Election 2008: State Senate

* Senate Judiciary Chairman Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, had weighed a Supreme Court run in 2008 but will instead seek re-election to his current seat, The Intelligencer of Wheeling reports.

* Republican Bob Adams may drop out of the 2008 governor's race and instead vie to succeed Sen. John Yoder, R-Jefferson, who is aiming for a circuit judge seat next year.

"We’re keeping all of our options open. Sen. Yoder’s announcement was unexpected, at least unexpected by me, and we are giving it serious consideration,” Adams told The Journal of Martinsburg.