West Virginia Democrats in Government
The West Virginia Democratic Party controls all five statewide executive offices and holds a majority in the West Virginia House of Delegates and a supermajority in the West Virginia Senate. Democrats hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and one of the state's three U.S. House seats.
- State
- Governor: Earl Ray Tomblin
- Secretary of State: Natalie Tennant
- Attorney General: Darrell McGraw
- State Auditor: Glen B. Gainer, III
- State Treasurer: John D. Perdue
- Federal
- U.S. Senate
- Jay Rockefeller, Senior Senator
- Joe Manchin, Junior Senator
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Nick Rahall, 3rd District
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