district state_senate religion birth_place alongside party profession article_title preceded birth_date term_start residence state_delegate term_end name otherparty alma_mater
1st west virginia roman catholic wheeling , west virginia , u.s. jack yost republican -lrb- after 2013 -rrb- physical therapist ryan ferns
 rocky fitzsimmons 2 december 1982 december 1 , 2014 december 1 , 2010 wheeling , west virginia , u.s. west virginia december 1 , 2014 ryan james ferns democratic -lrb- before 2013 -rrb- wheeling jesuit university -lrb- b.s. , d.p.t. -rrb-
ryan ferns

ryan james ferns is an american politician from the state of west virginia .
he is a member of the west virginia senate .
ferns was first elected in 2010 , as a member of the democratic party .
he switched his allegiance to the republican party in november 2013 .
in 2014 , he beat democrat rocky fitzsimmons in an election to the west virginia senate .
ferns is a physical therapist .
he was arrested for drunk driving in 2012 .
