MetroNews Projects A Winner In First District Democrat Race
MetroNews, Charleston
An era has come to an end.
MetroNews is projecting that 14-term U.S. Congressman Alan Mollohan will lose his primary battle against state senator Mike Oliverio for the Democratic nomination in the First District.
Oliverio had spent much of the campaign attacking Mollohan’s record and ethics, and that apparently resonated with Democratic voters, as Oliverio took an early lead when the vote totals started coming in on Tuesday night. That trend continued throughout the evening, as Oliverio led by 12 percent with 91 percent of all precincts reporting.
Mollohan first won election from West Virginia’s First Congressional District in 1983, and he has held the office ever since.