# List of members of the 85th West Virginia Legislature

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
### House of Delegates

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

### Senate

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

## House of Delegates
### Party leadership

| 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

| 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. | 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. | Jordan Maynor (R) | August 19, 2021 |
| 13 | Joshua Higginbotham (R) | Resigned after moving from his Putnam County district to Kanawha County. | Kathie Hess Crouse (R) | November 24, 2021 |
| 42 | Barry Bruce (R) | Resigned over health concerns. | Michael Honaker (R) | December 21, 2021 |
| 22 | Joe Jeffries (R) | Resigned to take a job out of state. | Jarred Cannon (R) | June 14, 2022 |
| 35 | Larry Pack (R) | Resigned to join the administration of Jim Justice as a senior advisor. | Andrew Anderson (R) | August 19, 2022 |

### Members

Member left office during Legislature Member appointed to fill vacancy
| District | Delegate | Party | Since | Residence | Counties represented |
| 1 | Pat McGeehan | Republican | 2014 | Chester | Brooke, Hancock |
| 1 | Mark Zatezalo | Republican | 2020 | Wierton | Brooke, Hancock |
| 2 | Phil Diserio | Democratic | 2016 | Follansbee | Brooke, Ohio |
| 3 | Shawn Fluharty | Democratic | 2014 | Wheeling | Ohio |
| 3 | Erikka Lynn Storch | Republican | 2010 | Wheeling | Ohio |
| 4 | Charlie Reynolds | Republican | 2020 | Moundsville | Marshall |
| 4 | Lisa Zukoff | Democratic | 2018 | Moundsville | Marshall |
| 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 |
| 10 | Vernon Criss | Republican | 2016 | Parkersburg | Wood |
| 10 | John R. Kelly | Republican | 2014 | Parkersburg | Wood |
| 11 | Riley Keaton | Republican | 2020 | Spencer | Jackson, Roane |
| 12 | Steve Westfall | Republican | 2012 | Ripley | Jackson |
| 13 | Joshua Higginbotham | Republican | 2016 | Poca | Jackson, Mason, Putnam |
| 13 | Kathie Hess Crouse | Republican | 2021 | Buffalo | Jackson, Mason, Putnam |
| 13 | Jonathan Pinson | Republican | 2020 | Point Pleasant | Jackson, Mason, Putnam |
| 14 | Johnnie Wamsley | Republican | 2020 | Point Pleasant | Mason, Putnam |
| 15 | Geoff Foster | Republican | 2014 | Winfield | Putnam |
| 16 | Sean Hornbuckle | Democratic | 2014 | Huntington | Cabell, Lincoln |
| 16 | Daniel Linville | Republican | 2018 | Milton | Cabell, Lincoln |
| 16 | John Mandt | Republican | 2020 | Huntington | Cabell, Lincoln |
| 17 | Chad Lovejoy | Democratic | 2016 | Huntington | Cabell, Wayne |
| 17 | Matthew Rohrbach | Republican | 2014 | Huntington | Cabell, Wayne |
| 18 | Evan Worrell | Republican | 2018 | Barboursville | Cabell |
| 19 | Derrick Evans | Republican | 2020 | Prichard | Wayne |
| 19 | Josh Booth | Republican | 2021 | Ceredo | Wayne |
| 19 | Ric Griffith | Democratic | 2020 | Kenova | Wayne |
| 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 |
| 22 | Jarred Cannon | Republican | 2022 | Hurricane | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam |
| 22 | Zack Maynard | Republican | 2016 | Harts | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam |
| 23 | Josh Holstein | Republican | 2020 | Ashford | Boone |
| 24 | Jordan Bridges | Republican | 2020 | Logan | Boone, Logan, Wyoming |
| 24 | Margitta Mazzocchi | Republican | 2020 | Chapmanville | Boone, Logan, Wyoming |
| 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 |
| 27 | Marty Gearheart | Republican | 2020 | Bluefield | Mercer, Raleigh |
| 27 | Doug Smith | Republican | 2020 | Princeton | Mercer, Raleigh |
| 28 | Roy Cooper | Republican | 2012 | Wayside | Monroe, Raleigh, Summers |
| 28 | Jeffrey Pack | Republican | 2018 | Cool Ridge | Monroe, Raleigh, Summers |
| 28 | Jordan Maynor | Republican | 2021 | Beaver | Monroe, Raleigh, Summers |
| 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 |
| 32 | Austin Haynes | Republican | 2020 | Oak Hill | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh |
| 32 | Kayla Kessinger | Republican | 2014 | Mt. Hope | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh |
| 33 | Roger Hanshaw | Republican | 2014 | Wallback | Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer |
| 34 | Brent Boggs | Democratic | 1996 | Gassaway | Braxton, Gilmer |
| 35 | Larry Pack | Republican | 2020 | Charleston | Kanawha |
| 35 | Andrew Anderson | Republican | 2022 | Charleston | Kanawha |
| 35 | Moore Capito | Republican | 2016 | Charleston | Kanawha |
| 35 | Doug Skaff | Democratic | 2018 | South Charleston | Kanawha |
| 35 | Kayla Young | Democratic | 2020 | South Charleston | Kanawha |
| 36 | Jim Barach | Democratic | 2020 | Charleston | Kanawha |
| 36 | Chris Pritt | Republican | 2020 | Charleston | Kanawha |
| 36 | Larry Rowe | Democratic | 2014 | Malden | Kanawha |
| 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 |
| 42 | Michael Honaker | Republican | 2021 | Lewisburg | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers |
| 42 | Todd Longanacre | Republican | 2020 | Caldwell | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers |
| 43 | Ty Nestor | Republican | 2020 | Elkins | Pocahontas, Randolph |
| 43 | Cody Thompson | Democratic | 2018 | Elkins | Pocahontas, Randolph |
| 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 |
| 48 | Laura Kimble | Republican | 2020 | Bridgeport | Harrison, Taylor |
| 48 | Ben Queen | Republican | 2016 | Bridgeport | Harrison, Taylor |
| 48 | Clay Riley | Republican | 2020 | Shinnston | Harrison, Taylor |
| 49 | Amy Summers | Republican | 2014 | Flemington | Marion, Monongalia, Taylor |
| 50 | Joey Garcia | Democratic | 2020 | Fairmont | Marion |
| 50 | Phil Mallow | Republican | 2020 | Fairmont | Marion |
| 50 | Guy Ward | Republican | 2020 | White Hall | Marion |
| 51 | Barbara Fleischauer | Democratic | 2006 | Morgantown | Monongalia |
| 51 | Evan Hansen | Democratic | 2018 | Morgantown | Monongalia |
| 51 | Joe Statler | Republican | 2020 | Core | Monongalia |
| 51 | Danielle Walker | Democratic | 2018 | Morgantown | Monongalia |
| 51 | John Williams | Democratic | 2016 | Morgantown | Monongalia |
| 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
### Party leadership

| 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

| 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. | Owens Brown (D) | October 7, 2021 |
| 16 | John Unger (D) | Resigned after having been elected as a Berkeley County magistrate. | Hannah Geffert (D) | September 29, 2021 |

### Members

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