMAS Elkview - Kanawha (Christie) Charles Town - Jefferson (Uncommitted) So Charleston - Kanawha (Trump) DENVER TUCKER LAURA WAKIM CHAPMAN CALEB A. TURNER Buffalo - Putnam (Christie) Wheeling - Ohio (Uncommitted) Hurricane - Putnam (Trump) JEFFREY D. VANVOLKENBURG DREW M. CONSTABLE DAVID MICHAEL ADKINS Fairmont - Marion (Christie) Baker - Hardy (Uncommitted) Charleston - Kanawha (Bush) JAMES A. VARNER SR KATHIE HESS CROUSE BENJAMIN L. BAILEY Salem - Harrison (Christie) Buffalo - Putnam (Uncommitted) Charleston - Kanawha (Bush) MELISSA S. WAYBRIGHT MICHAEL "MIKE" FOLK JOHN S. BRESLAND Sandyville - Jackson (Christie) Martinsburg - Berkeley (Uncommitted) Shepherdstown - Jefferson (Bush) GAIL A. WICKSTROM KIT FORBES-WELLFORD JON C. COOPER Newell - Hancock (Christie) Charleston - Kanawha (Uncommitted) Valley Head - Randolph (Bush) DANNY WRIGHT NANCY REAGAN FOSTER KAITLYNN CRITCHFIELD Pax - Fayette (Christie) Scott Depot - Putnam (Uncommitted) Buckhannon - Upshur (Bush) ANGELA ADAMS RONALD REAGAN FOSTER TOM CROUSER Elizabeth - Wirt (Rubio) Scott Depot - Putnam (Uncommitted) Charleston - Kanawha (Bush) ANDREW G. ANDERSON CALEB GIBSON ASHLEY N. DEEM Charleston - Kanawha (Rubio) Huntington - Cabell (Uncommitted) So Charleston - Kanawha (Bush) JARRED ALEXANDER CANNON THOMAS L. JARRELL ELIZABETH DEVIESE Huntington - Cabell (Rubio) Vienna - Wood (Uncommitted) Kenna - Jackson (Bush) LIAM C. CASEY BRUCE A KOLSUN MARY ELISABETH ECKERSON Wheeling - Ohio (Rubio) Parsons - Tucker (Uncommitted) Charleston - Kanawha (Bush) CALA ANN CLAY BRIAN S. LONG KAREN S EVANS Wayne - Wayne (Rubio) Glen Dale - Marshall (Uncommitted) Martinsburg - Berkeley (Bush) TONY CLAY MARSHALL G. MANN CHARLES JOSHUA HAGEBOECK Wayne - Wayne (Rubio) Princeton - Mercer (Uncommitted) Charleston - Kanawha (Bush) KEATON R. COOPER ANDY MCKENZIE MICHAEL KEATON Elkins - Randolph (Rubio) Wheeling - Ohio (Uncommitted) Spencer - Roane (Bush) DARYL E. COWLES DOUG MCKINNEY DAVID W. MCCAULEY Berkeley Springs - Morgan (Rubio) Lewisburg - Greenbrier (Uncommitted) Buckhannon - Upshur (Bush) JAMES FUERHOFF SUE MCKINNEY TOM O'NEILL Hurricane - Putnam (Rubio) Lewisburg - Greenbrier (Uncommitted) Buckhannon - Upshur (Bush) ETHAN GIBSON BOB MILLER JR BILL PHILLIPS Bradley - Raleigh (Rubio) Wheeling - Marshall (Uncommitted) Elkins - Randolph (Bush) BRITTANY HAMRICK BRENDA MILLER-MANN JENNY PHILLIPS Lost Creek - Harrison (Rubio) Princeton - Mercer (Uncommitted) Elkins - Randolph (Bush) ZACHARY JENKINS MICHEL G. MOFFATT ASHLEY KRISTEN REED Ashton - Mason (Rubio) Hurricane - Putnam (Uncommitted) Buckhannon - Upshur (Bush) HAILEIGH N. JOHNSON ANGEL R MOORE GEOFFREY S SAUNDERS Wheeling - Ohio (Rubio) Charleston - Kanawha (Uncommitted) Madison - Boone (Bush) JOANNA "JOIE" JOHNSTON PATRICK MORRISEY ROBERT STEPTOE Hurricane - Putnam (Rubio) Harpers Ferry - Jefferson (Uncommitted) Morgantown - Monongalia (Bush) JONPAUL KESSINGER TALLY RANELS REED PETER M. TURCIC Mount Hope - Fayette (Rubio) Berkely Springs - Morgan (Uncommitted) Elkview - Kanawha (Bush) VERONICA LEWIS SARA SNYDER GEIS SHARON MOREHEAD TURCIC Evans - Jackson (Rubio) Fort Ashby - Mineral (Uncommitted) Elkview - Kanawha (Bush) LARRY PACK JAY TAYLOR ANTHONY WINKLE Charleston - Kanawha (Rubio) Grafton - Taylor (Uncommitted) Bunker Hill - Berkeley (Bush) JEREMIAH PARLOCK JOYCE WARNER CHERYL HINCHMAN WYATT Huntington - Cabell (Rubio) Morgantown - Monongalia (Uncommitted) So Charleston - Kanawha (Bush) THOMAS PHILLIPS MAC WARNER BOB ADAMS Bridgeport - Harrison (Rubio) Morgantown - Monongalia (Uncommitted) Kearneysville - Jefferson (Cruz) KEVIN SCOTT POE MONROE P. WARNER JR. STUART ADKINS Morgantown - Monongalia (Rubio) Charleston - Kanawha (Uncommitted) Barboursville - Cabell (Cruz) MORGAN PRATT MICHAEL WHALEN SUSIE AZEVEDO Huntington - Cabell (Rubio) Weirton - Hancock (Uncommitted) Elkview - Kanawha (Cruz) SUZETTE RAINES JACQUES WILLIAMS BARBARA KAY BARNETT Charleston - Kanawha (Rubio) Morgantown - Monongalia (Uncommitted) St. Albans - Kanawha (Cruz) ABIGAIL C. REEVES STEPHANIE ABRAMOWITZ RICK BARNETT Morgantown - Monongalia (Rubio) Charleston - Kanawha (Trump) Saint Albans - Kanawha (Cruz) BETH ANN SCHMIDT GREGORY BALDT JEREMY DONALD BAUSERMAN Wheeling - Ohio (Rubio) Weirton - Hancock (Trump) Durbin - Pocahontas (Cruz) STEVE WESTFALL DIANA BARTLEY BRENDAN D. BYRNE Ripley - Jackson (Rubio) Lumberport - Harrison (Trump) Berkeley Springs - Morgan (Cruz) SHANE WILSON KRISTI A. BEDDOW TAMARA CLINE Charleston - Kanawha (Rubio) Baisden - Mingo (Trump) Maidsville - Monongalia (Cruz) TERESA M. MILLER DONNA J. BOLEY SARAH COLEMAN-MABES Ripley - Jackson (Carson) St. Marys - Pleasants (Trump) Oak Hill - Fayette (Cruz) CAROLYN D. SHARP EDWARD R. BURGESS LEE DEAN Ripley - Jackson (Carson) St. Albans - Kanawha (Trump)
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