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Senate President Craig Blair
SAMANTHA CART WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair is a husband , father , businessman , Class V certified water specialist , master electrician and master plumber .
A true jack of all trades , he decided to add public servant to his resume in 2002 when he was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates , where he served until 2008 . In 2012 , he was elected to the West Virginia Senate , and over several years , he has served in leadership roles such as chair of the finance committee , vice chair of the education committee , majority whip and chair of the government organization committee . A native of Martinsburg , WV , Blair is proud to be able to serve his home state and honored to have been entrusted with various leadership positions .
“ When I was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2002 , it would never have crossed my mind , or that of anybody else in the minority , that one day we would see the kind of political shift in West Virginia that we have ,” he says . “ I served four terms in the House of Delegates , and I was there for some pretty heavy , groundbreaking issues in West Virginia like the reform of our workers ’ compensation system and medical malpractice liability . In 2012 , I was elected to the West Virginia Senate , again , as a member of the minority , but in 2014 , Republicans took control of the Legislature for the first time since 1932 . I was very fortunate to be put into leadership
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