List of members of the 79th West Virginia Senate explained

This List of members of the Senate for the 79th West Virginia Legislature is current as of May 2010.

Leadership of the 79th West Virginia Senate

Position	Name	Party	District	County
President of the Senate(de jure)/Governor(since November 15, 2010)			7	Logan Co.
President Pro Tempore (de facto Senate President since November 15, 2010)			12	Harrison Co.
			6	Mingo Co.
	Mike Hall		4	Putnam Co.
			2	Marshall Co.
	Clark S. Barnes		15	Randolph Co.

Members of the 79th West Virginia Senate

District	Senator	Party	County(ies)
1	Edwin Bowman		Democratic	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio
	Jack Yost		Democratic
2	Larry J. Edgell	Democratic	Calhoun, Doddridge, Marion (part), Marshall, Monongalia (part), Ritchie, Tyler, Wetzel
	Jeffrey V. Kessler	Democratic
3	Donna J. Boley	Republican	Pleasants, Roane (part), Wirt, Wood
	Frank Deem	Republican
4	Karen L. Facemyer	Republican	Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane (part)
	Mike Hall	Republican
5	Evan Jenkins	Democratic	Cabell, Wayne (part)
	Robert H. Plymale	Democratic
6	H. Truman Chafin	Democratic	McDowell, Mercer (part), Mingo (part), Wayne (part)
		Democratic
7	Ron Stollings	Democratic	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne (part)
	Earl Ray Tomblin	Democratic
8/17		Dan Foster		Democratic	Kanawha
	Brooks McCabe	Democratic
	Corey Palumbo	Democratic
		Democratic
9	Richard Browning	Democratic	Raleigh, Wyoming (part)
	Mike Green	Democratic
10	John Shott^[1]	Republican	Fayette (part), Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers
	Jesse O. Guills	Republican
11	William R. Laird, IV	Democratic	Fayette (part), Clay, Nicholas, Upshur, Webster
	Randy White	Democratic
12	Douglas E. Facemire	Democratic	Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis
	Joseph M. Minard	Democratic
13	Michael Oliverio II	Democratic	Marion (part), Monongalia (part)
	Roman W. Prezioso, Jr.	Democratic
14		David Sypolt		Republican	Barbour, Grant (part), Mineral (part), Monongalia (part), Preston, Taylor
	Bob Williams	Democratic
15		Clark S. Barnes		Republican	Berkeley, Grant (part), Hardy, Hampshire, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur (part)
	Walt Helmick	Democratic
16		Herb Snyder		Democratic	Berkeley (part), Jefferson
	John Unger	Democratic

Composition of the 79th West Virginia Senate

2009–2011:

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	26 (76%)
	Republican Party	8 (24%)
Total		34
Majority		18

See also

• West Virginia Senate
• List of presidents of the West Virginia Senate
• List of members of the 78th West Virginia Senate

External links

• West Virginia Legislature Homepage
• Senate District Map
• WV Secretary of State – 2008 State Senate Returns (PDF)
• WV Secretary of State – 2006 State Senate Returns (PDF)

Notes and References

1. appointed May 25, 2010 to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Don Caruth who died May 1, 2010