It was the first of it's kind in Wood County, the Democratic Convention at the Donald F. Black Courthouse Annex Saturday.

About a hundred Democrats came out to elect the 80 delegates and Convention Chair who will go on to the Democratic State Convention.

Thirty-two of the delegates are men and forty-eight are women. Walt Auvil was elected Convention Chair and 15 people were approved alternates.

They will go to the State Convention in Charleston in June.

"Wood County will have a voice in picking six delegates, three men and three women to go to the National," said Walt Auvil, Wood County Democratic Party Chair.

"Wood County actually has the most voice in that because we have the largest number of delegates to the State Convention at 80 more than any other county in the first district."

Auvil said since Wood County voted so heavily for Governor Manchin they were allotted more delegates.

Auvil said no matter what, only delegates committed to the candidate who wins the primary can go to the National Convention in August.

For more information click on the link with this story to the West Virginia Democratic Party Web site.

****The following is a list of Wood County Delegates voted as Delegates to the State Convention in no particular order:

Walt, Auvil, Jean Grapes, Carol Sams, Kim Wilson, Sheila Hunley, Tandra Mays, Michele Rusen, Lyn Westbrook, Catherine Roedersheimer, Linda Riggs, Sharon Wilson, Sarah Townsend, Cynthia Pyles, Margaret Watzek, Johnnie Williams, Nancy Stephens, Barbara Maki, Jennie McAtee, Judith Bonser, Lisa Alfred, Janet Farley, Sandra Cowan, Janet Frazier, Frances Ball, Helen Eddy, Mary Jo Blythe, Jeffrey Gunnoe, Ottie Metz, Kevin Kaufman, James Ball, Harold Brown, Ralph Stanley, Dennis Kennedy, Dave Shelene, Lonnie Long, Dan Poling, Fred Voshel, Joe Kiger, Charles Webb, Carl Butcher, William Farley, Oral Ball, Charles Meyers, James Slate, Jennings Eddy, David Daniels, Don Griffith, Robert Friend, Brian Raitz, Charles Corra, Jim Marion, Kevin McCaffrey, Laura Garcia, LeAnne Brown, Kathryn Drost, Neva Bock, Linda Angelo, Ann Landon, Peg Griffith, Janice Coffey, Jorie Kennedy, Marianne Bennett, Lucille Morales, Lorraine Metz, Rhonda McNamara, Judith Barrl, MaryLee Armentrout, Amanda Moler, Kay Dunn, Brenda Brum, Debra Hendershot, Marcie Ankrom, Darlene Kiger, Dolores Townsend, Emogene Ford, Floyd Villers, Harold Bock, Travis Bock, Dale Lowther, Jeff Sandy, Wayne Dunn.

Alternates: Karen Campbell, Loretta Knight, Linda Meyers, Tracie Villers, Van Angelo, Sharon Lynch, Dave Williams, Gary Prater, William Butler, Steve Mestamacher, Joyce Mestamacher, Tim Fittro, Bill Cowan, John Gainer, Sherri Daniels, Megan Deel, Ricky, Deel, Barb Sullivan.

* Walt Auvil and Jean Grapes are members of the WV State Executive Committee and will go as delegates to the State Convention but do not count against the total allowed.