Full Name:
Robert Lee Karnes
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Amy; 8 Children
Birth Date:
05/13/1969
Birth Place:
South Charleston, WV
Home City:
Tallmansville, WV
Religion:
Baptist
Attended, West Virginia University
Candidate, West Virginia State Senate, District 11, 2024,2026
Senator, West Virginia State Senate, District 11, 2014-2019, 2021-2025
Candidate, West Virginia State Senate, District 11, 2018, 2020
Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 44, 2012
Former Chair, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Banking and Insurance Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Education Accountability Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Education Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Education Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Education Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Employee Suggestion Award Board, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Forest Management Review Commission, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Forest Management and Review Commission, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Government and Finance Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Health and Human Resources Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Interstate Cooperation Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Joint Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, West Virginia General Assembly
Former Member, Joint Children and Families Committee, West Virginia General Assembly
Former Member, Joint Education Committee, West Virginia General Assembly
Former Member, Joint Health Committee, West Virginia General Assembly
Former Member, Joint Judiciary Committee, West Virginia General Assembly
Former Member, Joint Oversight Commission on Education Accountability, West Virginia General Assembly
Former Member, Joint Technology Committee, West Virginia General Assembly
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Labor Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Labor and Worker Safety Issues-Interim Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Chair, Natural Resources Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Chair, Natural Resources Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Pensions Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Chair, Pensions and Retirement Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Rule-Making Review Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Chair, Select Committee on Tax Reform, West Virginia State Senate
Former Chair, Tax Reform-Interim, Select Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Chair, Technology Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Worker Safety Issues Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Workforce Committee, West Virginia State Senate
President, Systek Computing Incorporated, 2016-present
President, Field Services Integrated Solutions, 1990-present
President, ARK DataLink, 1995-2000
Member, Tallmansville Baptist Church, present