Rodney Pyles | |
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Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 51st district | |
In office December 1, 2016 – December 2020 | |
Preceded by | Brian Kurcaba |
Succeeded by | Joe Statler |
Personal details | |
Born | Morgantown, West Virginia | June 21, 1945
Political party | Democratic |
Rodney Pyles (born June 21, 1945) is an American politician who served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 51st district from 2016 to 2020.[1][2]
In 2018, Democrats — including Pyles — swept all five seats in the 51st district, the largest multi-member district in the House.[3] As a result, the Monongalia County delegates, all Democrats, called themselves “The Fab Five” and frequently voted and worked together on bills.[4] This was especially notable given that there was only one Democratic member of the delegation just four years earlier, after the 2014 elections. In 2020, Pyles was defeated for re-election by former Republican Delegate Joe Statler, breaking the all-Democratic delegation.