List of West Virginia Senate districts


The U.S. state of West Virginia currently has seventeen state senate districts, each represented by two members of the West Virginia Senate.

Current districts and senators

Each district sends two senators to Charleston. Black lines on the map indicate state and district boundaries, and gray lines indicate county boundaries.

DistrictPartyMember
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1stLaura Chapman
Ryan Weld
Brooke
Hancock
Marshall
Ohio
2ndCharles H. Clements
Chris Rose
Doddridge
Marion
Marshall
Monongalia
Wetzel
Tyler
3rdMike Azinger
Donna Boley
Pleasants
Ritchie
Wirt
Wood
4thEric Tarr
Amy Grady
Cabell
Jackson
Mason
Putnam
5thMike Woelfel
Scott Fuller
Cabell
Wayne
6thMark R. Maynard
Craig A. Hart
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Wayne
7thMichael B. Stuart
Rupie Phillips
Boone
Kanawha
Lincoln
Logan
8thKevan Bartlett
Glenn Jeffries
Clay
Jackson
Kanawha
Putnam
Roane
9thRollan Roberts
Brian Helton
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
10thVince Deeds
Jack Woodrum
Fayette
Greenbrier
Monroe
Nicholas
Summers
11thBill Hamilton
Robert L. Karnes
Barbour
Braxton
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Randolph
Upshur
Webster
12thBen Queen
Patrick S. Martin
Calhoun
Gilmer
Harrison
Lewis
Taylor
13thMike Oliverio
Joey Garcia
Marion
Monongalia
14thJay Taylor
Randy Smith
Grant
Hardy
Mineral
Preston
Taylor
Tucker
15thDarren Thorne
Tom Willis
Berkeley
Hampshire
Morgan
16thJason Barrett
Patricia Rucker
Berkeley
Jefferson
17thTom Takubo
Anne Charnock
Kanawha

Historical and present district boundaries

Below is a table of West Virginia's state senate district boundary maps, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in West Virginia in 1863 and between 1901 and the current boundaries as of August 2024 are shown.


Year adoptedStatewide mapNotesRef
1861District boundaries as they were defined during the first West Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1861. Districts 10 and 11 were planned in the case of other counties joining the state. Only Frederick County in District 11 did not end up joining the state.
1872District boundaries as they were defined during the second West Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1872. District 12 was added.
1891District 13 was added. When Mingo County split off from Logan County in 1895, it remained in District 7.
1901District boundaries as defined by House bill No. 235. Districts 14 and 15 were added.
1937A new District 16 and 2 seats are added in the eastern panhandle of the state.
1951
1964A new District 17 and 2 seats are added within District 8 in Kanawha County. District boundaries otherwise remain unchanged.
1982Individual counties are split between multiple districts for the first time.
1992
2001
2011District 8 and 17 are separated.
2021Current boundaries as of May 2024.