---
type: Person
title: "J.B. Akers"
description: "WV House District 55 — WV State House of Representatives District 55"
role: "WV House District 55"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "WV"
district: "WV State House of Representatives District 55"
represents: "us/states/wv/districts/house/55"
tenure:
  start: "2024-01-09"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "99cb07ab-ef29-41f6-9dd0-4621957485b1"
  office: "97c284fa-0e23-495f-bbf5-d1ce92b3dc45"
  tenure: "15c15485-9b4e-4683-b2bf-78dc7c614f23"
  jurisdiction: "60cc8af9-9213-4f2a-a041-3e895aa6bfd6"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, wv]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# J.B. Akers

Current WV House District 55 (WV State House of Representatives District 55).

Represents [WV State House of Representatives District 55](/us/states/wv/districts/house/55.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).