Editing Ohio County, West Virginia (section)

==Politics==
In the [[West Virginia Senate]], Ohio County is in the first Senate district, along with Hancock, Brooke, and part of Marshall counties. The district is represented by Laura Wakim Chapman (R-Wheeling) and [[Ryan Weld]] (R-Wellsburg).

In the [[West Virginia House of Delegates]], parts of Ohio County are represented by the third, fourth, and fifth House of Delegates districts. The third district is represented by Delegate Jimmy Willis (R-Brooke County). The fourth district is represented by Bill Flanigan (R-Wheeling). The fifth district is represented by Delegate [[Shawn Fluharty]] (D-Wheeling). All delegates to the state House serve two-year terms.

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Ohio County is part of the [[West Virginia's 2nd congressional district]], which includes nearly all of the northern part of the state. The current Representative is [[Alex Mooney]], a Republican from [[Charles Town, West Virginia|Charles Town]] in Jefferson County. West Virginia's two senators, who represent the entire state, are [[Shelley Moore Capito]] and [[Joe Manchin]], a Republican from [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]] and a Democrat from [[Fairmont, West Virginia|Fairmont]], respectively.

Although powerfully [[Southern Unionist|Unionist]] during the Civil War,<ref>Hinkle, Harlan H.; ''Grayback Mountaineers: The Confederate Face of Western Virginia'', p. 197 {{ISBN|0595268404}}</ref> Ohio County politics differs substantially from the two more northerly counties of the Northern Panhandle. The county was a competitive swing county for most of the period between Reconstruction and the end of the twentieth century, voting for the popular vote winner in every election except 1916, 1968 and 1976. Since 2000, like all of West Virginia, its conservative white voters have trended Republican due to a combination of declining unionization<ref>Schwartzman, Gabe; [http://www.dailyyonder.com/how-coalfields-went-gop/2015/01/13/7668/ ‘How Central Appalachia Went Right’]; ''Daily Yonder'', January 13, 2015.</ref> and differences with the Democratic Party's liberal views on social issues.<ref>Cohn, Nate; [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/upshot/southern-whites-loyalty-to-gop-nearing-that-of-blacks-to-democrats.html ‘Demographic Shift: Southern Whites’ Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats’], ''[[New York Times]]'', April 24, 2014.</ref> The trend in the county has been less extreme than in most counties of the state.
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