West Virginia's 1st Senate district

West Virginia's 1st Senate district is one of 17 districts in the West Virginia Senate. It is currently represented by Republicans Ryan Weld and Laura Chapman.^[2][3] All districts in the West Virginia Senate elect two members to staggered four-year terms.

West Virginia's 1st State Senate district
Senator	Laura Chapman R–Wheeling
	Ryan Weld R–Wellsburg
Demographics	91% White 4% Black 1% Hispanic 1% Asian 2% Native American 1% Other
Population (2021)	102,975[1]

Geography

District 1 is based in the Northern Panhandle, covering all of Brooke, Hancock, and Ohio Counties and parts of Marshall County. It includes the communities of Wheeling, Chester, New Cumberland, Weirton, Follansbee, Wellsburg, West Liberty, and Bethlehem.^[4]

The district is located entirely within West Virginia's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with all or part of the 1st through 7th districts of the West Virginia House of Delegates.^[5] It borders the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Recent election results

2024

2024 West Virginia Senate election, District 1^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Weld (incumbent)	8,342	64.9
	Republican	Scott Adams	4,513	35.1
Total votes			12,855	100.0
General election
	Republican	Ryan Weld (incumbent)	37,739	100.0
Total votes			37,739	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

2022 West Virginia Senate election, District 1^[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Randy Swartzmiller	3,520	53.3
	Democratic	Owens Brown (incumbent)	3,088	46.7
Total votes			6,608	100
	Republican	Laura Chapman	5,619	69.5
	Republican	Judi Varner Meyer	2,466	30.5
Total votes			8,085	100.0
General election
	Republican	Laura Chapman	18,746	60.5
	Democratic	Randy Swartzmiller	12,258	39.5
Total votes			31,004	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Historical election results

2020

2020 West Virginia Senate election, District 1^[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Weld (incumbent)	7,283	64.1
	Republican	Jack Newbrough	4,081	35.9
Total votes			11,364	100
General election
	Republican	Ryan Weld (incumbent)	23,844	53.0
	Democratic	Randy Swartzmiller	21,137	47.0
Total votes			44,981	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 West Virginia Senate election, District 1^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William J. Ihlenfeld II	18,450	52.9
	Republican	Ryan Ferns (incumbent)	16,438	47.1
Total votes			34,888	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 West Virginia Senate election, District 1^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Weld	21,191	51.1
	Democratic	Jack Yost (incumbent)	20,303	48.9
Total votes			41,494	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014

2014 West Virginia Senate election, District 1^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Ferns	13,762	51.8
	Democratic	Rocky Fitzsimmons (incumbent)	12,821	48.2
Total votes			26,583	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

2012 West Virginia Senate election, District 1^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Yost (incumbent)	22,661	57.4
	Republican	Pat McGeehan	16,850	42.6
Total votes			39,511	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Trump 68.0 – 30.4%
	Senate	Capito 70.7 – 26.9%
	Governor	Justice 64.0 – 31.1%
2018	Senate	Manchin 51.2 – 45.0%
2016	President	Trump 67.2 – 27.2%
	Governor	Justice 45.9 – 45.5%

Historical district boundaries

Main article: List of West Virginia Senate districts § Historical and present district boundaries