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West Virginia's congressional districts

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West Virginia's congressional districts since 2013[1]

The U.S. state of West Virginia currently has three congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Current districts and representatives

List of members of the West Virginian United States House delegation, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 3 members, all 3 Republicans.

District Representative Party CPVI Incumbent time in office District map
1st David McKinley (R-Wheeling) Republican R+14 January 3, 2011 – present
2nd Alex Mooney (R-Charles Town) Republican R+11 January 3, 2015 – present
3rd Evan Jenkins (R-Huntington) Republican R+14 January 3, 2015 – present

Historical and present district boundaries

Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of West Virginia, presented chronologically.[2] All redistricting events that took place in West Virginia between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

Year Statewide map
1973 – 1982
1983 – 1992
1993 – 2002
2003 – 2013
Since 2013


Obsolete districts

District 4

See main article at West Virginia's 4th congressional district

The 4th district was eliminated by the 1990 United States Census.

District 5

See main article at West Virginia's 5th congressional district

The 5th district was eliminated by the 1970 United States Census.

District 6

See main article at West Virginia's 6th congressional district

The 6th district was eliminated by the 1960 United States Census.

At-large District

West Virginia's at-large congressional district existed between 1913 and 1917, but it is now obsolete.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. ^ "Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-2012". Retrieved October 18, 2014.