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Member, House of Delegates, District 95

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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: One of the 100 members of the House of Delegates, the lower chamber of the West Virginia Legislature, which writes state laws and passes the state budget.

Kara Waldeck

Democratic

Martinsburg

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No documented position found.

Daniel Walls

Constitution

Falling Waters

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Photo of Charles "Chuck" Horst
Charles "Chuck" HorstWest Virginia Legislature

Charles "Chuck" Horst

RepublicanIncumbent

Business owner · Falling Waters

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  • Supports locality pay for Eastern Panhandle workers
  • Supports school choice and the Hope Scholarship
  • Sponsored constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds, signedIn office
  • Sponsored resolution raising homestead exemption to $50,000In office
  • Sponsored initiative, referendum and recall amendmentIn office
  • Sponsored criminal forfeiture process replacing civil forfeitureIn office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Supports locality pay for Eastern Panhandle workers

    Charles Horst for Delegate 95th

    Campaign website · Charles Horst campaign · charleshorst.com

    “Housing pay is desperately needed in the Eastern Panhandle for our teachers and state workers.”
  2. Supports school choice and the Hope Scholarship

    Charles Horst for Delegate 95th

    Campaign website · Charles Horst campaign · charleshorst.com

    “I support School Choice and sponsored Hope Scholarship”
  3. Sponsored constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds, signed

    Chuck Horst, House of Delegates member page

    Government record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 4106 · wvlegislature.gov

    “Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds”
  4. Sponsored resolution raising homestead exemption to $50,000

    Chuck Horst, House of Delegates member page

    Government record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HJR 1 · wvlegislature.gov

    “To increase the homestead exemption to $50,000.”
  5. Sponsored initiative, referendum and recall amendment

    Chuck Horst, House of Delegates member page

    Government record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HJR 10 · wvlegislature.gov

    “Amend the state Constitution to give the people the powers of initiative, referendum and recall”
  6. Sponsored criminal forfeiture process replacing civil forfeiture

    Chuck Horst, House of Delegates member page

    Government record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 4049 · wvlegislature.gov

    “Relating to the creation of the Criminal Forfeiture Process Act replacing the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act”

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