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List of members of the 85th West Virginia Legislature

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85th West Virginia Legislature
84th 86th
Overview
Legislative bodyWest Virginia Legislature
TermDecember 1, 2020 – December 1, 2022
Election2020
GovernorJim Justice (R)
House of Delegates
Members100 delegates
SpeakerRoger Hanshaw (R)
Speaker pro temporeGary Howell (R)
Majority leaderAmy Summers (R)
Minority leaderDoug Skaff (D)
Party controlRepublican
Senate
Members34 senators
PresidentCraig Blair (R)
President pro temporeDonna Boley (R)
Majority leaderTom Takubo (R)
Minority leaderStephen Baldwin (D)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 13, 2021 – April 10, 2021
2ndJanuary 12, 2022 – March 12, 2022
Special sessions
1stJune 7, 2021
2ndJune 24, 2021
3rdOctober 11, 2021 – October 20, 2021
4thJanuary 10, 2022 – January 11, 2022
5thApril 25, 2022
6thJuly 25, 2022
7thSeptember 12, 2022

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

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House of Delegates

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Affiliation (Elected) Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
85th Legislature Start 24 76 100
December 11, 2020 23 77[hod 1] 100
January 9, 2021 23 76[hod 2] 99
January 27, 2021 23 77[hod 3] 100
May 12, 2021 22 78[hod 4] 100
July 30, 2021 22 77[hod 5] 99
August 19, 2021 22 78[hod 6] 100
November 5, 2021 22 77[hod 7] 99
November 24, 2021 22 78[hod 8] 100
December 13, 2021 22 77[hod 9] 99
December 21, 2021 22 78[hod 10] 100
June 1, 2022 22 77[hod 11] 99
June 14, 2022 22 78[hod 12] 100
August 8, 2022 22 77[hod 13] 99
August 19, 2022 22 78[hod 14] 100
85th Legislature End 22 78 100
Latest voting share 22% 78%
  1. ^ Jason Barrett (District 61) switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.
  2. ^ Derrick Evans (District 19) resigned after being federally charged for his participation in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
  3. ^ Josh Booth (District 19) appointed to fill the vacancy left by Derrick Evans.
  4. ^ Mick Bates (District 30) switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.
  5. ^ Jeffrey Pack (District 28) resigned to become the Commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau for Social Services.
  6. ^ Jordan Maynor (District 28) appointed to fill the vacancy left by Jeffrey Pack.
  7. ^ Joshua Higginbotham (District 13) resigned after moving from his Putnam County residence to Kanawha County.
  8. ^ Kathie Hess Crouse (District 13) appointed to fill the vacancy left by Joshua Higginbotham.
  9. ^ Barry Bruce (District 42) resigned over health concerns.
  10. ^ Michael Honaker (District 42) appointed to fill the vacancy left by Barry Bruce.
  11. ^ Joe Jeffries (District 22) resigned to take a job out of state.
  12. ^ Jarred Cannon (District 22) appointed to fill the vacancy left by Joe Jeffries.
  13. ^ Larry Pack (District 35) resigned to join the Justice Administration as a senior advisor.
  14. ^ Andrew Anderson (District 35) appointed to fill the vacancy left by Larry Pack.

Senate

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Affiliation (Elected) Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
85th Legislature Start 11 23 34
August 20, 2021 10[sen 1] 23 33
September 29, 2021 11[sen 2] 23 34
October 5, 2021 10[sen 3] 23 33
October 7, 2021 11[sen 4] 23 34
85th Legislature End 11 23 34
Latest voting share 32% 68%
  1. ^ John Unger (District 16) resigned to become a Berkeley County magistrate.
  2. ^ Hannah Geffert (District 16) appointed to fill the vacancy left by John Unger.
  3. ^ William J. Ihlenfeld II (District 1) resigned to become a District Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia.
  4. ^ Owens Brown (District 1) appointed to fill the vacancy left by William Ihlenfeld.

House of Delegates

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Party leadership

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Position Name Party District County
Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw Republican 33rd Clay
Speaker pro tempore Gary Howell Republican 56th Mineral
Majority Leader Amy Summers Republican 49th Taylor
Minority Leader Doug Skaff Democratic 35th Kanawha
Majority Whip Marty Gearheart Republican 27th Mercer
Minority Whip Shawn Fluharty Democratic 3rd Ohio

Vacancies

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District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of appointment
19 Derrick Evans (R) Resigned after having been federally charged for his involvement in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[1] Josh Booth (R) January 27, 2021
28 Jeffrey 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.[2] Jordan Maynor (R) August 19, 2021
13 Joshua Higginbotham (R) Resigned after moving from his Putnam County district to Kanawha County.[3] Kathie Hess Crouse (R) November 24, 2021
42 Barry Bruce (R) Resigned over health concerns.[4] Michael Honaker (R) December 21, 2021
22 Joe Jeffries (R) Resigned to take a job out of state.[5] Jarred Cannon (R) June 14, 2022
35 Larry Pack (R) Resigned to join the administration of Jim Justice as a senior advisor.[6] Andrew Anderson (R) August 19, 2022

Members

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  Member left office during Legislature   Member appointed to fill vacancy

District Delegate Party Since Residence Counties represented[7]
1 Pat McGeehan Republican 2014 Chester Brooke, Hancock
Mark Zatezalo Republican 2020 Wierton
2 Phil Diserio Democratic 2016 Follansbee Brooke, Ohio
3 Shawn Fluharty Democratic 2014 Wheeling Ohio
Erikka Lynn Storch Republican 2010 Wheeling
4 Charlie Reynolds Republican 2020 Moundsville Marshall
Lisa Zukoff Democratic 2018 Moundsville
5 Dave Pethtel Democratic 1998 Burton Monongalia, Wetzel
6 David Kelly Republican 2018 Sistersville Doddridge, Pleasants, Tyler
7 Trenton Barnhart Republican 2019 St. Marys Pleasants, Ritchie
8 Bill Anderson Republican 1992 Williamstown Wood
9 Shannon Kimes Republican 2020 Rockport Wirt, Wood
10 Roger Conley Republican 2020 Vienna Wood
Vernon Criss Republican 2016 Parkersburg
John R. Kelly Republican 2014 Parkersburg
11 Riley Keaton Republican 2020 Spencer Jackson, Roane
12 Steve Westfall Republican 2012 Ripley Jackson
13 Joshua Higginbotham Republican 2016 Poca Jackson, Mason, Putnam
Kathie Hess Crouse Republican 2021 Buffalo
Jonathan Pinson Republican 2020 Point Pleasant
14 Johnnie Wamsley Republican 2020 Point Pleasant Mason, Putnam
15 Geoff Foster Republican 2014 Winfield Putnam
16 Sean Hornbuckle Democratic 2014 Huntington Cabell, Lincoln
Daniel Linville Republican 2018 Milton
John Mandt Republican 2020 Huntington
17 Chad Lovejoy Democratic 2016 Huntington Cabell, Wayne
Matthew Rohrbach Republican 2014 Huntington
18 Evan Worrell Republican 2018 Barboursville Cabell
19 Derrick Evans Republican 2020 Prichard Wayne
Josh Booth Republican 2021 Ceredo
Ric Griffith Democratic 2020 Kenova
20 Nathan Brown Democratic 2018 Williamson Logan, Mingo
21 Mark Dean Republican 2016 Gilbert McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming
22 Joe Jeffries Republican 2018 Culloden Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam
Jarred Cannon Republican 2022 Hurricane
Zack Maynard Republican 2016 Harts
23 Josh Holstein Republican 2020 Ashford Boone
24 Jordan Bridges Republican 2020 Logan Boone, Logan, Wyoming
Margitta Mazzocchi Republican 2020 Chapmanville
25 Tony Paynter Republican 2016 Hanover McDowell, Mercer, Wyoming
26 Ed Evans Democratic 2016 Welch McDowell, Mercer
27 Joe Ellington Republican 2010 Princeton Mercer, Raleigh
Marty Gearheart Republican 2020 Bluefield
Doug Smith Republican 2020 Princeton
28 Roy Cooper Republican 2012 Wayside Monroe, Raleigh, Summers
Jeffrey Pack Republican 2018 Cool Ridge
Jordan Maynor Republican 2021 Beaver
29 Brandon Steele Republican 2018 Beckley Raleigh
30 Mick Bates Democratic,
then
Republican
2014 Beckley Raleigh
31 Chris Toney Republican 2018 Beckley Raleigh, Wyoming
32 Tom Fast Republican 2014 Fayetteville Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh
Austin Haynes Republican 2020 Oak Hill
Kayla Kessinger Republican 2014 Mt. Hope
33 Roger Hanshaw Republican 2014 Wallback Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer
34 Brent Boggs Democratic 1996 Gassaway Braxton, Gilmer
35 Larry Pack Republican 2020 Charleston Kanawha
Andrew Anderson Republican 2022 Charleston
Moore Capito Republican 2016 Charleston
Doug Skaff Democratic 2018 South Charleston
Kayla Young Democratic 2020 South Charleston
36 Jim Barach Democratic 2020 Charleston Kanawha
Chris Pritt Republican 2020 Charleston
Larry Rowe Democratic 2014 Malden
37 Mike Pushkin Democratic 2014 Charleston Kanawha
38 Dianna Graves Republican 2017 Cross Lanes Kanawha, Putnam
39 Dana Ferrell Republican 2020 Sissonville Kanawha
40 Dean Jeffries Republican 2018 Elkview Kanawha
41 Heather Tully Republican 2020 Summersville Greenbrier, Nicholas
42 Barry Bruce Republican 2020 Lewisburg Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers
Michael Honaker Republican 2021 Lewisburg
Todd Longanacre Republican 2020 Caldwell
43 Ty Nestor Republican 2020 Elkins Pocahontas, Randolph
Cody Thompson Democratic 2018 Elkins
44 Caleb Hanna Republican 2018 Fenwick Nicholas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster
45 Carl Martin Republican 2018 Buckhannon Upshur
46 Adam Burkhammer Republican 2020 Horner Lewis, Upshur
47 Chris Phillips Republican 2018 Buckhannon Barbour, Tucker
48 Danny Hamrick Republican 2012 Lost Creek Harrison, Taylor
Laura Kimble Republican 2020 Bridgeport
Ben Queen Republican 2016 Bridgeport
Clay Riley Republican 2020 Shinnston
49 Amy Summers Republican 2014 Flemington Marion, Monongalia, Taylor
50 Joey Garcia Democratic 2020 Fairmont Marion
Phil Mallow Republican 2020 Fairmont
Guy Ward Republican 2020 White Hall
51 Barbara Fleischauer Democratic 2006 Morgantown Monongalia
Evan Hansen Democratic 2018 Morgantown
Joe Statler Republican 2020 Core
Danielle Walker Democratic 2018 Morgantown
John Williams Democratic 2016 Morgantown
52 Terri Funk Sypolt Republican 2016 Kingwood Preston
53 D. Rolland Jennings Republican 2017 Thornton Preston, Tucker
54 John Paul Hott Republican 2018 Petersburg Grant, Mineral, Pendleton
55 Bryan Ward Republican 2020 Fisher Hardy, Pendleton
56 Gary Howell Republican 2010 Keyser Mineral
57 Ruth Rowan Republican 2004 Points Hampshire, Mineral
58 George A. Miller Republican 2020 Berkeley Springs Hampshire, Morgan
59 Ken Reed Republican 2020 Hedgesville Berkeley, Morgan
60 Don Forsht Republican 2020 Gerrardstown Berkeley
61 Jason Barrett Democratic,
then
Republican
2016 Martinsburg Berkeley
62 Chuck Horst Republican 2020 Falling Waters Berkeley
63 John Hardy Republican 2018 Shepherdstown Berkeley
64 Eric Householder Republican 2010 Martinsburg Berkeley
65 Wayne Clark Republican 2020 Charles Town Jefferson
66 Paul Espinosa Republican 2012 Charles Town Jefferson
67 John Doyle Democratic 2018 Shepherdstown Jefferson

Senate

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Party leadership

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Position Name Party District County
Senate President/Lieutenant Governor Craig Blair Republican 15th Berkeley
President pro tempore Donna Boley Republican 3rd Pleasants
Majority Leader Tom Takubo Republican 17th Kanawha
Minority Leader Stephen Baldwin Democratic 10th Greenbrier
Majority Whip Ryan Weld Republican 1st Brooke
Minority Whip Mike Woelfel Democratic 5th Cabell

Vacancies

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District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of appointment
1 William J. Ihlenfeld II (D) Resigned after being appointed as United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia by President Joe Biden.[8] Owens Brown (D) October 7, 2021
16 John Unger (D) Resigned after having been elected as a Berkeley County magistrate.[9] Hannah Geffert (D) September 29, 2021

Members

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85th West Virginia Senate partisan composition by district

  Member left office during Legislature   Member appointed to fill vacancy

District Senator Party Since Residence Counties represented[10]
1 William Ihlenfeld Democratic 2018 Wheeling Brooke, Hancock, Ohio, Marshall
Owens Brown Democratic 2021 Wheeling
Ryan Weld Republican 2016 Wellsburg
2 Charles H. Clements Republican 2016 New Martinsville Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ritchie, Tyler, Wetzel
Mike Maroney Republican 2016 Glen Dale
3 Mike Azinger Republican 2016 Vienna Pleasants, Roane, Wirt, Wood
Donna Boley Republican 1985 St. Marys
4 Amy Grady Republican 2020 Leon Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane
Eric Tarr Republican 2018 Scott Depot
5 Robert H. Plymale Democratic 1992 Huntington Cabell, Wayne
Mike Woelfel Democratic 2014 Huntington
6 Mark R. Maynard Republican 2014 Genoa McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wayne
Chandler Swope Republican 2016 Bluefield
7 Rupie Phillips Republican 2020 Lorado Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne
Ron Stollings Democratic 2006 Madison
8 Glenn Jeffries Democratic 2016 Red House Kanawha, Putnam
Richard Lindsay Democratic 2018 Charleston
9 Rollan Roberts Republican 2018 Beaver McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming
David Stover Republican 2020 Maben
10 Stephen Baldwin Democratic 2017 Ronceverte Fayette, Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers
Jack Woodrum Republican 2020 Hinton
11 Bill Hamilton Republican 2018 Buckhannon Grant, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster
Robert L. Karnes Republican 2020 Helvetia
12 Patrick S. Martin Republican 2020 Jane Lew Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis
Mike Romano Democratic 2014 Bridgeport
13 Bob Beach Democratic 2010 Morgantown Marion, Monongalia
Mike Caputo Democratic 2020 Rivesville
14 Randy Smith Republican 2016 Thomas Barbour, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Monongalia, Preston, Taylor, Tucker
David Sypolt Republican 2006 Kingwood
15 Craig Blair Republican 2012 Martinsburg Berkeley, Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan
Charles S. Trump Republican 2014 Berkeley Springs
16 John Unger Democratic 1998 Martinsburg Berkeley, Jefferson
Hannah Geffert Democratic 2021 Martinsburg
Patricia Rucker Republican 2016 Harpers Ferry
17 Eric Nelson Republican 2020 Charleston Kanawha
Tom Takubo Republican 2014 Charleston

See also

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References

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  1. ^ McElhinny, Brad (2021-01-09). "Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol with mob". WV MetroNews. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  2. ^ Staff Reports (2021-07-22). "Del. Jeffrey Pack named commissioner for West Virginia DHHR's new Bureau for Social Services". WV News. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  3. ^ "W.Va. lawmaker resigns after moving to another county". Associated Press. 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  4. ^ McElhinny, Brad (2021-12-13). "Delegate Barry Bruce resigns, citing health needs". WV MetroNews. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  5. ^ McElhinny, Brad (2022-06-09). "Delegate Joe Jeffries, who stirred controversy with saucy video, has resigned his seat early". WV MetroNews. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  6. ^ "Larry Pack to join Gov. Justice's Administration as Senior Advisor". governor.wv.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  7. ^ "Senate District Maps - 2010 Plan". West Virginia Legislature. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  8. ^ "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". www.justice.gov. 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  9. ^ Staff, MetroNews (2021-08-13). "Unger leaving Senate to do 'greatest good' as magistrate". WV MetroNews. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  10. ^ "Senate District Maps – 2010 Plan". West Virginia Legislature. Retrieved 7 July 2016.