2022 West Virginia Senate election

Three members of the West Virginia Senate - two Democrats, and one Republican - did not run for re-election.

1. District 12: Mike Romano retired to run for Harrison County Commission.^[3]
2. District 13: Bob Beach retired.^[4]

1. District 14: David Sypolt retired.^[5]

1. District 1: Owens Brown lost renomination to former delegate Randy Swartzmiller.

1. District 7: Ron Stollings lost re-election to Mike Stuart.
2. District 8: Richard Lindsay lost re-election to Mark Hunt.
3. District 10: Stephen Baldwin lost re-election to Vince Deeds.
4. District 16: Hannah Geffert lost re-election to Jason Barrett.

In the West Virginia Senate, two members are elected from each of the 17 districts in staggered, four-year terms. In the 2022 cycle, nine Republican-held seats and eight Democrat-held seats were open for election. The names of members whose seats were up for election and their winning candidates are below.

The 2023 West Virginia Senate Presidential election was held on January 11, 2023.

On August 31, 2022, Republican senator and former chair of the Senate Education Committee Patricia Rucker announced that she would challenge incumbent president Craig Blair in the election.^[7] On November 22, Rucker withdrew her bid.^[8]

On December 4, 2022, Blair was renominated as President of the Senate, unopposed.^[9]

At the convening of the 86th Legislature on January 11, 2023, Blair was re-elected by acclamation.

In 2022, the Democrats, though defending fewer seats than the Republicans, had the majority of their caucus up for re-election, leaving them vulnerable to Republicans. Of the eight seats held by Democrats going into the election, all but one elected Republicans.

2022 West Virginia Senate election
Party		Races contested	Races won	Votes	Percentage	% change	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	17	16	307,201	67.01%	5.8%	23	30	7
	Democratic	12	1	131,305	28.64%	7.5%	11	4	7
	Libertarian	2	0	13,723	2.99%	2.3%	0	0
	Upwising WV	1	0	5,148	1.12%	1.1%	0	0
	Independent	1	0	1,085	0.24%	0.2%	0	0
Totals			17	458,462	100.00%	—	34	34	—
Turnout					39.76%	23.5%

During West Virginia's 85th Legislature (2021–2022), two senators resigned from their positions. According to §3-10-5 of West Virginia Code, vacancies in the Senate are filled through appointment by the Governor of one of three candidates chosen by the executive committee of the outgoing member's party.^[10] Below is a list of appointments made during the 85th Legislature.