Mark Zatezalo

Republican Party

Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor:Phil Diserio (D)

Prior offices:

West Virginia House of Delegates District 1

Years in office: 2020 - 2022

Predecessor:Randy Swartzmiller (D)

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Years in office: 2015 - 2018

Compensation

Base salary

$23,000/year

Per diem

$75/day for members who commute daily. $175/day for members who do not commute daily.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

May 12, 2026

Education

High school

Weir High School

Bachelor's

West Virginia University

Graduate

University of Missouri

Personal

Birthplace

Weirton, WV

Profession

Scientist

Contact

Official website

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Mark Zatezalo (Republican Party) is a member of theWest Virginia House of Delegates, representingDistrict 2. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Zatezalo (Republican Party) is running for re-election to theWest Virginia House of Delegates to representDistrict 2. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled onMay 12, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Mark Zatezalo was born in Weirton, West Virginia. Zatezalo graduated from Weir High School. He earned a B.S. in geology from West Virginia University and an M.A. from the University of Missouri. Zatezalo's career experience includes working as a geologist.^[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Zatezalo was assigned to the following committees:

• Energy and Manufacturing Committee,Vice Chair
• Jails and Prisons
• House Judiciary Committee
• Workforce Development Committee

2021-2022

Zatezalo was assigned to the following committees:

• Energy and Manufacturing Committee
• House Judiciary Committee
• Workforce Development Committee,Chair

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Zatezalo served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 12, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

Daniel Day (D) andOlivia Dowler (D) are running in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2 on May 12, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Daniel Day
		Olivia Dowler

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Republican primary

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

IncumbentMark Zatezalo (R) andTony Viola (R) are running in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2 on May 12, 2026.

		Candidate
		Mark Zatezalo
	Submit photo	Tony Viola

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Endorsements

2024

State House

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

IncumbentMark Zatezalo defeatedOlivia Dowler in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Zatezalo (R)	68.2	5,206
		Olivia Dowler (D)	31.8	2,422

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,628
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

Olivia Dowler advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Olivia Dowler	100.0	1,058

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,058
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

IncumbentMark Zatezalo defeatedMichele Slates in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Zatezalo	63.3	1,124
	Submit photo	Michele Slates	36.7	651

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,775
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Endorsements

State Senate

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for West Virginia State Senate District 1

IncumbentRyan Weld won election in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ryan Weld (R)	100.0	37,739

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 1

IncumbentRyan Weld defeatedScott Adams in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 1 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ryan Weld	64.9	8,342
	Submit photo	Scott Adams	35.1	4,513

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,855
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Zatezalo (R)

Endorsements

2022

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

IncumbentMark Zatezalo defeatedRonnie Jones in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Zatezalo (R)	67.2	3,406
		Ronnie Jones (D)	32.8	1,663

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,069
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

Ronnie Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronnie Jones	100.0	927

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 927
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2

IncumbentMark Zatezalo advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 2 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Zatezalo	100.0	1,263

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,263
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2020

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2020

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 (2 seats)

Mark Zatezalo and incumbentPat McGeehan defeatedJack Wood andRonnie Jones in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Zatezalo (R)	35.3	8,978
✔		Pat McGeehan (R)	32.1	8,165
	Submit photo	Jack Wood (D)	16.9	4,307
		Ronnie Jones (D)	15.8	4,016

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,466
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 (2 seats)

Ronnie Jones andJack Wood defeatedRoger Stewart Jr. in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronnie Jones	39.3	2,529
✔	Submit photo	Jack Wood	38.5	2,473
	Submit photo	Roger Stewart Jr.	22.2	1,429

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,431
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 (2 seats)

IncumbentPat McGeehan andMark Zatezalo advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pat McGeehan	53.3	2,905
✔		Mark Zatezalo	46.7	2,546

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,451
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2018

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2018

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 (2 seats)

IncumbentPat McGeehan andRandy Swartzmiller defeated incumbentMark Zatezalo andDiana Magnone in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pat McGeehan (R)	30.5	6,540
✔		Randy Swartzmiller (D)	24.6	5,277
		Mark Zatezalo (R)	24.0	5,154
		Diana Magnone (D)	20.8	4,463

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,434 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 (2 seats)

Randy Swartzmiller andDiana Magnone advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Swartzmiller	51.9	2,070
✔		Diana Magnone	48.1	1,916

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 3,986
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 (2 seats)

IncumbentPat McGeehan and incumbentMark Zatezalo advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pat McGeehan	53.4	1,590
✔		Mark Zatezalo	46.6	1,387

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 2,977
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2016

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2016

Elections for theWest Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 10, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was January 30, 2016.

IncumbentPatrick McGeehan and incumbentMark Zatezalo defeatedRonnie Jones in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 general election.^[2][3]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 1, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick McGeehanIncumbent	40.08%	8,425
	Republican	Mark ZatezaloIncumbent	33.44%	7,030
	Democratic	Ronnie Jones	26.47%	5,565
Total Votes				21,020
Source:West Virginia Secretary of State

Ronnie Jones ran unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 Democratic primary.^[4][5]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 1, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Ronnie Jones (unopposed)

IncumbentPatrick McGeehan and incumbentMark Zatezalo were unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 1 Republican primary.^[4][5]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 1, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Patrick McGeehanIncumbent
	Republican	Mark ZatezaloIncumbent

2014

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2014

Elections for theWest Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 25, 2014. District 1 is represented by two delegates. IncumbentsRonnie Jones andRandy Swartzmiller were unopposed in the Democratic primary, whilePat McGeehan andMark Zatezalo were unopposed in the Republican primary. Swartzmiller and Zatezalo defeated McGeehan and Jones in the general election.^[6][7]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 1, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark Zatezalo	30.3%	5,075
	Republican	Pat McGeehan	27.2%	4,548
	Democratic	Randy SwartzmillerIncumbent	25.1%	4,198
	Democratic	Ronnie JonesIncumbent	17.4%	2,911
Total Votes				16,732

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

State House

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State Senate

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2022

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2020

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