---
type: Person
title: "John Paul Hott"
description: "WV House District 85 — WV State House of Representatives District 85"
role: "WV House District 85"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "WV"
district: "WV State House of Representatives District 85"
represents: "us/states/wv/districts/house/85"
tenure:
  start: "2022-12-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "018a423b-3a36-4468-bb36-066fda9a3ee5"
  office: "e88fa1d6-52ac-4d4b-a1ab-69141cd54b00"
  tenure: "3bf383a3-cbd0-48f4-940d-8973ed0c37e4"
  jurisdiction: "1a873357-177e-43c0-a33b-b2137f2d2eb0"
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"
---

# John Paul Hott

Current WV House District 85 (WV State House of Representatives District 85).

Represents [WV State House of Representatives District 85](/us/states/wv/districts/house/85.md).

## Sources

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

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