CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Twitter has shut down accounts set up in the names of West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw and state Sen. Walt Helmick after Democratic Party officials complained they were fakes.

The social networking service has also suspended at least three other accounts operated by West Virginia Republicans as the general election season heats up.

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