LEGISLATIVE · WV · 2015-2017
Bill Cole
Senate President · Senate · Republican · West Virginia
On the record
2016 GOP Gov nominee — lost to Jim Justice
Background
Bill Cole served as Senate President · Senate of West Virginia from 2015–2017 (2 years). Took office after Jeff Kessler; succeeded by Mitch Carmichael. Note: 2016 GOP Gov nominee — lost to Jim Justice. Same-year political environment (2015): Governor Earl Ray Tomblin; Attorney General Patrick Morrisey; Secretary of State Natalie Tennant.
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Others who held this office in West Virginia
- Randy Smith (2025-present)
- Craig Blair (2021-2025)
- Mitch Carmichael (2017-2021)
- Jeff Kessler (2010-2015)
- Earl Ray Tomblin (1995-2010)