Morgantown man seeks House seat

Morgantown resident Ahsan Parsi is the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. He won the party’s nomination in a three-way primary held on May 12. Parsi received 39.8 percent of the vote in that race.

Parsi immigrated to the United States from Iran as a child. He said his family left the country during the Iran-Iraq War. He noted that he spoke no English upon arrival. He graduated from Penn State in 2005 with degrees in political science and economics. During his time at the university, he participated in student government and studied civic engagement.

After college, Parsi served as an AmeriCorps volunteer at a low-income school. He later pursued graduate education and worked in civic education and coalition building. He served as director of coalition engagement at iCivics. That nonprofit organization provides civic-education resources. In that role, he worked with groups focused on public engagement.

Parsi lives in Morgantown and has worked as a community organizer and civic engagement advocate. He launched his campaign for Congress in 2026.