SUMMERS COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A candidate running for West Virginia State Senate will no longer appear on the ballot after a ruling by a Circuit Judge.
The Greenbrier County Republican Party filed a lawsuit against Harry “Lee” Forbes, an Independent running for State Senate in District 10. They argued: “The law [says that] no candidate from Summers County [can be] in the race because there can not be two State Senators from the same county and district serving concurrently. Senator Woodrum already serves from Summers County”.
Judge Akers agreed and handed down the ruling today. She also stated that Forbes, the Independent candidate for the 10th Senatorial District, will be taken off the ballot, and voting machines will be reprogrammed.
State Senate District 10 is represented by Fayette, Greenbrier, Summers, Nicholas, and Monroe Counties. West Virginia State Senate District 10 is represented by Stephen Baldwin (D) and Jack Woodrum (R). Baldwin is running for re-election, while Woodrum is not. Senator Baldwin is being challenged by Republican Vince Deeds and another Independent candidate, Aaron Forbes
Gov. Justice appointed Maryclaire Akers as a judge for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit serving Kanawha County in March of 2021.
