Ryan Cledith Elkins
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Hamlin
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Member, House of Delegates, District 30
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- Nov 3, 2026
What this office does: One of the 100 members of the West Virginia House of Delegates, which writes state laws and passes the state budget; each delegate represents one single-member district.
Jeff Eldridge
RepublicanIncumbent
Alum Creek
The gist
- Sponsored making fentanyl possession a felony.In office
- Sponsored designating mine rescue miners as first responders.In office
- Sponsored jump-starting the state flood resiliency office.In office
- Sponsored a registry of convicted animal abusers.In office
- Sponsored a bill relating generally to medical cannabis.In office
In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.
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Sponsored making fentanyl possession a felony.
Jeff Eldridge, member page, West Virginia House of DelegatesGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 5599 · wvlegislature.gov
“To make the possession of fentanyl a felony offense”
Sponsored designating mine rescue miners as first responders.
Jeff Eldridge, member page, West Virginia House of DelegatesGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 5002 · wvlegislature.gov
“In cases of mine rescues, designate miners as first responders”
Sponsored jump-starting the state flood resiliency office.
Jeff Eldridge, member page, West Virginia House of DelegatesGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 5646 · wvlegislature.gov
“To jumpstart the state’s State Resiliency and Flood Protection Act to allow the Resiliency Office to begin the work of assisting areas of the state”
Sponsored a registry of convicted animal abusers.
Jeff Eldridge, member page, West Virginia House of DelegatesGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 5209 · wvlegislature.gov
“Create a registry of persons convicted of animal abuse”
Sponsored a bill relating generally to medical cannabis.
Jeff Eldridge, member page, West Virginia House of DelegatesGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 5260 · wvlegislature.gov
“Relating generally to medical cannabis”
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