COPEN DEFEATS BAILEY FOR WIRT COMMISSION - Capito Carries County By Large Margin

(11/06/2002)

Wirt County's major contested race for county commission ended with Democrat Roy Copen being elected. Copen defeated Gary Bailey (R) 984-663. Congresswoman Shelly Moore Capito easily defeated Jim Humphreys (R) 949-693. U.S. SENATE 721 votes for Jay Wolfe/R 943 votes for Jay Rockefeller/D U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -- 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 949 votes for Shelley Moore Capito/R 693 votes for Jim Humphreys/D STATE SENATE -- 3RD SENATORIAL DISTRICT 883 votes for J. Frank Deem/R 722 votes for Jim Ball/D HOUSE OF DELEGATES -- 9TH DELEGATE DISTRICT 821 votes for Larry Border/R 763 votes for Kent "Kenny" Brown/D 45 votes for Tim Reed/I Amendment #1: County and Municipal Option Economic Development Amendment 783 votes FOR 747 votes AGAINST Amendment #2: Equalizing Numbers of Years of Excess Levies 742 votes FOR 791 votes AGAINST Sunday Hunting 642 votes YES 1071 votes NO

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