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08 Nov

Darrell McGraw failed to gain reelection to the State Supreme Court

Darrell Vivian McGraw Jr, born November 8, 1936, in Wyoming County, served one term on the Supreme Court of Appeals and five terms at attorney general. He was educated in local public schools and at Pineville High School and at Berea Academy, Kent...

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