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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 ...
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The West Virginia Legislature meets in the state capitol building in Charleston Article VI concerns the state's legislature . The article comprises three main parts: sections 2-15 deal with the legislature's composition, sections 16-34 provide legislative rules, and sections 35-54 set out the legislature's powers. [ 19 ]
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.
Hundreds of third-party, independent, and write-in candidates have run for state office in the state of West Virginia. Only candidates who achieved more than 5% of the vote are included. Only candidates who achieved more than 5% of the vote are included.
81st Legislature Begin 54 46 100 0 81st Legislature End 53 47 100 0 82nd Legislature Start 36 64 100 0 82nd Legislature End 83rd Legislature Start 36 63 100 1 (Independent) 83rd Legislature End 36 64 100 0 84th Legislature Start 41 59 100 0 84th Legislature End 41 58 100 1 (Independent) 85th Legislature Start: 24 76 100 0 85th Legislature End 22 78
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.
The lower house is the West Virginia House of Delegates and the upper house is the Senate. The West Virginia Legislature is a citizen's legislature or part-time legislature. The West Virginia Constitution imposes a limit of 60 calendar days the length of the regular session. Regular sessions of the Legislature commence on the second Wednesday ...