1044: Austin Haynes

Austin Haynes was West Virginia state delegate from 2020 to 2022. He was defeated by a Democrat in 2022. A woman who worked with him to get a bill passed filed suit in 2023 alleging sexual harassment though her intent to sue was announced by her lawyer in 2022. In 2020, Haynes sent her messages in Facebook promising to introduce the bill if elected. He didn’t. What he did do, according to her lawsuit, is send sexual and personal messages that she asked him to stop sending, but he didn’t. She alleges he offered a sexual quid pro quo for the legislation.









