Paul Denning

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Paul Denning

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Democratic Party

Paul Denning was a Democratic candidate for District 8 of the West Virginia State Senate. Denning dropped out of the race following the filing deadline.

Elections

2018

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for West Virginia State Senate District 8

Richard Lindsay defeated incumbent Ed Gaunch in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 8 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Lindsay (D)	50.3	16,537
		Ed Gaunch (R)	49.7	16,372

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,909 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 8

Richard Lindsay defeated Mark Hunt in the Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 8 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Lindsay	51.7	4,721
		Mark Hunt	48.3	4,407

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 9,128
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Paul Denning (D)
• David Grubb (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 8

Incumbent Ed Gaunch advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 8 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Ed Gaunch

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See also

• State legislative elections, 2018
• West Virginia State Senate elections, 2018
• West Virginia State Senate

External links

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• West Virginia State Senate

Footnotes

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Current members of the West Virginia State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Randy Smith

Majority Leader:Patrick Martin

Minority Leader:Mike Woelfel

Senators

District 1

Laura Wakim Chapman (R)

Ryan Weld (R)

District 2

Charles Clements (R)

Christopher Rose (R)

District 3

Mike Azinger (R)

Donna Boley (R)

District 4

Amy Grady (R)

Eric Tarr (R)

District 5

Scott Fuller (R)

Mike Woelfel (D)

District 6

Craig Hart (R)

Mark Maynard (R)

District 7

Rupie Phillips (R)

Mike Stuart (R)

District 8

T. Kevan Bartlett (R)

Glenn Jeffries (R)

District 9

Brian Helton (R)

Rollan Roberts (R)

District 10

Vince Deeds (R)

Jack Woodrum (R)

District 11

William Hamilton (R)

Robbie Morris (R)

District 12

Patrick Martin (R)

Ben Queen (R)

District 13

Joey Garcia (D)

Mike Oliverio (R)

District 14

Randy Smith (R)

Jay Taylor (R)

District 15

Darren Thorne (R)

Tom Willis (R)

District 16

Jason Barrett (R)

Patricia Rucker (R)

District 17

Anne Charnock (R)

Tom Takubo (R)

Republican Party (32)

Democratic Party (2)