W.Va. Del. Shawn Fluharty announces run for state Senate

The Intelligencer

Del. Shawn Fluharty wants to stay in Charleston as part of the West Virginia Legislature, but wants to change chambers.

Fluharty, D-Ohio announced Friday morning on “The Howard Monroe Show” that he will run for West Virginia Senate and the seat currently held by Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman, R-Ohio.

Fluharty, the minority whip in the House of Delegates, is a six-term delegate, having first won in 2014.

Chapman also faces a primary opponent this year in businessman Joe Eddy.