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The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms. Although the Democratic Party held a supermajority in the Senate as recently as 2015, Republicans now dominate in the chamber, and hold 31 seats to the ...
10th West Virginia legislature [Wikidata] January 16, 1872. February 29, 1872. West Virginia Constitution of 1872 [citation needed] 11th West Virginia legislature [Wikidata] November 19, 1872. December 1873.
West Virginia's Senate districts since 2021. Current composition of the West Virginia Senate as of May 2024. 2 Democrats. 2 Republicans. 1 Democrat and 1 Republican. The U.S. state of West Virginia currently has seventeen state senate districts, each represented by two members of the West Virginia Senate.
Elections in West Virginia. The 2020 West Virginia Senate elections were held on November 3, 2020, as part of the biennial United States elections. Seventeen of the 34 West Virginia state senators stood for election. West Virginia Senate districts each have two elected representatives.
e. The 2022 West Virginia Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, and elected 17 of the chamber's 34 members. This coincided with elections in the House of Delegates, and the election of West Virginia's two representatives. Following the 2020 census, this was the first West Virginia Senate election held after redistricting.
The 2024 West Virginia Senate elections will be held on November 5, 2024, with 17 of the chamber's 34 seats up for election. This will take place alongside elections to the House of Delegates, as well as a number of statewide elected positions and elections to Congress and the Presidency.
The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's split from Virginia during the American Civil War ...
West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Independent Joe Manchin (serving since 2010) and Republican Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), making it one of seven states to have a split United States Senate delegation. Robert Byrd was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1959 until his death in 2010.