Several statewide executive branch offices were up for grabs in West Virginia.
Attorney General: J.B. McCuskey, a Republican, has won the race for Attorney General, according to a MetroNews call of the race.
“I am incredibly humbled with the opportunity that the people of West Virginia have hired me to be their lawyer,” McCuskey said on MetroNews.
This office has been held by Republican Patrick Morrisey for three terms, but he opted to run for governor this election cycle.
McCuskey is a two-term state auditor and former state delegate from Charleston. His father was a state Supreme Court justice in 1998.
McCuskey said the experience as auditor was invaluable. “We were successful in fighting fraud, we were successful in transparency, and we were successful in making the government smaller,” he said.
The Democratic candidate was Wheeling attorney Teresa Toriseva.
Secretary of State: The Secretary of State position is opening because Mac Warner, who held it for two terms, ran for governor but did not win the primary.
Kris Warner, one of Mac’s brothers, won the race for this seat.
While running in this race, Kris Warner maintained his role executive director of the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, a position that Gov. Jim Justice appointed him to three years ago. He is also a former chairman of the state Republican Party.
The Democrat in the race was Thornton Cooper, who has run for several state offices over the years.
Auditor: Mark Hunt, a former Democrat who served many years in the state Legislature, won the race for state Auditor.
The Democrat in the race was Mary Ann Claytor, a St. Albans resident who has run for auditor twice before.
Agriculture Commissioner: Incumbent Kent Leonhardt, a Republican, won the race again. Leonhardt has served the past two terms.
The Democratic candidate for Agriculture Secretary is Deborah Stiles of Parsons.
Treasurer: The only candidate was Republican Larry Pack, who won.
Pack said it was important to run a vigorous campaign even without opposition.
“I think it’s important for West Virginians to know who they’re voting for, even if I didn’t have an opponent,” Pack said. “I couldn’t control who did or who didn’t run against me, but I thought it was important to get that message out.”
The current Treasurer, Riley Moore, is running for Congress.
Pack is a businessman and former delegate who has been serving as senior adviser and acting revenue secretary for Gov. Jim Justice.
No Democrat filed to run for treasurer.
“Very excited and very humbled to be able to assume the position,” Pack said on Election Night.
Of the role, he said, “I think we make a difference by making sure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.”