{"id":2246249,"date":"2024-05-16T17:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-secretary-of-state-candidate-loses-primary-and-gets-bitten-by-snake-while-removing-campaign-signs\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:18:08","slug":"west-virginia-secretary-of-state-candidate-loses-primary-and-gets-bitten-by-snake-while-removing-campaign-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-secretary-of-state-candidate-loses-primary-and-gets-bitten-by-snake-while-removing-campaign-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate for West Virginia Secretary of State loses primary and gets bitten by snake removing signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwest-virginia-secretary-of-state-candidate-loses-primary-and-gets-bitten-by-snake-while-removing-campaign-signs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Republican candidate for West Virginia Secretary of \u2063State was hospitalized after being bitten\u200b by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-maxine-waters-denies-encouraging-violence-against-trump-supporters-video\/\" title=\"Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters Denies Encouraging Violence Against Trump Supporters (VIDEO)\">venomous<\/a> copperhead\u2063 snakes\u2064 while removing campaign signs. Doug Skaff,\u200d who \u200cswitched from Democrat to Republican, came second in the primary. Passersby aided him and called for help. He is \u200dcurrently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawmaker-pushes-back-on-his-party-after-outrage-over-bill-banning-trans-treatments-for-minors\/\" title=\"Democrat Lawmaker Pushes Back On His Party After Outrage Over Bill Banning Trans Treatments For Minors\">receiving treatment<\/a> in a Charleston hospital. Your \u2063summary effectively\u200c captures \u200bthe key details of the\u2064 incident involving the\u2064 Republican \u2063candidate Doug\u200c Skaff in\u200b West Virginia. It \u2064highlights the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dad-helps-son-up-from-bike-wreck-notices-two-small-spots-on-his-skin-then-they-hear-a-deadly-rattle\/\" title=\"Father rescues son from bike accident, spots two marks on his skin, then they hear a lethal rattle.\">snake bites<\/a>, his\u200b political\u2063 affiliation switch,\u2063 performance\u200b in the primary, assistance from passersby, and current hospitalization status. Great\u200c job!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican<\/a> who was running for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/west-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>West Virginia<\/a> secretary of state has been hospitalized after suffering multiple snake bites while he removed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign<\/a> signs on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Doug Skaff, originally a Democrat in the state\u2019s House of Delegates who switched his affiliation to Republican to run, finished second in the Republican primary and is currently in a Charleston, West Virginia, hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Venomous copperhead snakes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/animals\/the-9-most-venomous-snakes-in-the-united-states.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>one<\/a> of the most venomous in the United States, bit Skaff in the left leg and right foot Wednesday, according to multiple reports, and he had to be helped by passersby who called for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just felt like something sharp, and then I grabbed my sign and it knocked me back,\u201d Skaff <a href=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2024\/05\/16\/skaff-hospitalized-after-being-bitten-by-snakes-while-taking-down-campaign-signs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cIt may take couple days till they get all this venom out to relieve the pressure on my muscle. Left leg from knees down completely swollen \u2014 can\u2019t touch it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hurts more than I\u2019ve had anything hurt me in my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doug Skaff trying to keep a positive attitude after being bitten three times by copperheads while removing campaign signs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IdiQDwk7vl\">pic.twitter.com\/IdiQDwk7vl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hoppy Kercheval (@HoppyKercheval) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoppyKercheval\/status\/1791092791298113929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Democratic Senate candidate Glenn Eliott, who won his primary and will face Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) in the West Virginia Senate general election, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElliottForWV\/status\/1791125979940770271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tweeted<\/a> his well wishes for Skaff.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia Democratic House Minority Whip Shawn Fluharty joked about the occurrence, saying he \u201ctried to warn him about the snakes in the grass when he joined the WV GOP.\u201d He later said he is friends with Skaff and that he is doing well as of about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Skaff told WV MetroNews that he needed to be treated in an ICU and will need more venom reversal medicine. <\/p>\n<p>Kris Warner, who beat Skaff in the primary 46% to 21%, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-primary-elections\/west-virginia-secretary-of-state-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>face<\/a> Thornton Cooper in the West Virginia secretary of state general election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A GOP candidate for West Virginia Secretary of State was hospitalized due to snake bites while removing campaign signs. Doug Skaff, a former Democrat in the House of Delegates who switched to the Republican party for the race, placed second in the primary and is now recovering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2246250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP100817127986-1024x592.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP100817127986-1024x592.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}