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This List of members of the Senate for the 79th West Virginia Legislature is current as of May 2010.

Leadership of the 79th West Virginia Senate

Position	Name	Party	District	County
President of the Senate(de jure)/Governor(since November 15, 2010)	Earl Ray Tomblin	Democratic	7	Logan Co.
President Pro Tempore (de facto Senate President since November 15, 2010)	Joseph M. Minard	Democratic	12	Harrison Co.
Majority Leader	H. Truman Chafin	Democratic	6	Mingo Co.
Minority Leader	Mike Hall	Republican	4	Putnam Co.
Majority Whip	Larry J. Edgell	Democratic	2	Marshall Co.
Minority Whip	Clark S. Barnes	Republican	15	Randolph Co.

Members of the 79th West Virginia Senate

District	Senator	Party	County(ies)
1	Edwin Bowman	Democratic	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio
	Jack Yost	Democratic
2	Larry J. Edgell	Democratic	Calhoun, Doddridge, Marion (part), Marshall, Monongalia (part), Ritchie, Tyler, Wetzel
	Jeffrey V. Kessler	Democratic
3	Donna J. Boley	Republican	Pleasants, Roane (part), Wirt, Wood
	Frank Deem	Republican
4	Karen L. Facemyer	Republican	Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane (part)
	Mike Hall	Republican
5	Evan Jenkins	Democratic	Cabell, Wayne (part)
	Robert H. Plymale	Democratic
6	H. Truman Chafin	Democratic	McDowell, Mercer (part), Mingo (part), Wayne (part)
	John Pat Fanning	Democratic
7	Ron Stollings	Democratic	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne (part)
	Earl Ray Tomblin	Democratic
8/17	Dan Foster	Democratic	Kanawha
	Brooks McCabe	Democratic
	Corey Palumbo	Democratic
	Erik Wells	Democratic
9	Richard Browning	Democratic	Raleigh, Wyoming (part)
	Mike Green	Democratic
10	John Shott	Republican	Fayette (part), Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers
	Jesse O. Guills	Republican
11	William R. Laird, IV	Democratic	Fayette (part), Clay, Nicholas, Upshur, Webster
	Randy White	Democratic
12	Douglas E. Facemire	Democratic	Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis
	Joseph M. Minard	Democratic
13	Michael Oliverio II	Democratic	Marion (part), Monongalia (part)
	Roman W. Prezioso, Jr.	Democratic
14	David Sypolt	Republican	Barbour, Grant (part), Mineral (part), Monongalia (part), Preston, Taylor
	Bob Williams	Democratic
15	Clark S. Barnes	Republican	Berkeley, Grant (part), Hardy, Hampshire, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur (part)
	Walt Helmick	Democratic
16	Herb Snyder	Democratic	Berkeley (part), Jefferson
	John Unger	Democratic

Composition of the 79th West Virginia Senate

2009–2011:

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	26 (76%)
	Republican Party	8 (24%)
Total		34
Majority		18

See also

• West Virginia Senate
• List of presidents of the West Virginia Senate
• List of members of the 78th West Virginia Senate

External links

• West Virginia Legislature Homepage
• Senate District Map
• WV Secretary of State – 2008 State Senate Returns (PDF)
• WV Secretary of State – 2006 State Senate Returns (PDF)