Mike Woelfel is a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate representing the 5th district.^[1] The 5th district includes all of Cabell County and a small portion of northern Wayne County.^[2] In 2022, Woelfel was chosen as Minority Leader of the Senate.^[3]

Woelfel was first elected in 2014 to succeed Evan Jenkins who left the Democratic Party and chose to run for Congress as a Republican. Woelfel's victory was a rare pick up for the Democratic Party during a year that otherwise saw major Republican gains in West Virginia.^[4] In 2020, Woelfel was appointed as Minority Whip for the Senate Democratic caucus.^[5] Two years later, Woelfel became the Minority Leader after his predecessor, Stephen Baldwin, lost re-election.

Woelfel maintains a private personal injury law firm with his son, Matthew Woelfel.^[6] Prior to his time in the Senate, Woelfel served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Cabell County and was appointed, on a part-time basis, to a juvenile judicial office for the Supreme Court of Appeals.^[6] He also served as an adjunct professor at Marshall University.^[7]

v t e Statewide elected officials and legislative leaders of West Virginia
U.S. senators	Joe Manchin Shelley Moore Capito
State government	Jim Justice, Governor Craig Blair, Lieutenant Governor Mac Warner, Secretary of State Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General Riley Moore, Treasurer JB McCuskey, Auditor Kent Leonhardt, Agriculture Commissioner
Senate	Craig Blair, President Donna Boley, President pro tempore Tom Takubo, Majority Leader Mike Woelfel, Minority Leader
House	Roger Hanshaw, Speaker Paul Espinosa, Speaker pro tempore Eric Householder, Majority Leader Sean Hornbuckle, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Tim Armstead, Chief Justice Beth Walker John A. Hutchison William R. Wooton C. Haley Bunn, Justices