Mingo County voters on Tuesday elected a new county commissioner, prosecuting attorney and circuit clerk, as no Republicans filed to run in those races.
John Michael Hubbard, who has served as one of Mingo's three county commissioners for the past 11 years, lost by about 500 votes to Thomas Taylor.
Taylor, who owns Mountain State Tire Processing, is expected to join commissioners Diann Hannah and Greg Smith next year. Taylor received 51 percent of votes compared to Hubbard's 43 percent. Marvin Vernatter got 4 percent.
It's been about three years since former Mingo commissioner David Baisden resigned and pleaded guilty during a federal corruption investigation in Mingo County that touched almost every county office.
The county's former circuit judge Michael Thornsbury, former prosecuting attorney Michael Sparks and former magistrate Dallas Toler all pleaded guilty and stepped down from their elected positions in 2013.
Baisden admitted that he demanded Appalachian Tire sell him tires for his personal vehicle at a discounted price only available for government vehicles. When the company refused, Baisden - who was Mingo County's purchasing agent - steered the county's contract to a different company.
Diann Hannah was elected in 2014 to replace Baisden. Smith has served on the commission more than 20 years.
Jonathan "Duke" Jewell defeated incumbent Teresa Maynard in the race to become Mingo's prosecuting attorney.
Maynard, who was an assistant under Sparks and worked for Thornsbury before he was elected judge, was chosen by commissioners in 2013 to replace Sparks as prosecuting attorney.
Jewell, a public defender in Mingo and frequent political candidate, received 57 percent of votes and Maynard 42 percent.
Baisden was not charged as part of the scheme that Thornsbury and Sparks pleaded guilty to - although he knew about it, prosecutors said.
Thornsbury and Sparks admitted to depriving George White of his constitutional rights. White was arrested in 2013 after Eugene Crum, then the county's sheriff, allegedly sent an undercover investigator to buy pills from White. Federal prosecutors say that Crum owed White thousands of dollars for campaign signs and, instead of paying him, had him arrested.
Thornsbury and Sparks went along with trying to keep White from having the lawyer of his choice. White was released from jail and the charges against him dismissed after the former officials were charged by federal prosecutors.
Lonnie Hannah, a former Mingo sheriff, is expected to become Mingo's next circuit clerk after receiving 36 percent of votes.
Camilla Walters Ellis had 27 percent, Billy Sammons, 24 percent and Brandy (Baisden) Haney, 10 percent. Incumbent Grant Preece did not run for reelection.
In the Mingo sheriff's race, James Smith will face off in November against Marty Fortner, the only Republican vying for sheriff.
Fortner received 716 votes in the primary, compared to Smith's 3,299.
On Tuesday night Smith defeated fellow Democrats Earl Spence, who received 2,048 votes, and Barry Blair, with 1,422 votes.
Smith replaced Crum, who was shot to death in early 2013 while sitting in his cruiser in downtown Williamson.
Several months after his death, Thornsbury was charged.
Miki Thompson, who was elected to replace Thornsbury in 2014, easily held on to the circuit judge seat Tuesday. Thompson, who previously served as Mingo family judge, received 55 percent of votes. Judicial races in West Virginia are now nonpartisan so Tuesday's primary results are final.
Teresa McCune had 27 percent, and Robert Carlton, 17 percent.
Sabrina Deskins is expected to remain family judge in Mingo, after earning 55 percent of votes. Tonya (Mounts) Hatfield, Deskins' only opponent, got 43 percent of votes.
All of Mingo's incumbent magistrates won reelection Tuesday.
In the race over the three magistrate seats, Donald Sansom won in Division 1 with 3,191 votes, defeating Brock Mounts, 2,338, and Billy Sexton, 1,928.
In Division 2, Dave Justice beat Barry Marcum by about 300 votes. Justice received 3,443 votes, Marcum, 3,151, and James H. "Tick" Fugett, 738 votes.
Jim Harvey easily won in Division 3 again his three opponents with 14 percent of votes. Scott "Big Block" Smith received 9 percent, Michele Webb, 6 percent and Donald Roy Stevens, 3 percent.
"Big" Jim Hatfield should keep his seat as Mingo's county clerk. He won by only 19 votes to Larry "Yogi" Croaff. Both men are Democrats.
In the race for assessor, Ramona Mahon received 77 percent of the vote compared to Amber Mounts Bishop's 22 percent. No Republicans filed to run in that race.
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