Shawn M. Legg is an independent candidate for the West Virginia Senate in District 7. The district includes Boone, Lincoln, and Logan counties and part of Kanawha County. Legg is running as a candidate without a Democratic or Republican party affiliation. He is facing Democrat Cynthia Brake and Republican Zack Maynard in the November 2026 general election. Maynard is the current senator and was appointed to the seat in 2025 after former Sen. Mike Stuart resigned. Legg filed as an independent candidate for the Senate District 7 seat and appears on the general election ballot alongside the Democratic and Republican nominees. Publicly available election sources provide limited biographical information about Legg compared with the other candidates in the race. His campaign has been present on social media, where he has focused on issues and political discussions involving communities in Kanawha, Lincoln, and Boone counties. Because detailed information about his professional and personal background is limited in major news and election sources, voters may learn more about his background and reasons for running through his campaign directly.