The president of West Virginia's largest gun-lobbying group has been appointed to fill the seat of a lawmaker-elect who was ...

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Fluharty said the state constitution holds that a lawmaker-elect must refuse ... changed his party to Democrat the day before his arrest. West Virginia's Constitution states that vacancies must ...

(AP) — A newly elected state lawmaker in West Virginia is facing at least one felony and is accused of making terroristic threats. Joseph de Soto, 61, was arrested by state police Thursday in ...

West Virginia Lawmakers Oust Delegate-Elect on House Arrest Who Made Terroristic Threats CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia delegate-elect was ousted Wednesday while confined to his house ...