Longtime Kanawha County Delegate Patrick Lane will not run for re-election.
Lane, a Republican and vice chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is currently in the midst of his sixth term in the House of Delegates.
"I've been here 12 years and it's just time to do other things," Lane said Wednesday.
He represents the 38th House District, which covers Cross Lanes and a northwestern corner of Kanawha County as well as a chunk of southern Putnam County, including Scott Depot.
He has been a prominent supporter of, among other things, the creation of drug courts, education reform and changes to the state's mandatory immunization rules.
Four candidates have filed to run for the House seat currently held by Lane: Republicans David Bender, Nancy Reagan Foster and Bob Keller, and Democrat Tom Tull.
Candidates who have filed in recent days for this year's election include:
n Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for president, and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, one of the leading Republican candidates.
n Incumbent Republican congressmen David McKinley and Evan Jenkins, who are running for re-election.
n Delegate Patsy Trecost, D-Harrison, will challenge incumbent Natalie Tennant in the Democratic primary for secretary of state. Trecost, a former Clarksburg mayor, joins Tennant and Republican Mac Warner in the race.
n Robin Righter, a former employee of the state auditor's office, is running for auditor. She joins fellow Democrat Mary Ann Claytor and Delegate J.B. McCuskey, R-Kanawha, in the auditor's race.
n Wayne King, a lawyer from Clay, is running for the open seat on the state Supreme Court. He joins Morgantown lawyer Beth Walker and Bill Wooton, a Beckley lawyer and former legislative leader, in the non-partisan race.