Flanigan, Kirkpatrick win WV Supreme Court seats over Morrisey appointees

By: Lori Kersey

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 626

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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West Virginia Del. Bill Flanigan and retired Circuit Court Judge H.L. Kirkpatrick have won their elections to the division 2 and division 1 seats on the West Virginia Supreme Court, beating out Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s picks for the seats.

As of around 10:25 p.m. Tuesday, when the Associated Press called the race, Flanigan had pulled in 112,890 votes, over Justice Thomas Ewing, whom Gov. Patrick Morrisey appointed to the role in August. Ewing had …

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