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Historical and present district boundaries. Below is a table of West Virginia's state senate district boundary maps, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in West Virginia between 1916 (First publication of the Blue Book) and the current boundaries as of May 2024 are shown. Legend. District 1. District 2. District 3.
The district overlaps with the state's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd congressional districts, and with the 32nd, 41st, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th, 54th, and 55th districts of the West Virginia House of Delegates. It borders the state of Virginia. At over 4,400 square miles, it is by far the largest district in the Senate. Recent election results 2022
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 ...
The legislature in Wheeling chose two U.S. Senators for Virginia, John S. Carlile and Waitman T. Willey, who were seated by the Senate. [2] Three U.S. Representatives elected in western districts of Virginia also went to Congress in 1861: Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, and Kellian V. Whaley. [3] [4] In 1861, as one of its first acts, the ...
3% Other. Population (2017) 101,817 [1] West Virginia 's 17th Senate district is one of 17 districts in the West Virginia Senate. It is currently represented by Republicans Tom Takubo and Eric Nelson. [2] [3] All districts in the West Virginia Senate elect two members to staggered four-year terms.
The district is largely within West Virginia's 1st congressional district, with a small portion extending into the 2nd district. It overlaps with the 47th, 48th, 49th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th districts of the West Virginia House of Delegates. It borders the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.
In the 2014 elections, the GOP took control of the state legislature for the first time in 80 years, and it took one of West Virginia's two U.S. Senate seats and all three U.S. House districts. [7] In the 2016 elections, the Republicans held on to their seats and made gains in the State Senate and gained three statewide offices. [8] [9]
110,696. West Virginia 's 6th Senate district is one of 17 districts in the West Virginia Senate. It is currently represented by Republicans Mark Maynard and Chandler Swope. [1] [2] All districts in the West Virginia Senate elect two members to staggered four-year terms. District 6 is currently the most Republican-leaning district in the Senate.