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An at-large Marietta Council candidate has had to withdraw from the ballot.
Marjorie Bevans, the at-large Marietta Council candidate, has had to withdraw from the ballot.
Bevans is an Episcopal priest, and served as the rector for Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd in Parkersburg for the past 12 years. She withdrew from the ballot due to her transfer to St. Michael's of the Valley Episcopal Church in Rector, Pa.
The Washington County Republican Party Central Committee met Tuesday, according to the Central Committee Chair, Jim Huggins, to discuss and name the replacement for the ballot. The committee selected Ben Rutherford as the at-large Marietta Council candidate.
Rutherford is former principal of VERITAS and former Caldwell High School principal. According to his LinkedIn and ZoomInfo profiles, Rutherford graduated from Parkersburg High School, received his Bachelor's in Chemistry from West Virginia University, and received his Master's in Liberal Arts from St. John's College in Maryland.