House Republican Smith paralyzed last year, returns to WV Capitol in wheelchair ‘for my district’ • West Virginia Watch

House Republican Smith paralyzed last year, returns to WV Capitol in wheelchair ‘for my district’ • West Virginia Watch

Del. Bryan Smith, R-Taylor, will return to the West Virginia Capitol for the 2026 legislative session in a wheelchair after numerous surgeries in the last year left him partially paralyzed. (Photo by Amelia Ferrell Knisely/West Virginia Watch)West Virginia House member Bryan Smith will return this session in a wheelchair after numerous surgeries in the last year left him partially paralyzed. Smith, 55, will reside in a medical facility during se…