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13 Mar

The House of Delegates chose Lew McManus to succeed Ivor Boiarsky as speaker of the House of Delegates

The House of Delegates is the lower chamber of the West Virginia legislature and the larger of the two legislative bodies. To be eligible for election to the House, a person must be of voting age and a resident of the district for at least one yea...

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