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The field has been narrowed in the race to represent local districts in the West Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate.
Incumbent Pat McGeehan and former delegate Mark Zatezalo, both Republicans, along with Democrats Jack Wood, former delegate Ronnie D. Jones and Roger "Buddy" Stewart faced off in the hope of representing the 1st House District, which includes Hancock County and a portion of Brooke County.
Incumbent Randy Swartzmiller, a Democrat, opted to step away from the House of Delegates this year to seek a seat in the state Senate.
The top two candidates on each side of the ballot move on to November's general election.
Jones, of Weirton, received 2,284 votes from residents of the 1st District, according to preliminary results Tuesday night, with Wood of Weirton with 2,246 and Stewart of New Cumberland receiving 1,290.
In the 2nd District House race, both Democratic incumbent Phil Diserio and Republican Gordon K. Greer were unopposed in their respective campaigns.
Both will move on to the November general election.
Diserio, of Follansbee, received 2,366 votes, according to preliminary results Tuesday, with Greer, also of Follansbee, receiving 1,472 votes.
In the 1st Senate District, Republican incumbent Ryan Weld was leading challenger Jack Newbrough of Weirton with 85 of 89 precincts counted. Weld's totals showed 6,755 votes; and Newbrough's, 3,762.
Weld, 40, was elected to the Senate in 2016, and is completing his first four-year term in the chamber this year.
Prior to serving in the Senate, Weld was elected to terms in the House of Delegates in 2012 and 2014.
He is an attorney who serves as an assistant prosecutor in Brooke County, and is a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Weld will face Swartzmiller in the November general election.
"I'm very excited by tonight's results," Weld said. "I am honored and humbled to have my party's support as we move forward to November.
"I'm ready to go right now, to start working hard, and to connect with voters like I did in 2016. I want to show them the hard work I've already put in, and what I plan to do next as their state senator."