Mark R. Maynard

Mark R. Maynard

Republican Party

Candidate, West Virginia State Senate District 6

West Virginia State Senate District 6

Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

11

Compensation

Base salary

$23,000/year

Per diem

$75/day for members who commute daily. $175/day for members who do not commute daily.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Next election

May 12, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Marshall University

Personal

Religion

Christian: Baptist

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Mark R. Maynard (Republican Party) is a member of the West Virginia State Senate, representing District 6. He assumed office on January 11, 2015. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Maynard (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the West Virginia State Senate to represent District 6. He is on the ballot in the Republican primary on May 12, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Maynard earned his B.S. in business/marketing management from Marshall University.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Maynard was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Enrolled Bills Committee
• Senate Finance Committee
• Senate Government Organization Committee
• Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
• Senate Rules Committee
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Chair

2023-2024

Maynard was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Education Committee
• Senate Enrolled Bills Committee
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Senate Outdoor Recreation Committee, Chair
• Senate School Choice Committee, Vice Chair

2021-2022

Maynard was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Agriculture Committee
• Senate Enrolled Bills Committee, Chair
• Senate Government Organization Committee, Chair
• Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

2019-2020

Maynard was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Agriculture Committee
• Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee, Vice-Chair
• Senate Economic Development Committee, Chair
• Senate Education Committee
• Senate Enrolled Bills Committee, Chair
• Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
• Natural Resources Committee, Chair
• Senate Judiciary Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Maynard served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 12, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6

Joshua Hamby and Wyatt Lilly are running in the Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6 on May 12, 2026.

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	Submit photo	Wyatt Lilly

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6

Incumbent Mark R. Maynard, Jeff Disibbio, Eric Porterfield, and Edwin Ray Vanover are running in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6 on May 12, 2026.

		Candidate
		Mark R. Maynard
	Submit photo	Jeff Disibbio
	Submit photo	Eric Porterfield
	Submit photo	Edwin Ray Vanover

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2022

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for West Virginia State Senate District 6

Incumbent Mark R. Maynard defeated Tiffany Clemins in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark R. Maynard (R)	73.4	17,222
		Tiffany Clemins (D)	26.6	6,249

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,471
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6

Tiffany Clemins advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tiffany Clemins	100.0	2,339

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6

Incumbent Mark R. Maynard defeated Sabrina Grace and Wesley Blankenship in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark R. Maynard	59.3	3,435
		Sabrina Grace	26.9	1,557
	Submit photo	Wesley Blankenship	13.8	801

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,793
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2018

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for West Virginia State Senate District 6

Incumbent Mark R. Maynard defeated Charles Sammons in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark R. Maynard (R)	61.5	17,536
	Submit photo	Charles Sammons (D)	38.5	10,972

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,508 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6

Charles Sammons advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6 on May 8, 2018.

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Justin Marcum (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6

Incumbent Mark R. Maynard defeated Wesley Blankenship in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 6 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark R. Maynard	61.0	3,209
	Submit photo	Wesley Blankenship	39.0	2,048

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 5,257
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2014

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the West Virginia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 25, 2014. Incumbent H. Truman Chafin was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Mark R. Maynard was unopposed in the Republican primary. Maynard defeated Chafin in the general election.

West Virginia State Senate District 6, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark R. Maynard	50.8%	11,620
	Democratic	H. Truman Chafin Incumbent	49.2%	11,245
Total Votes				22,865

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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Mark R. Maynard campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	West Virginia State Senate District 6	Won general	$70,150	$57,651
2018	West Virginia State Senate District 6	Won general	$53,399	N/A**
2014	West Virginia State Senate, District 6	Won	$750	N/A**
Grand total			$124,299	$57,651
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in West Virginia

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• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2025.

• Americans for Prosperity - West Virginia — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
• West Virginia Citizen's Defense League — Legislators are scored on their votes on firearms issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2024.

• Americans for Prosperity - West Virginia — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• Sierra Club West Virginia — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
• West Virginia Citizen's Defense League — Legislators are scored on their votes on firearms issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2023.

• Americans for Prosperity - West Virginia — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2022.

• Sierra Club West Virginia — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2021.

• Americans for Prosperity - West Virginia — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• Sierra Club West Virginia — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues.
• West Virginia Manufacturers Association — Legislators are scored on their votes on the manufacturing industry.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2020.

• ACLU of West Virginia — Legislators are scored on their votes on civil liberties issues.
• Sierra Club West Virginia — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• West Virginia Citizen's Defense League — Legislators are scored on their votes on firearms issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2019.

• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2018.

• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues.
• West Virginia Citizen's Defense League — Legislators are scored on their votes on firearms issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2017.

• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2016.

• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the West Virginia State Legislature in 2015.

• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse — Legislators are scored on their votes on lawsuit-related legislation.

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Maynard was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from West Virginia. Maynard was one of 30 delegates from West Virginia bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention. As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from West Virginia, 2016 and Republican delegates from West Virginia, 2016

District-level and at-large delegates from West Virginia were elected directly by voters in the state's primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates were allowed to run as unpledged delegates or to designate a candidate to whom they wished to be bound at the national convention.

West Virginia primary results

See also: Presidential election in West Virginia, 2016

West Virginia Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Donald Trump	77.1%	157,238	30
Ted Cruz	9%	18,301	0
John Kasich	6.7%	13,721	1
Ben Carson	2.2%	4,421	0
Marco Rubio	1.4%	2,908	0
Jeb Bush	1.1%	2,305	0
Rand Paul	0.9%	1,798	0
Mike Huckabee	0.9%	1,780	0
Chris Christie	0.4%	727	0
Carly Fiorina	0.3%	659	0
David Hall	0.1%	203	0
Totals		204,061	31
Source: The New York Times and West Virginia Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

West Virginia had 34 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts) and 22 served as at-large delegates. According to the Republican National Committee, West Virginia's district and at-large delegates were "elected on the primary ballot and [may have specified an] intention to be committed to a candidate."

In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.

Personal

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Maynard has one child. He is a chair of the Wayne County Republican Party.

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Current members of the West Virginia State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Randy Smith

Majority Leader:Patrick Martin

Minority Leader:Mike Woelfel

Senators

District 1

Laura Wakim Chapman (R)

Ryan Weld (R)

District 2

Charles Clements (R)

Christopher Rose (R)

District 3

Mike Azinger (R)

Trenton Barnhart (R)

District 4

Amy Grady (R)

Eric Tarr (R)

District 5

Scott Fuller (R)

Mike Woelfel (D)

District 6

Craig Hart (R)

Mark Maynard (R)

District 7

Zack Maynard (R)

Rupie Phillips (R)

District 8

T. Kevan Bartlett (R)

Glenn Jeffries (R)

District 9

Brian Helton (R)

Rollan Roberts (R)

District 10

Vince Deeds (R)

Jack Woodrum (R)

District 11

William Hamilton (R)

Robbie Morris (R)

District 12

Patrick Martin (R)

Ben Queen (R)

District 13

Joey Garcia (D)

Mike Oliverio (R)

District 14

Randy Smith (R)

Jay Taylor (R)

District 15

Darren Thorne (R)

Tom Willis (R)

District 16

Jason Barrett (R)

Patricia Rucker (R)

District 17

Anne Charnock (R)

Tom Takubo (R)

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Democratic Party (2)