---
type: Person
title: "Jim Butler"
description: "WV House District 18 — WV State House of Representatives District 18"
role: "WV House District 18"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "WV"
district: "WV State House of Representatives District 18"
represents: "us/states/wv/districts/house/18"
tenure:
  start: "2022-12-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "25b73fe2-48dc-4094-9011-46a402709641"
  office: "8b6bf484-7dc7-4302-a222-722e6dff94b3"
  tenure: "30ca44d9-ff66-4bc0-8024-8b966dc7f82a"
  jurisdiction: "5afe4662-67c7-4dd2-a635-aeaf380fa31c"
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"
---

# Jim Butler

Current WV House District 18 (WV State House of Representatives District 18).

Represents [WV State House of Representatives District 18](/us/states/wv/districts/house/18.md).

## Sources

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

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