Roman W. Prezioso, Jr. (born June 29, 1949) is an American politician and former
West Virginia
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state
senator
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representing the
13th district which comprises parts of
Marion and
Monongalia counties. He is a member of the
Democratic Party.
Background
Roman Prezioso was born on June 29, 1949. He had been an educator and administrator prior to his election to public office. He lives in
Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont is a city in and county seat of Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 18,313 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Fairmont Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Marion County, a ...
.
Prezioso went to
Monongah High School with
Alabama football coach
Nick Saban
Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. (; born October 31, 1951) is an American football coach who has been the head football coach at the University of Alabama since 2007. Saban previously served as head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphi ...
.
Service
Prior to his election to the
West Virginia Senate
The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.
There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms. Although the Democratic Party held a supermajority in t ...
, he was a delegate in the
West Virginia House of Delegates
The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.
Organization
Regular sessions begin with ...
from 1988 to 1996. He served in the Senate from 1996 to 2020.
Committee memberships
Standing Committees
*Banking and Insurance
*Economic Development
*Finance
*Health and Human Resources ''Chair''
*Labor
*Rules
*Natural Resources
Interim committees
*Legislative Intern Committee ''Chair''
*Select Committee A - Flooding and Railroad Issues ''Chair''
*Joint Committee on Technology ''Chair''
*Finance Subcommittee A
*Joint Commission on Economic Development
*Select Committee C - Pharmaceutical Availability and Affordability
*Joint Standing Committee on Finance
*Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee
See also
*
List of members of the 79th West Virginia Senate
References
External links
West Virginia Legislature
1949 births
20th-century American politicians
21st-century American politicians
American school administrators
Educators from West Virginia
Living people
Democratic Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates
People from Fairmont, West Virginia
Democratic Party West Virginia state senators
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