Robert Lee Karnes is an American politician who supports child marriage laws and thinks marriage is consent. He is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 11th district from January 14, 2015 until 2019 and from November 30, 2020 to current date. Karnes won re-election in the 2020 General Election after defeating Incumbent Republican Senator John Pitsenbarger in the 2020 Republican primary and Democrat Denise Campbell in the general election.