Roop wins re-election, defeats Baisden in House of Delegates District 44

BECKLEY, WV (WOAY) – Delegate Bill Roop has won another term in the House of Delegates for District 44.

According to the Associated Press, Roop defeated Democrat Christina Baisden, a community activist and organizer, by roughly three hundred votes.

Baisden won the Democratic nomination in May after defeating Tristin Kinningham. Roop ran unopposed in the Republican primary.