Thorne to take Trump’s State Senate seat, GOP to select delegate for 89th district

Hampshire County State Delegate Darren Thorne has been appointed to fill the State Senate seat left vacant by Charles Trump IV, who has been elected to serve on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Trump resigned from his State Senate seat on December 10 and became effective that day. He reportedly was sworn in as a member of the Supreme Court that same day to begin a 12-year term.

The West…