BECKLEY – A state Supreme Court candidate is asking a fellow candidate if she wants to be viewed as being a “purchased justice.” Bill Wooton says a recent influx of advertising by the Republican State Leadership Committee is “an attempt to influence the outcome of our non-partisan Supreme Court race.” According to filings with the Secretary of State’s office, the RSLC has spent a little more than $2 on the ads in the last two weeks.
WASHINGTON – A Washington-based political action committee has released two more ads regarding the state Supreme Court race. In one titled “Milking Taxpayers Dry,” the Republican State Leadership Committee targets candidates Darrell McGraw and Bill Wooton.
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CHARLESTON – Look for more advertising from a political action committee funded primarily by West Virginia trial lawyers before the state Supreme Court race is over.
CHARLESTON – The two candidates using West Virginia’s independent campaign financing program for the state Supreme Court now have condemned an advertising campaign from an out-of-state special interest group.
MORGANTOWN – The race for state Supreme Court enters the final stretch, but Beth Walker isn’t ready to slow down. “It’s only days away, there isn’t much more to go,” she said. “But, the campaign has been a lot of fun. I truly do enjoy getting out there and meeting people. However, I do look forward to the outcome.”
CHARLESTON – This year West Virginia’s judicial elections are nonpartisan. Candidates for the West Virginia Supreme Court as well as our circuit courts, family courts and magistrates will no longer be listed on your ballot as Democrats, Republicans or members of other political parties.
CHARLESTON – A national Republican group has released its third television ad this week critical of two state Supreme Court candidates. The Republican State Leadership Committee’s latest ad, entitled “Old Boy Network” began airing April 29. It criticizes Darrell McGraw for using the Attorney General’s office as “a private piggy bank for himself” when he was in office, and it says Bill Wooton pushed for a 35 percent pay increase for family court judges when he was a state legislator.
CHARLESTON – Darrell McGraw doesn’t like retirement. At 79, the longtime state Attorney General and former state Supreme Court justice is seeking another 12-year term on the court. “We should always embrace our age,” McGraw said in an interview with The West Virginia Record. “And really, if we’re vigorous and capable, we should continue to serve our community.
CHARLESTON – It’s less than two weeks before West Virginia voters decide who will serve a 12-year term on the state Supreme Court, and four outside groups have spent more than $1.1 million on advertising in the race.
CHARLESTON – Beth Walker’s state Supreme Court campaign has responded to an attack ad from personal injury lawyers it says includes “false claims based on misleading evidence.” A political action committee called Just Courts For WV began running television ads earlier this week against Walker, according to documents with the Secretary of State’s office.
HUNTINGTON – The Judicial Investigation Commission has voted to dismiss the complaint against Cabell Circuit Judge Alfred E. Ferguson by the law partner of his election opponent. The commission voted 8-0 to unanimously dismiss the complaint against Ferguson, stating they found no merit or probable cause of a violation.
CHARLESTON – A dozen years after his first campaign for the state Supreme Court, Brent Benjamin says a lot of things are different this year on the campaign trail.
MORGANTOWN – For 36 years, the West Virginia State Bar and West Virginia University College of Law worked together to manage the primary continuing legal education program for lawyers who practice in the state.
MOUNDSVILLE – The West Virginia State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin for re-election to the Supreme Court.
