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Below is a list of United States senators from West Virginia. The state's U.S. senators belong to classes 1 and 2. West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Republicans Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), and Jim Justice (serving since 2025). Robert Byrd was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1959 until his ...
The current dean of the West Virginia delegation is Senator Shelley Moore Capito, having served in the Senate since 2015 and in Congress since 2001. From June 1861 to June 1863, during the Civil War and before West Virginia statehood, the United States recognized the Restored Government of Virginia sitting in Wheeling as the "legitimate", pro ...
The 2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia. Democratic Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott and Republican Governor Jim Justice were seeking their first term in office.
The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. There are seventeen senatorial districts. There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms.
There are four Independent senators: Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Angus King of Maine, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Senators Sanders, King and ...
West Virginia Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican, and Joe Manchin, a Democrat, hold inordinate sway over how quickly and how thoroughly President Biden is able to accomplish his ambitious ...
She was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from West Virginia [2] and the first Republican to win a full term in the Senate from West Virginia since 1942. She was reelected in 2020, defeating Democratic nominee Paula Jean Swearengin, and becoming the first West Virginia Republican reelected to the Senate since 1907.
The speech was billed as part of a national listening tour Manchin announced when he decided not to seek another Senate term. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won't run for president in ...