The top four finishers in each party go on to the general election in November, when they will face off for four seats.
With all precincts reporting unofficial results, Charlene Marshall was the top vote-getter in the Democratic field with 9,369 (25 percent). The rest of the winners were Barbara Evans Fleischauer with 8,797 votes (23.47 percent); Alex Shook with 7,684 votes (20.5 percent); and Bob Beach with 7,039 votes (18.78 percent).
Challenger Steven Fumich received 4,585 votes (12.24 percent), not enough to put him into the general election.
Cindy Frich and Harry Bertram ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Frich received 3,063 votes (62.7 percent), and Bertram received 1,822 (37.3 percent).
Fleischauer said she was excited by the prospect of having all four incumbents go back to Charleston.
She said health care and the economy will be major issues for voters this time around. She also said that gas prices will take center stage.
"I felt good about how the four of us worked together, and it would be nice to continue that teamwork," Fleischauer said. "It would be really nice if we can move forward. It's on to the general."
Shook said all four incumbents represent Monongalia County well and he hopes to continue to do that after the general election. He said all of the candidates were solid, and that the best thing for the county will be to send all of the incumbents back to Charleston.
Shook said education and energy issues will be important to voters. But he said the most important thing will be to deal with transportation.
"I think... the big elephant out there is that we need to deal with transportation issues," Shook said. "We're going to have to educate people to get them to buy into the concept that it's going to take a local effort in addition to the state effort to solve the transportation issues in Monongalia County."
Fumich said he ran to show that the incumbents shouldn't get a free ride into the general election. He said that he hoped to represent people outside the Morgantown area.
Reached in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Fumich said that now he can relax and have fun.
"I just wanted to get out there and show people that it just didn't have to be the incumbents running," Fumich said. "It's my duty as a West Virginia taxpayer to run for an office and do public service. It was a good run, but I'm done now."
Beach said that as in every race, he took this one very seriously, and he's glad to have made it through the primary. He said he hopes voters will elect him in the general election.
Beach said transportation will be center stage for Monongalia County voters in November. He said he plans to unveil new legislation that could help local voters come up with money for roads.
"You will not be able to get the dollars from Charleston," he said. "We'll have to address this locally."
Frich said the state's gasoline tax is hurting drivers. She said she wants to ensure that another user fee proposal does not get floated by local leaders.
Frich said that local lawmakers need to stand up for the county when it comes to getting road dollars.
"We're not getting a lot of assistance in Monongalia County," Frich said. "First of all, you have to stand up against these measures when the votes are taken."
Marshall and Bertram could not be reached by press time.