BUCKHANNON — Republicans successfully swept every race in Upshur County in the 2020 General Election Tuesday night.  All 21 voting precincts were in for tabulation at 9:03 p.m. after voters came out to the polls and voted by mail in near record numbers with an overall 70.98 percent turnout. 

Prior to Election Day on November 3, County Clerk Carol Smith said 4,051 Upshur Countians had already early voted.  Additionally, 1,829 absentee ballots had been returned out of the 1,906 requested, for a total of 5,880 people voting before Election Day.  The final tally as of Tuesday night was 10,236 ballots cast out of the 14,421 registered voters in the county.

Any ballots the County Clerk receives that were postmarked by Tuesday will still be counted, and results of the local election will be certified after canvassing on Monday, November 9.

While none of the county offices were contested, the race for 11^th District State Senator was the closest contest with Robert Karnes edging Denise Campbell out locally, as well as statewide.

The preliminary results of General Election 2020 in Upshur County are as follows:

• President
  Donald Trump – 7,721
  Joe Biden – 2,247
  Jo Jorgensen – 166
  Howie Hawkins – 166

• S. Senator
  Shelley Moore Capito – 7,739
  Paul Jean Swearengin – 1,947
  David Moran – 308

• S. House of Delegates
  Alex Mooney – 7,197
  Cathy Kunkel – 2,583

• Governor
  Jim Justice – 6,907
  Ben Salango – 1,908
  Erika Kolenich – 985
  Daniel Lutz Jr. – 70

• Secretary of State
  Mac Warner – 6,361
  Natalie Tennant – 3,503

• Auditor
  John “JB” McCuskey – 7,201
  Mary Ann Claytor – 2,334

• Treasurer
  Riley Moore – 6,035
  John Perdue – 3,713

• Commission of Agriculture
  Kent Leonhardt – 7,147
  Bob Beach – 2,399

• Attorney General
  Patrick Morrisey – 6,936
  Sam Brown Petsonk – 2,853

• State Senator, 11th District
  Robert Karnes – 5,219
  Denise Campbell – 4,355

• Va. House of Delegates, 44th District
  Caleb Hanna – 774
  Robin Cutlip – 276

• Va. House of Delegates, 45th District
  Carl ‘Robbie’ Martin – 6,453

• Va. House of Delegates, 46th District
  Adam Burkhammer – 709
  Robin ‘Bob’ Stultz – 228
  Michael Lockard – 40

• County Commission
  Terry Cutright – 8,890

• Prosecuting Attorney
  Bryan Hinkle – 8,768

• Sheriff
  Virgil Miller – 9,050

• Assessor
  Dustin ‘Dusty’ Zickefoose – 8,966

• Surveyor
  Dale Bennett – 8,729