MINERAL COUNTY VOTERS RETURN INCUMBENTS, PASS LEVY

Mineral County voters returned their incumbent State Senator and Delegate to Charleston following Tuesday’s election. They also overwhelmingly passed a levy that will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the county’s ambulance authority. Incumbent Delegate Gary Howell captured 68 per cent of the vote, defeating his Democratic challenger Rebecca Holler in the House District 87 race. Rick Hillenbrand, an incumbent Republican, who represents House District 88, defeated his challenger, Dorothy Kengla of Augusta. Hillenbrand received 78 per cent of the vote in Mineral County. The levy passed by a nearly 2 to 1 margin, resulting in more than $427,000 for the operation of the county’s ambulance companies.