Craig Blair
Senate, District: 15
Representing Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire & Mineral Counties
CONTACT
p: 304-357-7867
e: craig.blair@wvsenate.gov
Bills Sponsored:
2023 Conservation Bills Sponsored:
2020 Conservation Bills Sponsored:
Background:
Home Town
Martinsburg
DOB
October 17, 1959
Education
Hedgesville High School, James Rumsey Technical Institute
Occupation
Businessman, Master Electrician, Master Plumber
Conservation Activities
National Rifle Association
Legislative Service
Elected to House 2002 – 2008, Elected to Senate 2012 – 2016
2020 Committees
Finance, Banking and Insurance, Rules, Confirmations
ACTIVITY
- Opposed to: (1) state funding for the development of alternative energy, (2) increased regulations on mountaintop removal mining and disposal, (3) increased regulations on hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in the Marcellus Shale, (4) state funding for improvements to West Virginia’s energy infrastructure, (5) state funding for open space preservation, (6) enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change.
- “Raleigh County has created West Virginia’s best recycling program. We need just such a program in the Eastern Panhandle. Most everything is recycled and stored until best rate of return. Labor is provided by inmates.”
- “Our state and nation needs to become energy independent through conservation and by using both traditional and alternative energy production. Affordable energy maintains jobs and protects our current standard of living.” Read More»
- In August 6, 2017, letter to Martinsburg Journal, supported gas pipelines into Morgan and Berkeley Counties: “Job creation is paramount for our region. It is incumbent upon us, as your elected officials, to push for greater opportunities here at home for the current work force and for the generations to come . . . [A]s your elected leaders, we fully support the efforts of TransCanada and Mountaineer Gas in helping our region in expanding our pipeline to jobs, growth and prosperity.” Read More»
