West Virginia GOP Candidate For Sec Of State Bitten By Venomous Copperhead Snakes After Losing His Primary

The Washington Examiner reports:

A Republican who was running for West Virginia secretary of state has been hospitalized after suffering multiple snake bites while he removed campaign signs on Wednesday.

Doug Skaff, originally a Democrat in the state’s 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.

Venomous copperhead snakes, one 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.

Read the full article. Skaff will remain in the ICU for several days while he’s treated with “venom reversal” medication.

Former local lawmaker and West Virginia secretary of state candidate Doug Skaff is hospitalized after he was bitten by two copperhead snakes.https://t.co/jrW9DTGbZB

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