| Mike Woelfel | |
| Office: | Minority Leader of the West Virginia Senate |
| Term Start: | January 11, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Stephen Baldwin |
| State Senate2: | West Virginia |
| District2: | 5th |
| Alongside2: | Robert H. Plymale |
| Term Start2: | December 1, 2014 |
| Predecessor2: | Evan Jenkins |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Huntington, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Julia Woelfel |
| Children: | 2 |
| Education: | Marshall University (BA) West Virginia University (JD) |
Mike Woelfel is a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate representing the 5th district.[1] The 5th district includes all of Cabell County and a small portion of northern Wayne County.[2] In 2022, Woelfel was chosen as Minority Leader of the Senate.[3]
Woelfel was first elected in 2014 to succeed Evan Jenkins who left the Democratic Party and chose to run for Congress as a Republican. Woelfel's victory was a rare pick up for the Democratic Party during a year that otherwise saw major Republican gains in West Virginia.[4] In 2020, Woelfel was appointed as Minority Whip for the Senate Democratic caucus.[5] Two years later, Woelfel became the Minority Leader after his predecessor, Stephen Baldwin, lost re-election.
Woelfel maintains a private personal injury law firm with his son, Matthew Woelfel.[6] Prior to his time in the Senate, Woelfel served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Cabell County and was appointed, on a part-time basis, to a juvenile judicial office for the Supreme Court of Appeals. He also served as an adjunct professor at Marshall University.[7]