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BUCKHANNON – Incumbent Republican Bill Hamilton retained his State Senate District II seat with an overwhelming victory on Election Day.
Hamilton received 17,246 votes across the district, or 68.3% of the vote. His Democratic challenger, Kevin Carpenter garnered 8.003 votes, or 31.7% of the vote.
The District 11 seat represents all of Randolph, Upshur, Pocahontas, Pendleton, Nicholas and Webster counties, as well as some of southern Grant County.
In the House of Delegates 64th District race, incumbent Republican Adam Burkhammer won re-election, earning 2,936 votes across the district. Challenger Nate Stansberry totaled 1,072.
Incumbent Republican Carl “Robbie” Martin was re-elected to the House of Delegates 65th District seat Tuesday, tallying 2,779 votes, while his Democratic challenger, Mira Tanner-Hughes, received 1,360 votes.
Republican Patrick Kyle Lane, running unopposed for the Upshur County Commission, received 4,689 votes.
Upshur County posted a 39.73% voter turnout for the General Election, with 5,750 ballots cast out of the county’s 14,473 registered voters.