By JOSELYN KING
The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register
(Intelligencer photo by Scott McCloskey)
WHEELING, W.Va — Former U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld said a teenage secret weapon and a “small army of volunteers” helped him win the West Virginia Senate 1st District seat in Tuesday’s general election.
Ihlenfeld, a Democrat, defeated Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns, R-Ohio. With 96 percent of the vote counted Tuesday night, unofficial results show Ihlenfeld garnering16,867 votes in the district; and Ferns, 14,857.
The 1st District includes Hancock, Brooke and Ohio counties, and a part of Marshall County.
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