The U.S. state of West Virginia currently has seventeen state senate districts, each represented by two members of the West Virginia Senate.
Current districts and senators Each district sends two senators to Charleston. Black lines on the map indicate state and district boundaries, and gray lines indicate county boundaries.
District Party Memberup 2026 Party Memberup 2024 District map Counties represented 2022result 1st Laura Chapman Ryan Weld BrookeHancockMarshallOhio 2nd Charles H. Clements Chris Rose(Monongalia) DoddridgeMarionMarshallMonongaliaWetzelTyler 3rd Mike Azinger Donna Boley PleasantsRitchieWirtWood 4th Eric Tarr Amy Grady CabellJacksonMasonPutnam 5th Mike Woelfel Scott Fuller CabellWayne 6th Mark R. Maynard Craig A. Hart(Mingo) McDowellMercerMingoWayne 7th Michael B. Stuart Rupie Phillips BooneKanawhaLincolnLogan 8th Kevan Bartlett Glenn Jeffries ClayJacksonKanawhaPutnamRoane 9th Rollan Roberts Brian Helton(Fayette) FayetteRaleighWyoming 10th Vince Deeds Jack Woodrum FayetteGreenbrierMonroeNicholasSummers 11th Bill Hamilton Robert L. Karnes BarbourBraxtonPendletonPocahontasRandolphUpshurWebster 12th Ben Queen Patrick S. Martin CalhounGilmerHarrisonLewisTaylor 13th Mike Oliverio Joey Garcia MarionMonongalia 14th Jay Taylor Randy Smith GrantHardyMineralPrestonTaylorTucker 15th Darren Thorne Tom Willis BerkeleyHampshireMorgan 16th Jason Barrett Patricia Rucker BerkeleyJefferson 17th Tom Takubo Anne Charnock Kanawha
Historical and present district boundaries Below is a table of West Virginia's state senate district boundary maps, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in West Virginia in 1863 and between 1901 and the current boundaries as of August 2024 are shown. +Legend District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 District 11 District 12(from 1872) District 13(from 1891) District 14(from 1901) District 15(from 1901) District 16(from 1937) District 17(from 1964)
Year adopted Statewide map Notes Ref 1861 District boundaries as they were defined during the first West Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1861. Districts 10 and 11 were planned in the case of other counties joining the state. Only Frederick County in District 11 did not end up joining the state. 1872 District boundaries as they were defined during the second West Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1872. District 12 was added. 1891 District 13 was added. When Mingo County split off from Logan County in 1895, it remained in District 7. 1901 District boundaries as defined by House bill No. 235. Districts 14 and 15 were added. 1937 A new District 16 and 2 seats are added in the eastern panhandle of the state. 1951 1964 A new District 17 and 2 seats are added within District 8 in Kanawha County. District boundaries otherwise remain unchanged. 1982 Individual counties are split between multiple districts for the first time. 1992 2001 2011 District 8 and 17 are separated. 2021 Current boundaries as of May 2024.
See also West Virginia Senate
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