The Latest: Ihlenfeld unseats Senate Majority Leader Ferns
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on the general election in West Virginia (all times local):11:45 p.m.
Democrat Bill Ihlenfeld has unseated West Virginia Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns.
Ihlenfeld is a former U.S. attorney for West Virginia's northern district who was endorsed by the West Virginia Federation of Teachers in his first run for political office.
Ferns is a Republican from Ohio County who came under scrutiny during a nine-day teachers strike last winter. At one point Ferns tabled a vote on whether state teachers deserved a 5 percent raise, which they eventually won.
The 35-year-old Ferns served two terms in the Senate.___11:10 p.m.