Contact Your Legislators
With budgets upended by the pandemic and needs soaring, it's more critical than ever that state lawmakers hear from educators. No one makes the case for supporting public schools like educators do. That’s because of what you bring into the room with you: Your years of experience, your passion for the job, and your dedication to serving the common good and nurturing your students’ growth.
Regardless of the time of year, but especially while the Legislature is in session, make sure to share your students’ needs with all your elected legislators. Our legislators want – and need – to hear how their actions impact children and education back home. They need to be held responsible for their support, or lack of support, for our public schools and the work we do educating West Virginia's students.
In the COVID-19 era, it’s more important than ever that state lawmakers hear directly from educators. You’re the leading experts on what students in public schools need. And funding is a major concern as we recover from the pandemic. Deep cuts to education funding and the loss of educator jobs will only hurt our students, who need mental health services, more attention made possible by smaller classes, and other supports.
It’s personal
Become a public school advocate by developing positive relationships with your legislators. Find your lawmakers in the list below. Contact them when they come home and while they’re in Charleston to share your story. Talking to your legislators isn’t hard – and it can be fun. You don’t have to be an expert on school finance, or anything else, but you are the expert on how legislation will affect your students and your school.
Updated as of 1/14/2021
Governor Justice 
Office Phone: 304-558-2000 or 1-888-438-2731
Governor's Mansion: 304-558-3588
House Finance Committee
House Finance group emails
eric.householder@wvhouse.gov; vernon.criss@wvhouse.gov; brent.boggs@wvhouse.gov; larry.rowe@wvhouse.gov; bill.anderson@wvhouse.gov; jasonbarrett@wvhouse.gov; joe.ellington@wvhouse.gov; paul.espinosa@wvhouse.gov; marty.gearheart@wvhouse.gov; dianna.graves@wvhouse.gov; john.hardy@wvhouse.gov; sean.hornbuckle@wvhouse.gov; john.hott@wvhouse.gov; gary.howell@wvhouse.gov; daniel.linville@wvhouse.gov; zack.maynard@wvhouse.gov; jeffrey.pack@wvhouse.gov; dave.pethtel@wvhouse.gov; clay.riley@wvhouse.gov; matthew.rohrbach@wvhouse.gov; ruth.rowan@wvhouse.gov; joe.statler@wvhouse.gov; erikka.storch@wvhouse.gov; chris.toney@wvhouse.gov; john.williams@wvhouse.gov
| Delegate Householder – Chair | 340-3230 | eric.householder@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Criss – Vice-Chair | 340-3202 | vernon.criss@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Boggs – Minority Chair | 340-3142 | brent.boggs@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Rowe – Minority Vice-Chair | 340-3287 | larry.rowe@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Anderson | 340-3168 | bill.anderson@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Barrett | 340-3188 | jasonbarrett@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Ellington | 340-3265 | joe.ellington@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Espinosa | 340-3310 | paul.espinosa@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Gearheart | 340-3179 | marty.gearheart@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Graves | 340-3392 | diana.graves@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Hardy | 340-3350 | john.hardy@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Hornbuckle | 340-3395 | sean.hornbuckle@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Hott | 340-3399 | john.hott@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Howell | 340-3191 | gary.howell@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Linville | 340-3277 | daniel.linville@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Maynard | 340-3152 | zack.maynard@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Pack, J. | 340-3269 | jeffrey.pack@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Pethel | 340-3158 | jdave.pethel@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Riley | 340-3144 | clay.riley@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Rohrbach | 340-3221 | matthew.rohrbach@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Rowan | 340-3157 | ruth.rowan@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Statler | 340-3153 | joe.statler@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Storch | 340-3378 | erikka.storch@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Toney | 340-3384 | chris.toney@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Williams | 340-3173 | john.williams@wvhouse.gov |
House Education Committee
House Education group emails
joe.ellington@wvhouse.gov; joshua.higginbotham@wvhouse.gov; sean.hornbuckle@wvhouse.gov; cody.thompson@wvhouse.gov; jordan.bridges@wvhouse.gov; wayne.clark@wvhouse.gov; johndoyle@wvhouse.gov; ed.evans@wvhouse.gov; ric.griffith@wvhouse.gov; danny.hamrick@wvhouse.gov; caleb.hanna@wvhouse.gov; charles.horst@wvhouse.gov; buck.jennings@wvhouse.gov; john.kelly@wvhouse.gov; kayla.kessinger@wvhouse.gov; laura.kimble@wvhouse.gov; todd.loganacre@wvhouse.gov; carl.martin@wvhouse.gov; margitta.mazzocchi@wvhouse.gov; doug.smith@wvhouse.gov; joe.statler@wvhouse.gov; chris.toney@wvhouse.gov; heather.tully@wvhouse.gov; danielle.walker@wvhouse.gov; johnnie.wamsley@wvhouse.gov
| Delegate Ellington – Chair | 340-3269 | joe.ellington@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Higginbotham – Vice-Chair | 340-3118 | joshua.higginbotham@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Hornbuckle – Minority Chair | 340-3395 | sean.hornbuckle@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Thompson – Minority Vice-Chair | 340-3145 | cody.thompson@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Bridges | 340-3297 | jordan.bridges@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Clark | 340-3366 | wayne.clark@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Doyle | 340-3248 | johndoyle@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Evans, E. | 340-3165 | ed.evans@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Griffith | 340-3355 | ric.griffith@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Hamrick | 340-3141 | danny.hamrick@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Hanna | 340-3916 | caleb.hanna@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Horst | 340-3148 | charles.horst@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Jennings | 340-3138 | buck.jennings@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Kelly, J. | 340-3394 | john.kelly@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Kessinger | 340-3197 | kayla.kessinger@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Kimble | 340-3102 | laura.kimble@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Loganacre | 340-3129 | todd.loganacre@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Martin | 340-3167 | carl.martin@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Mazzocchi | 340-3174 | margitta.mazzocchi@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Smith | 340-3187 | doug.smith@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Statler | 340-3153 | joe.statler@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Toney | 340-3384 | chris.toney@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Tully | 340-3352 | heather.tully@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Walker | 340-3900 | danielle.walker@wvhouse.gov |
| Delegate Wamsley | 340-3199 | johnnie.wamsley@wvhouse.gov |
Senate Printable PDF
Senate group emails
mike.azinger@wvsenate.gov; stephen.baldwin@wvsenate.gov; bob.beach@wvsenate.gov; craig.blair@wvsenate.gov; donna.boley@wvsenate.gov; mitch.carmichael@wvsenate.gov; charles.clements@wvsenate.gov; sue.cline@wvsenate.gov; douglas.facemire@wvsenate.gov; bill.hamilton@wvsenate.gov; paul.hardesty@wvsenate.gov; william.ihlenfeld@wvsenate.gov; glenn.jeffries@wvsenate.gov; richard.lindsay@wvsenate.gov; kenny.mann@wvsenate.gov; mike.maroney@wvsenate.gov; mark.maynard@wvsenate.gov; corey.palumbo@wvsenate.gov; john.pitsenbarger@wvsenate.gov; robert.plymale@wvsenate.gov; roman.prezioso@wvsenate.gov; rollan.roberts@wvsenate.gov; mike.romano@wvsenate.gov; patricia.rucker@wvsenate.gov; randy.smith@wvsenate.gov; ron.stollings@wvsenate.gov; chandler.swope@wvsenate.gov; dave.sypolt@wvsenate.gov; tom.takubo@wvsenate.gov; eric.tarr@wvsenate.gov; charles.trump@wvsenate.gov; john.unger@wvsenate.gov; ryan.weld@wvsenate.gov; mike.woelfel@wvsenate.gov
| Mike Azinger |
357-7970 | mike.azinger@wvsenate.gov | Rupie Phillips |
357-7857 | rupie.phillips@wvsenate.gov |
| Stephen Baldwin |
357-7959 | stephen.baldwin@wvsenate.gov | Robert Plymale |
357-7937 | robert.plymale@wvsenate.gov |
| Robert Beach |
357-7919 | bob.beach@wvsenate.gov | Rollan Roberts |
357-7831 | rollan.roberts@wvsenate.gov |
| Craig Blair |
357-7867 | craig.blair@wvsenate.gov | Mike Romano |
357-7904 | mike.romano@wvsenate.gov |
| Donna Boley |
357-7905 | donna.boley@wvsenate.gov | Patricia Rucker |
357-7957 | patricia.rucker@wvsenate.gov |
| Mike Caputo |
357-7961 | mike.caputo@wvsenate.gov | Randy Smith |
357-7995 | randy.smith@wvsenate.gov |
| Charles Clements |
357-7827 | charles.clements@wvsenate.gov | Ron Stollings |
357-7939 | ron.stollings@wvsenate.gov |
| Amy Grady |
357-7855 | amy.grady@wvsenate.gov | David Stover |
357-7807 | david.stover@wvsenate.gov |
| Bill Hamilton |
357-7906 | bill.hamilton@wvsenate.gov | Chandler Swope |
357-7843 | chandler.swope@wvsenate.gov |
| William Ihlenfeld |
357-7918 | william.ihlenfeld@wvsenate.gov | Dave Sypolt |
357-7914 | dave.sypolt@wvsenate.gov |
| Glenn Jeffries |
357-7866 | glenn.jeffries@wvsenate.gov | Tom Takubo |
357-7990 | tom.takubo@wvsenate.gov |
| Robert Karnes |
357-7973 | robert.karnes@wvsenate.gov | Eric Tarr |
357-7901 | eric.tarr@wvsenate.gov |
| Richard Lindsay |
357-7841 | richard.lindsay@wvsenate.gov | Charles Trump |
357-7880 | charles.trump@wvsenate.gov |
| Mike Maroney |
357-7902 | mike.maroney@wvsenate.gov | John Unger |
357-7933 | john.unger@wvsenate.gov |
| Patrick Martin |
357-7845 | patrick.martin@wvsenate.gov | Ryan Weld |
357-7984 | ryan.weld@wvsenate.gov |
| Mark Maynard |
357-7808 | mark.maynard@wvsenate.gov | Mike Woelfel |
357-7956 | mike.woelfel@wvsenate.gov |
| Eric Nelson |
357-7854 | eric.nelson@wvsenate.gov | Jack Woodrum |
357-7849 | jack.woodrum@wvsenate.gov |
House of Delegates Printable PDF
House of Delegates group emails
bill.anderson@wvhouse.gov; jim.barach@wvhouse.gov; trenton.barnhart@wvhouse.gov; jasonbarrett@wvhouse.gov; mick.bates@wvhouse.gov; brent.boggs@wvhouse.gov; jordan.bridges@wvhouse.gov; nathan.brown@wvhouse.gov; barry.bruce@wvhouse.gov; adam.burkhammer@wvhouse.gov; moore.capito@wvhouse.gov; wayne.clark@wvhouse.gov; roger.conley@wvhouse.gov; roy.cooper@wvhouse.gov; vernon.criss@wvhouse.gov; mark.dean@wvhouse.gov; phillip.diserio@wvhouse.gov; johndoyle@wvhouse.gov; joe.ellington@wvhouse.gov; paul.espinosa@wvhouse.gov; ed.evans@wvhouse.gov; tom.fast@wvhouse.gov; dana.ferrell@wvhouse.gov; barbaraf@wvhouse.gov; shawn.fluharty@wvhouse.gov; don.forsht@wvhouse.gov; geoff.foster@wvhouse.gov; joey.garcia@wvhouse.gov; marty.gearheart@wvhouse.gov; dianna.graves@wvhouse.gov; ric.griffith@wvhouse.gov; danny.hamrick@wvhouse.gov; caleb.hanna@wvhouse.gov; evan.hansen@wvhouse.gov; roger.hanshaw@wvhouse.gov; john.hardy@wvhouse.gov; austin.haynes@wvhouse.gov; joshua.higginbotham@wvhouse.gov; josh.holstein@wvhouse.gov; sean.hornbuckle@wvhouse.gov; charles.horst@wvhouse.gov; john.hott@wvhouse.gov; eric.householder@wvhouse.gov; gary.howell@wvhouse.gov; dean.jeffries@wvhouse.gov; joe.jeffries@wvhouse.gov; buck.jennings@wvhouse.gov; riley.keaton@wvhouse.gov; david.kelly@wvhouse.gov; john.kelly@wvhouse.gov; kayla.kessinger@wvhouse.gov; laura.kimble@wvhouse.gov; shannon.kimes@wvhouse.gov; daniel.linville@wvhouse.gov; todd.loganacre@wvhouse.gov; chad.lovejoy@wvhouse.gov; phil.mallow@wvhouse.gov; john.mandt@wvhouse.gov; carl.martin@wvhouse.gov; zack.maynard@wvhouse.gov; margitta.mazzocchi@wvhouse.gov; pat.mcgeehan@wvhouse.gov; george.miller@wvhouse.gov; ty.nestor@wvhouse.gov; larry.pack@wvhouse.gov; jeffrey.pack@wvhouse.gov; tony.paynter@wvhouse.gov; dave.pethtel@wvhouse.gov; chris.phillips@wvhouse.gov; jonathan.pinson@wvhouse.gov; chris.pritt@wvhouse.gov; mike.pushkin@wvhouse.gov; ben.queen@wvhouse.gov; ken.reed@wvhouse.gov; charlie.reynolds@wvhouse.gov; clay.riley@wvhouse.gov; matthew.rohrbach@wvhouse.gov; ruth.rowan@wvhouse.gov; larry.rowe@wvhouse.gov; doug.skaff@wvhouse.gov; doug.smith@wvhouse.gov; joe.statler@wvhouse.gov; brandon.steele@wvhouse.gov; erikka.storch@wvhouse.gov; amy.summers@wvhouse.gov; terri.sypolt@wvhouse.gov; cody.thompson@wvhouse.gov; chris.toney@wvhouse.gov; heather.tully@wvhouse.gov; danielle.walker@wvhouse.gov; johnnie.wamsley@wvhouse.gov; bryan.ward@wvhouse.gov; guy.ward@wvhouse.gov; steve.westfall@wvhouse.gov; john.williams@wvhouse.gov; evan.worrell@wvhouse.gov; kayla.young@wvhouse.gov; mark.zatezalo@wvhouse.gov; lisa.zukoff@wvhouse.gov
| Bill Anderson | 340-3168 | bill.anderson@wvhouse.gov | John Kelly | 340-3394 | john.kelly@wvhouse.gov |
| Jim Barach |
340-3138 | jim.barach@wvhouse.gov | Kayla Kessinger |
340-3197 | kayla.kessinger@wvhouse.gov |
| Trenton Barnhart |
340-3195 | trenton.barnhart@wvhouse.gov | Laura Kimble |
340-3102 | laura.kimble@wvhouse.gov |
| Jason Barrett |
340-3188 | jasonbarrett@wvhouse.gov | Shannon Kimes |
340-3136 | shannon.kimes@wvhouse.gov |
| Mick Bates |
340-3180 | mick.bates@wvhouse.gov | Daniel Linville |
340-3277 | daniel.linville@wvhouse.gov |
| Brent Boggs |
340-3142 | brent.boggs@wvhouse.gov | Todd Longanacre |
340-3129 | todd.loganacre@wvhouse.gov |
| Jordan Bridges |
340-3297 | jordan.bridges@wvhouse.gov | Chad Lovejoy |
340-3280 | chad.lovejoy@wvhouse.gov |
| Nathan Brown |
340-3126 | nathan.brown@wvhouse.gov | Phil Mallow |
340-3331 | phil.mallow@wvhouse.gov |
| Barry Bruce |
340-3131 | barry.bruce@wvhouse.gov | John Mandt |
340-3176 | john.mandt@wvhouse.gov |
| Adam Burkhammer |
340-3123 | adam.burkhammer@wvhouse.gov | Carl Martin | 340-3167 | carl.martin@wvhouse.gov |
| Moore Capito |
340-3252 | moore.capito@wvhouse.gov | Zack Maynard |
340-3152 | zack.maynard@wvhouse.gov |
| Wayne Clark |
340-3366 | wayne.clark@wvhouse.gov | Margitta Mazzocchi |
340-3174 | margitta.mazzocchi@wvhouse.gov |
| Roger Conley |
340-3137 | roger.conley@wvhouse.gov | Pat McGeehan |
340-3397 | pat.mcgeehan@wvhouse.gov |
| Roy Cooper |
340-3119 | roy.cooper@wvhouse.gov | George Miller | 340-3177 | george.miller@wvhouse.gov |
| Vernon Criss |
340-3202 | vernon.criss@wvhouse.gov | Ty Nestor |
340-3178 | ty.nestor@wvhouse.gov |
| Mark Dean |
340-3265 | mark.dean@wvhouse.gov | Larry Pack |
340-3181 | larry.pack@wvhouse.gov |
| Phillip Diserio |
340-3367 | phillip.diserio@wvhouse.gov | Jeffrey Pack | 340-3269 | jeffrey.pack@wvhouse.gov |
| John Doyle | 340-3248 | johndoyle@wvhouse.gov | Tony Paynter |
340-3163 | tony.paynter@wvhouse.gov |
| Joe Ellington |
340-3265 | joe.ellington@wvhouse.gov | Dave Pethtel |
340-3158 | dave.pethtel@wvhouse.gov |
| Paul Espinosa |
340-3310 | paul.espinosa@wvhouse.gov | Chris Phillips | 340-3398 | chris.phillips@wvhouse.gov |
| Joshua Booth |
340-3155 | joshua.booth@wvhouse.gov | Jonathan Pinson |
340-3146 | jonathan.pinson@wvhouse.gov |
| Ed Evans |
340-3165 | ed.evans@wvhouse.gov | Chris Pritt |
340-3156 | chris.pritt@wvhouse.gov |
| Tom Fast |
340-3170 | tom.fast@wvhouse.gov | Mike Pushkin |
340-3106 | mike.pushkin@wvhouse.gov |
| Dana Ferrell |
340-3194 | dana.ferrell@wvhouse.gov | Ben Queen |
340-3171 | ben.queen@wvhouse.gov |
| Barbara Fleischauer |
340-3127 | barbaraf@wvhouse.gov | Ken Reed |
340-3122 | ken.reed@wvhouse.gov |
| Shawn Fluharty |
340-3270 | shawn.fluharty@wvhouse.gov | Charlie Reynolds |
340-3151 | charlie.reynolds@wvhouse.gov |
| Don Forsht |
340-3147 | don.forsht@wvhouse.gov | Clay Riley |
340-3144 | clay.riley@wvhouse.gov |
| Geoff Foster |
340-3121 | geoff.foster@wvhouse.gov | Matthew Rohrbach |
340-3221 | matthew.rohrbach@wvhouse.gov |
| Joey Garcia |
340-3124 | joey.garcia@wvhouse.gov | Ruth Rowan | 340-3157 | ruth.rowan@wvhouse.gov |
| Marty Gearheart | 340-3179 | marty.gearheart@wvhouse.gov | Larry Rowe |
340-3287 | larry.rowe@wvhouse.gov |
| Dianna Graves |
340-3392 | dianna.graves@wvhouse.gov | Doug Skaff |
340-3240 | doug.skaff@wvhouse.gov |
| Ric Griffith |
340-3355 | ric.griffith@wvhouse.gov | Doug Smith | 340-3187 | doug.smith@wvhouse.gov |
| Danny Hamrick |
340-3141 | danny.hamrick@wvhouse.gov | Joe Statler |
340-3153 | joe.statler@wvhouse.gov |
| Caleb Hanna |
340-3916 | caleb.hanna@wvhouse.gov | Brandon Steele |
340-3162 | brandon.steele@wvhouse.gov |
| Evan Hansen |
340-3125 | evan.hansen@wvhouse.gov | Erikka Storch |
340-3378 | erikka.storch@wvhouse.gov |
| Roger Hanshaw |
340-3210 | roger.hanshaw@wvhouse.gov | Amy Summers |
340-3220 | amy.summers@wvhouse.gov |
| John Hardy |
340-3350 | john.hardy@wvhouse.gov | Terri Sypolt |
340-3160 | terri.sypolt@wvhouse.gov |
| Austin Haynes |
340-3337 | austin.haynes@wvhouse.gov | Cody Thompson |
340-3145 | cody.thompson@wvhouse.gov |
| Joshua Higginbotham |
340-3118 | joshua.higginbotham@wvhouse.gov | Chris Toney |
340-3384 | chris.toney@wvhouse.gov |
| Josh Holstein |
340-3184 | josh.holstein@wvhouse.gov | Heather Tully |
340-3352 | heather.tully@wvhouse.gov |
| Sean Hornbuckle |
340-3395 | sean.hornbuckle@wvhouse.gov | Danielle Walker |
340-3900 | danielle.walker@wvhouse.gov |
| Chuck Horst |
340-3148 | charles.horst@wvhouse.gov | Johnnie Wamsley |
340-3199 | johnnie.wamsley@wvhouse.gov |
| John Paul Hott |
340-3399 | john.hott@wvhouse.gov | Bryan Ward |
340-3154 | bryan.ward@wvhouse.gov |
| Eric Householder |
340-3230 | eric.householder@wvhouse.gov | Guy Ward |
340-3259 | guy.ward@wvhouse.gov |
| Gary Howell |
340-3191 | gary.howell@wvhouse.gov | Steve Westfall |
340-3140 | steve.westfall@wvhouse.gov |
| Dean Jeffries |
340-3149 | dean.jeffries@wvhouse.gov | John Williams |
340-3173 | john.williams@wvhouse.gov |
| Joe Jeffries |
340-3113 | joe.jeffries@wvhouse.gov | Evan Worrell |
340-3175 | evan.worrell@wvhouse.gov |
| D. Rolland Jennings | 340-3396 | buck.jennings@wvhouse.gov | Kayla Young |
340-3362 | kayla.young@wvhouse.gov |
| Riley Keaton |
340-3185 | riley.keaton@wvhouse.gov | Mark Zatezalo |
340-3120 | mark.zatezalo@wvhouse.gov |
| David Kelly |
340-3226 | david.kelly@wvhouse.gov | Lisa Zukoff |
340-3111 | lisa.zukoff@wvhouse.gov |