List of members of the 85th West Virginia Legislature explained

85th West Virginia Legislature
Before:84th
After:86th
Body:West Virginia Legislature
Term Start:December 1, 2020
Term End:December 1, 2022
Election:2020
Chamber2:House of Delegates
Membership2:100 delegates
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Roger Hanshaw (R)
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Speaker pro tempore
Chamber2 Leader2:Gary Howell (R)
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Majority leader
Chamber2 Leader3:Amy Summers (R)
Chamber2 Leader4:Doug Skaff (D)
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Minority leader
Control2:Republican
Chamber3:Senate
Membership3:34 senators
Chamber3 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber3 Leader1:Craig Blair (R)
Chamber3 Leader2 Type:President pro tempore
Chamber3 Leader2:Donna Boley (R)
Chamber3 Leader3 Type:Majority leader
Chamber3 Leader3:Tom Takubo (R)
Chamber3 Leader4 Type:Minority leader
Chamber3 Leader4:Stephen Baldwin (D)
Control3:Republican
Session1 Start:January 13, 2021
Session1 End:April 10, 2021
Session2 Start:January 12, 2022
Session2 End:March 12, 2022
Special Session1:June 7, 2021
Special Session2:June 24, 2021
Special Session3 Start:October 11, 2021
Special Session3 End:October 20, 2021
Special Session4 Start:January 10, 2022
Special Session4 End:January 11, 2022
Special Session5:April 25, 2022
Special Session6:July 25, 2022
Special Session7:September 12, 2022
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:Governor
Chamber1 Leader1:Jim Justice (R)

The 85th West Virginia Legislature was a meeting of the West Virginia Legislature whose membership consisted of those elected in the 2020 legislative elections. It lasted through two several month long regular sessions and seven special sessions in 2021 and 2022, ending with the 2022 legislative elections and the convening of the 86th Legislature. All members who served in this meeting of the Legislature are listed below.

Party summary

House of Delegates

Affiliation (Elected)Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total
DemocraticRepublican
85th Legislature Start2476100
December 11, 20202377[1] 100
January 9, 20212376[2] 99
January 27, 20212377[3] 100
May 12, 20212278[4] 100
July 30, 20212277[5] 99
August 19, 20212278[6] 100
November 5, 20212277[7] 99
November 24, 20212278[8] 100
December 13, 20212277[9] 99
December 21, 20212278[10] 100
June 1, 20222277[11] 99
June 14, 20222278[12] 100
August 8, 20222277[13] 99
August 19, 20222278[14] 100
85th Legislature End2278100
Latest voting share22%78%

Senate

Affiliation (Elected)Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total
DemocraticRepublican
85th Legislature Start112334
August 20, 202110[15] 2333
September 29, 202111[16] 2334
October 5, 202110[17] 2333
October 7, 202111[18] 2334
85th Legislature End112334
Latest voting share32%68%

House of Delegates

Party leadership

PositionNamePartyDistrictCounty
Speaker of the HouseRoger HanshawRepublican33rdClay
Speaker pro temporeGary HowellRepublican56thMineral
Majority LeaderAmy SummersRepublican49thTaylor
Minority LeaderDoug SkaffDemocratic35thKanawha
Majority WhipMarty GearheartRepublican27thMercer
Minority WhipShawn FluhartyDemocratic3rdOhio

Vacancies

!District!Vacated by!Reason for change!Successor!Date of appointment
19Derrick Evans (R)Resigned after having been federally charged for his involvement in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[19] Josh Booth (R)January 27, 2021
28Jeffrey Pack (R)Resigned after having been appointed Commissioner of the state Department of Health and Human Resources' Bureau for Social Services by Governor Jim Justice.[20] Jordan Maynor (R)August 19, 2021
13Joshua Higginbotham (R)Resigned after moving from his Putnam County district to Kanawha County.[21] Kathie Hess Crouse (R)November 24, 2021
42Barry Bruce (R)Resigned over health concerns.[22] Michael Honaker (R)December 21, 2021
22Joe Jeffries (R)Resigned to take a job out of state.[23] Jarred Cannon (R)June 14, 2022
35Larry Pack (R)Resigned to join the administration of Jim Justice as a senior advisor.[24] Andrew Anderson (R)August 19, 2022

Members

DistrictDelegatePartySinceResidenceCounties represented[25]
1Republican2014ChesterBrooke, Hancock
Republican2020Wierton
2Democratic2016FollansbeeBrooke, Ohio
3Democratic2014WheelingOhio
Republican2010Wheeling
4Republican2020MoundsvilleMarshall
Democratic2018Moundsville
5Democratic1998BurtonMonongalia, Wetzel
6Republican2018SistersvilleDoddridge, Pleasants, Tyler
7Republican2019St. MarysPleasants, Ritchie
8Republican1992WilliamstownWood
9Republican2020RockportWirt, Wood
10Republican2020ViennaWood
Republican2016Parkersburg
Republican2014Parkersburg
11Republican2020SpencerJackson, Roane
12Republican2012RipleyJackson
13Republican2016PocaJackson, Mason, Putnam
Republican2021Buffalo
Republican2020Point Pleasant
14Republican2020Point PleasantMason, Putnam
15Republican2014WinfieldPutnam
16Democratic2014HuntingtonCabell, Lincoln
Republican2018Milton
Republican2020Huntington
17Democratic2016HuntingtonCabell, Wayne
Republican2014Huntington
18Republican2018BarboursvilleCabell
19Republican2020PrichardWayne
Republican2021Ceredo
Democratic2020Kenova
20Democratic2018WilliamsonLogan, Mingo
21Republican2016GilbertMcDowell, Mingo, Wyoming
22Republican2018CullodenBoone, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam
Republican2022Hurricane
Republican2016Harts
23Republican2020AshfordBoone
24Republican2020LoganBoone, Logan, Wyoming
Republican2020Chapmanville
25Republican2016HanoverMcDowell, Mercer, Wyoming
26Democratic2016WelchMcDowell, Mercer
27Republican2010PrincetonMercer, Raleigh
Republican2020Bluefield
Republican2020Princeton
28Republican2012WaysideMonroe, Raleigh, Summers
Republican2018Cool Ridge
Republican2021Beaver
29Republican2018BeckleyRaleigh
30Democratic,
then
Republican		2014BeckleyRaleigh
31Republican2018BeckleyRaleigh, Wyoming
32Republican2014FayettevilleClay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh
Republican2020Oak Hill
Republican2014Mt. Hope
33Republican2014WallbackCalhoun, Clay, Gilmer
34Democratic1996GassawayBraxton, Gilmer
35Republican2020CharlestonKanawha
Republican2022Charleston
Republican2016Charleston
Democratic2018South Charleston
Democratic2020South Charleston
36Democratic2020CharlestonKanawha
Republican2020Charleston
Democratic2014Malden
37Democratic2014CharlestonKanawha
38Republican2017Cross LanesKanawha, Putnam
39Republican2020SissonvilleKanawha
40Republican2018ElkviewKanawha
41Republican2020SummersvilleGreenbrier, Nicholas
42Republican2020LewisburgGreenbrier, Monroe, Summers
Republican2021Lewisburg
Republican2020Caldwell
43Republican2020ElkinsPocahontas, Randolph
Democratic2018Elkins
44Republican2018FenwickNicholas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster
45Republican2018BuckhannonUpshur
46Republican2020HornerLewis, Upshur
47Republican2018BuckhannonBarbour, Tucker
48Republican2012Lost CreekHarrison, Taylor
Republican2020Bridgeport
Republican2016Bridgeport
Republican2020Shinnston
49Republican2014FlemingtonMarion, Monongalia, Taylor
50Democratic2020FairmontMarion
Republican2020Fairmont
Republican2020White Hall
51Democratic2006MorgantownMonongalia
Democratic2018Morgantown
Republican2020Core
Democratic2018Morgantown
Democratic2016Morgantown
52Republican2016KingwoodPreston
53Republican2017ThorntonPreston, Tucker
54Republican2018PetersburgGrant, Mineral, Pendleton
55Republican2020FisherHardy, Pendleton
56Republican2010KeyserMineral
57Republican2004PointsHampshire, Mineral
58Republican2020Berkeley SpringsHampshire, Morgan
59Republican2020HedgesvilleBerkeley, Morgan
60Republican2020GerrardstownBerkeley
61Democratic,
then
Republican		2016MartinsburgBerkeley
62Republican2020Falling WatersBerkeley
63Republican2018ShepherdstownBerkeley
64Republican2010MartinsburgBerkeley
65Republican2020Charles TownJefferson
66Republican2012Charles TownJefferson
67Democratic2018ShepherdstownJefferson

Senate

Party leadership

PositionNamePartyDistrictCounty
Senate President/Lieutenant GovernorCraig BlairRepublican15thBerkeley
President pro temporeDonna BoleyRepublican3rdPleasants
Majority LeaderTom TakuboRepublican17thKanawha
Minority LeaderStephen BaldwinDemocratic10thGreenbrier
Majority WhipRyan WeldRepublican1stBrooke
Minority WhipMike WoelfelDemocratic5thCabell

Vacancies

DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of appointment
1William J. Ihlenfeld II (D)Resigned after being appointed as United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia by President Joe Biden.[26] Owens Brown (D)October 7, 2021
16John Unger (D)Resigned after having been elected as a Berkeley County magistrate.[27] Hannah Geffert (D)September 29, 2021

Members

DistrictSenatorPartySinceResidenceCounties represented[28]
1Democratic2018WheelingBrooke, Hancock, Ohio, Marshall
Democratic2021Wheeling
Republican2016Wellsburg
2Republican2016New MartinsvilleCalhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ritchie, Tyler, Wetzel
Republican2016Glen Dale
3Republican2016ViennaPleasants, Roane, Wirt, Wood
Republican1985St. Marys
4Republican2020LeonJackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane
Republican2018Scott Depot
5Democratic1992HuntingtonCabell, Wayne
Democratic2014Huntington
6Republican2014GenoaMcDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wayne
Republican2016Bluefield
7Republican2020LoradoBoone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne
Democratic2006Madison
8Democratic2016Red HouseKanawha, Putnam
Democratic2018Charleston
9Republican2018BeaverMcDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming
Republican2020Maben
10Democratic2017RonceverteFayette, Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers
Republican2020Hinton
11Republican2018BuckhannonGrant, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster
Republican2020Helvetia
12Patrick S. MartinRepublican2020Jane LewBraxton, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis
Democratic2014Bridgeport
13Democratic2010MorgantownMarion, Monongalia
Democratic2020Rivesville
14Republican2016ThomasBarbour, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Monongalia, Preston, Taylor, Tucker
Republican2006Kingwood
15Republican2012MartinsburgBerkeley, Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan
Republican2014Berkeley Springs
16Democratic1998MartinsburgBerkeley, Jefferson
Democratic2021Martinsburg
Republican2016Harpers Ferry
17Republican2020CharlestonKanawha
Republican2014Charleston

See also

References

  1. [Jason Barrett (West Virginia politician)|Jason Barrett]
  2. [Derrick Evans (politician)|Derrick Evans]
  3. [Josh Booth (politician)|Josh Booth]
  4. [Mick Bates (West Virginia politician)|Mick Bates]
  5. [Jeffrey Pack]
  6. [Jordan Maynor]
  7. [Joshua Higginbotham]
  8. [Kathie Hess Crouse]
  9. Barry Bruce (District 42) resigned over health concerns.
  10. [Michael Honaker]
  11. [Joe Jeffries]
  12. [Jarred Cannon]
  13. [Larry Pack]
  14. [Andrew Anderson (West Virginia politician)|Andrew Anderson]
  15. [John Unger]
  16. [Hannah Geffert]
  17. [William J. Ihlenfeld II]
  18. [Owens Brown]
  19. Web site: McElhinny . Brad . 2021-01-09 . Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol with mob . 2023-12-25 . WV MetroNews . en-US.
  20. Web site: Staff Reports . 2021-07-22 . Del. Jeffrey Pack named commissioner for West Virginia DHHR’s new Bureau for Social Services . 2023-12-25 . WV News . en.
  21. Web site: Associated Press . 2021-11-09 . W.Va. lawmaker resigns after moving to another county . 2023-12-25 . en.
  22. Web site: McElhinny . Brad . 2021-12-13 . Delegate Barry Bruce resigns, citing health needs . 2023-12-25 . WV MetroNews . en-US.
  23. Web site: McElhinny . Brad . 2022-06-09 . Delegate Joe Jeffries, who stirred controversy with saucy video, has resigned his seat early . 2023-12-25 . WV MetroNews . en-US.
  24. Web site: Larry Pack to join Gov. Justice’s Administration as Senior Advisor . 2023-12-25 . governor.wv.gov . en-us.
  25. Web site: Senate District Maps - 2010 Plan . 7 July 2016 . West Virginia Legislature.
  26. Web site: 2021-10-12 . Northern District of West Virginia William J. Ihlenfeld, II sworn in as United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia United States Department of Justice . 2023-12-26 . www.justice.gov . en.
  27. Web site: Staff . MetroNews . 2021-08-13 . Unger leaving Senate to do 'greatest good' as magistrate . 2023-12-26 . WV MetroNews . en-US.
  28. Web site: Senate District Maps – 2010 Plan . 7 July 2016 . West Virginia Legislature.

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