---
type: Person
title: "Patricia Rucker"
description: "WV Senate District 16 — WV State Senate District 16"
role: "WV Senate District 16"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "WV"
district: "WV State Senate District 16"
represents: "us/states/wv/districts/senate/16"
tenure:
  start: "2016-12-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "9090261b-754e-4d8a-bd30-420950101478"
  office: "bc827f68-18eb-48cf-892c-b57bc5031c8c"
  tenure: "aa4120c4-bb08-4010-a9ed-285d22cd1a0f"
  jurisdiction: "7db67d32-2373-4607-9aca-9cb8161c97c8"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, wv]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Patricia Rucker

Current WV Senate District 16 (WV State Senate District 16).

Represents [WV State Senate District 16](/us/states/wv/districts/senate/16.md).

## Sources

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

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