List of West Virginia Senate districts

West Virginia's Senate districts since 2021

The U.S. state of West Virginia currently has seventeen state senate districts, each represented by two members of the West Virginia Senate.

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	Member up 2026 (Home county)^[1]	Party	Member up 2024 (Home county)^[1]	Counties represented^[2]	2022 result
1st	Republican	Laura Chapman (Ohio)	Republican	Ryan Weld (Brooke)	Brooke Hancock Marshall Ohio	R+21.0
2nd	Republican	Charles H. Clements (Wetzel)	Republican	Chris Rose (Monongalia)	Doddridge Marion Marshall Monongalia Wetzel Tyler	R+25.0
3rd	Republican	Mike Azinger (Wood)	Republican	Donna Boley (Pleasants)	Pleasants Ritchie Wirt Wood	R+31.4
4th	Republican	Eric Tarr (Putnam)	Republican	Amy Grady (Mason)	Cabell Jackson Mason Putnam	R+100.0
5th	Democratic	Mike Woelfel (Cabell)	Democratic	Scott Fuller (Wayne)	Cabell Wayne	D+8.0
6th	Republican	Mark R. Maynard (Wayne)	Republican	Craig A. Hart (Mingo)	McDowell Mercer Mingo Wayne	R+46.8
7th	Republican	Michael B. Stuart (Kanawha)	Republican	Rupie Phillips (Logan)	Boone Kanawha Lincoln Logan	R+16.4
8th	Republican	Kevan Bartlett (Kanawha)	Republican	Glenn Jeffries (Putnam)	Clay Jackson Kanawha Putnam Roane	R+13.6
9th	Republican	Rollan Roberts (Raleigh)	Republican	Brian Helton (Fayette)	Fayette Raleigh Wyoming	R+56.2
10th	Republican	Vince Deeds (Greenbrier)	Republican	Jack Woodrum (Summers)	Fayette Greenbrier Monroe Nicholas Summers	R+20.8
11th	Republican	Bill Hamilton (Upshur)	Republican	Robert L. Karnes (Randolph)	Barbour Braxton Pendleton Pocahontas Randolph Upshur Webster	R+100.0
12th	Republican	Ben Queen (Harrison)	Republican	Patrick S. Martin (Lewis)	Calhoun Gilmer Harrison Lewis Taylor	R+37.4
13th	Republican	Mike Oliverio (Monongalia)	Democratic	Joey Garcia (Marion)	Marion Monongalia	R+0.6
14th	Republican	Jay Taylor (Taylor)	Republican	Randy Smith (Preston)	Grant Hardy Mineral Preston Taylor Tucker	R+52.4
15th	Republican	Darren Thorne (Morgan)	Republican	Tom Willis (Berkeley)	Berkeley Hampshire Morgan	R+60.8
16th	Republican	Jason Barrett (Berkeley)	Republican	Patricia Rucker (Jefferson)	Berkeley Jefferson	R+21.0
17th	Republican	Tom Takubo (Kanawha)	Republican	Anne Charnock (Kanawha)	Kanawha	R+17.0

Year adopted	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.	^[3]
1872	District boundaries as they were defined during the second West Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1872. District 12 was added.	^[4]
1891	District 13 was added. When Mingo County split off from Logan County in 1895, it remained in District 7.	^[5]^[6]
1901	District boundaries as defined by House bill No. 235. Districts 14 and 15 were added.	^[7]
1937	A new District 16 and 2 seats are added in the eastern panhandle of the state.	^[8]
1951
1964	A new District 17 and 2 seats are added within District 8 in Kanawha County. District boundaries otherwise remain unchanged.	^[9]
1982	Individual counties are split between multiple districts for the first time.	^[10]
1992
2001
2011	District 8 and 17 are separated.	^[11]
2021	Current boundaries as of May 2024.	^[12]

v t e West Virginia Legislature districts
Senate	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
House of Delegates	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

v t e Members of the West Virginia Senate
87th West Virginia Legislature (2025–2026) President of the Senate Randy Smith (R) President pro tempore Donna Boley (R) Majority Leader Patrick Martin (R) Minority Leader Mike Woelfel (D)
1. ▌Laura Chapman (R) ⎣ ▌Ryan Weld (R) 2. ▌Charles Clements (R) ⎣ ▌Chris Rose (R) 3. ▌Mike Azinger (R) ⎣ ▌Donna Boley (R) 4. ▌Eric Tarr (R) ⎣ ▌Amy Grady (R) 5. ▌Mike Woelfel (D) ⎣ ▌Scott Fuller (R) 6. ▌Mark R. Maynard (R) ⎣ ▌Craig Hart (R) 7. ▌Zack Maynard ⎣ ▌Rupie Phillips (R) 8. ▌T. Kevan Bartlett (R) ⎣ ▌Glenn Jeffries (R) 9. ▌Rollan Roberts (R) ⎣ ▌Brian Helton (R) 10. ▌Vince Deeds (R) ⎣ ▌Jack Woodrum (R) 11. ▌Bill Hamilton (R) ⎣ ▌Robbie Morris (R) 12. ▌Ben Queen (R) ⎣ ▌Patrick S. Martin (R) 13. ▌Mike Oliverio (R) ⎣ ▌Joey Garcia (D) 14. ▌Jay Taylor (R) ⎣ ▌Randy Smith (R) 15. ▌Darren Thorne (R) ⎣ ▌Tom Willis (R) 16. ▌Jason Barrett (R) ⎣ ▌Patricia Rucker (R) 17. ▌Tom Takubo (R) ⎣ ▌Anne Charnock (R)
▌Republican (32) ▌Democratic (2) West Virginia Legislature House Senate List of districts List of past legislatures

List of West Virginia Senate districts

Historical and present district boundaries

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