| Ryan Ferns | |
| Office: | Majority Leader of the West Virginia Senate |
| Term Start: | January 11, 2017 |
| Term End: | January 9, 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Mitch Carmichael |
| Successor: | Tom Takubo |
| State Senate1: | West Virginia |
| District1: | 1st |
| Term Start1: | January 14, 2015 |
| Term End1: | January 9, 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Rocky Fitzsimmons |
| Successor1: | William J. Ihlenfeld II |
| State Delegate2: | West Virginia |
| District2: | 3rd |
| Term Start2: | January 12, 2011 |
| Term End2: | January 14, 2015 |
| Birth Name: | Ryan James Ferns |
| Birth Date: | 2 December 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Education: | Wheeling Jesuit University (BS, DPT) |
Ryan James Ferns (born December 2, 1982) is an American politician from the state of West Virginia. He was a member of the West Virginia Senate for the 1st district. Ferns was defeated for reelection in 2018 by Democratic candidate William J. Ihlenfeld II.[1]
Ferns was first elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2010, as a member of the Democratic Party.
On April 20, 2012, he was arrested for drunken driving in Wheeling, Virginia. On April 23, 2012, he entered a guilty plea and paid a $500 fine. Ferns' blood-alcohol level was 0.22, nearly three times West Virginia's legal limit.[2] That year, he was reelected by 280 votes. He switched his allegiance to the Republican Party in November 2013.
In 2014, he challenged Democrat Rocky Fitzsimmons in an election to the West Virginia Senate. Ferns narrowly defeated Fitzsimmons. He was chosen as the West Virginia Senate Majority Leader in December 2016.[3]
In 2018, Ferns was defeated for reelection by former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia William J. Ihlenfeld II.