Barbara Evans Fleischauer (born September 1, 1953, in Homestead, Pennsylvania) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 51[1] since January 12, 2013.
In November 2021, Fleischauer announced she would not seek re-election to the House of Delegates and instead run for the 13th District in the 2022 elections for the West Virginia Senate.
As a result, the Monongalia County delegates, all Democrats, called themselves “The Fab Five” and frequently voted and worked together on bills.
[3] This was especially notable given that Fleischauer was the only Democratic member of the delegation just four years earlier, after the 2014 elections.
She is married to West Virginia University College of Law Professor Bob Bastress and has two children.