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The budget dog bites back: Ousted House Finance chair spoils GOP vote in Wood County

States Newsroom · November 4, 2026

Ousted House Finance Chair Vernon Criss appears to have handed his delegate seat off to a Democrat after launching a kamikaze-style write-in campaign in the GOP stronghold of Wood County. Democrat Dennis Rempel, a retired federal employee, defeated Republican nominee Charles Hartzog for the House District 12 race in…

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The budget dog bites back: Ousted House Finance chair spoils GOP vote in Wood County

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