Updated 1/26/2020 at 2:30 p.m.
Local candidates who have officially filed for office:
Hardy County Commissioner
Tyler Bradfield (R)
Steve Schetrom (R)
Greg Greenwalt (D)
Hardy County Assessor
Jim Wratchford (D)
Hardy Prosecuting Attorney
Lucas See (D)
Hardy County Sheriff
Steven Dawson (R)
Alicia Sanders (D)
Hardy County Magistrate (D1) Non Partisan
Craig Hose
Hardy County Magistrate (D2) Non Partisan
Shawna Crites
Board of Education
Jerry Yates (Capon District)
Nancy Hahn (Capon District)
Janet Clayton Rose (Moorefield)
Hardy County Surveyor
David Jopling (D)
Conservation District Supervisor
George Leatherman (D)
WV House of Delegates
Bryan Ward (R)
Bradley “B.J.” Rindard (D)
State Senate – District 14
Randy Smith (R)
David Childers (D)
WV Attorney General
Isaac Sponaugle (D)
WV Commissioner of Agriculture
William J.R. Keplinger
Wardensville Town Council
Greg Alderman
DeeDee Fridley
Wardensville Town Recorder
Ryan Grimm
Original Story:
The Secretary of State’s Office has announced the candidate filing period for the 2020 election cycle. It will begin on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, and last until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020.
Candidates can file their Certificate of Announcement in person during the hours listed at the following locations:
WV Secretary of State’s Office
State Capitol – Conference Room
• Monday, Jan. 13, to Friday, Jan. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Monday, Jan. 20, to Friday, Jan. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
WVSOS North Central WV Business Hub Office
200 East Main Street, in Clarksburg
• Monday, Jan. 13, to Friday, Jan. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Monday, Jan. 20, to Friday, Jan. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
WVSOS Eastern Panhandle Business Hub Office
229 East Martin Street, in Martinsburg
• Monday, Jan. 13, to Friday, Jan. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Monday, Jan. 20, to Friday, Jan. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Candidate’s Certificates of Announcement can also be mailed to the Secretary of State’s Office, and will be accepted so long as they are postmarked by no later than Jan. 25, 2020. Certificates postmarked by the deadline but received by the proper filing office after the Jan. 25 deadline will be accepted. However, any Certificates of Announcement that are postmarked after the deadline will not be accepted.
Candidates for the following offices must file their Certificate of Announcement at the Secretary of State’s Office:
• President
• US Senate
• US House of Representatives
• Governor
• Secretary of State
• Attorney General
• State Auditor
• State Treasurer
• Commissioner of Agriculture
• Justice of the WV Supreme Court of Appeals
• WV State Senate
• WV House of Delegates
• Circuit Court Judge (unexpired)
• Greater Huntington Park Board
Candidates for local offices must file their Certificates of Announcement with the Hardy County Clerk’s Office between Monday, Jan. 13 and Saturday, Jan. 25. The Clerk’s office is located in the Hardy County Courthouse, 204 Washington St. in Moorefield. The Clerk’s office will open on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 9 a.m. until noon.
Local offices on the ballot will include:
County Commissioner – 1 seat
Assessor – 1 seat
Prosecuting Attorney – 1 seat
Sheriff – 1 Seat
County Surveyor – 1 seat
Magistrate – 2 seats
Board of Education – 2 seats
Potomac Valley Conservation District Supervisor – 1 seat
For more information about candidate filing, contact the Elections Division at 304-558-6000, 866-767-8683 (toll free) or send a message to elections@wvsos.gov.
