List of West Virginia Senate districts
2 Democrats
2 Republicans
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
The U.S. state of West Virginia currently has seventeen state senate districts, each represented by two members of the West Virginia Senate.
Current districts and senators
Each district sends two senators to Charleston. Black lines on the map indicate state and district boundaries, and gray lines indicate county boundaries.
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.
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| Year adopted | Statewide map | Notes | Elections effective |
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| Before 1916 |  | District boundaries as of the publication of the first Blue Book in 1916.[3] | ...1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 |
| 1937 |  | A new District 16 and 2 seats are added in the eastern panhandle of the state.[4] | 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 |
| 1951 |  | 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 | |
| 1964 |  | A new District 17 and 2 seats are added within District 8 in Kanawha County. District boundaries otherwise remain unchanged.[5] | 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 |
| 1982 |  | Individual counties are split between multiple districts for the first time.[6] | 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 |
| 1992 |  | 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 | |
| 2001 |  | 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 | |
| 2011 |  | District 8 and 17 are separated.[7] | 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 |
| 2021 |  | Current boundaries as of May 2024.[8] | 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Members of the Senate". WV Legislature. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "2020 REDISTRICTING" (PDF). wvlegislature.gov. 2021.
- ^ Harris, John T. (20 April 1916). West Virginia LEGISLATIVE HAND BOOK and MANUAL AND Official Register 1916 (PDF) (1st ed.). Charleston, WV: West Virginia Legislature. p. 538. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Lively, Charles (21 December 1938). WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 1936 (PDF) (22nd ed.). Charleston, WV: West Virginia Legislature. p. 171. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Myers, J. Howard (15 December 1965). WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 1965 (PDF) (48th ed.). Charleston, WV: West Virginia Legislature. p. 228. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Willis, Todd C. (1 December 1983). WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 1983 (PDF) (67th ed.). Charleston, WV: West Virginia Legislature. p. 296. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Barnes, Clark S. WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 2015–2016 (PDF) (93rd ed.). Charleston, WV: West Virginia Legislature. p. 340. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "SENATE MAP FINAL" (PDF). WV SOS. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
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