Yost wins state Senate nomination
Jack Yost
Democrats in Hancock, Brooke and Ohio counties on Tuesday chose current Delegate Jack Yost as their candidate to take the 1st District state Senate seat in 2008.
Yost, D-Brooke, defeated Wheeling attorney Shane Mallett with a total of 10,657 votes for 53 percent of the vote. Mallett received 9,282 votes for 47 percent of the vote. Yost won big in Brooke and Hancock counties but lost in Ohio County, according to the unofficial totals.
Yost next will face former Delegate Chris Wakim, R-Ohio, in the Nov. 4 general election. The winner will assume the 1st District Senate seat presently occupied by state Sen. Andy McKenzie, R-Ohio.
McKenzie chose not to seek re-election this year, but was himself victorious on Tuesday in his bid to be Wheeling’s next mayor.
“I’m honored that Democrats in the 1st Senate District elected me to represent them in the race,” Yost said.
Yost received the endorsements of both business and labor, and he
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Hancock County election results
The following are complete, but unofficial results from the Hancock County Board of Elections:
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Democrat (1 to elect)
Danny Greathouse 2
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