(Journal photo by Chris Jackson) Two of the three newly elected Berkeley County Council members Doug Copenhaver, left, and Jim Whitacre, stand outside the Berkeley County Courthouse following election results in Martinsburg on Tuesday. Elaine Mauck was also elected to the Berkley County Council.

(Chronicle photo by Tricia Fulks) A crowd of candidates and citizens flood the foyer of the courthouse to watch and listen as midterm results were announced.

(Chronicle photo by Tricia Fulks) Employees from the county clerk’s office open a ballot box to begin counting votes.