Fayette senate candidate removed from ballot following lawsuit

Love suspends campaign following challenge to constitutional eligibility

CHARLESTON, WV (WOAY) – State Senator Vince Deeds has filed an emergency petition with the Kanawha County Circuit Court, asking the court to find Robert Shirley Love constitutionally ineligible to run and remove him from the ballot. Love was running against Deeds in the Republican primary for the tenth senatorial district. In the petition, deeds asked that Love’s certification be withdraw and his name removed from the ballot. It also asks the co…

Fayette senate candidate removed from ballot following lawsuit

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A lawsuit filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court seeks to remove a candidate from the ballot in the upcoming West Virginia Senate primary election for the 10th District. State Sen. Vince Deeds, R-Greenbrier, filed the petition earlier this month, alleging that Dr. Robert Shirley Love does not meet the residency requirements outlined in the West Virginia Constitution and is therefore ineligible to run for the seat. Wes…