Secretaries of State 2001 - Present
Joe Manchin III (D) 2001-2005
Joe Manchin was elected as the twenty-seventh Secretary of State in 2000 and served in that capacity until 2005. Manchin was elected Governor of West Virginia in 2004 and again in 2008.
Betty Ireland (R) 2005-2009
Betty Ireland was elected as the twenty-eighth Secretary of State in 2004. She served in that capacity until 2009.
Natalie E. Tennant (D) 2009-Present
Natalie Tennant was elected as the twenty-ninth Secretary of State in 2008. For more information please visit her biography page by clicking here.