2022 WV Legislative Scorecard 2021-

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the West Virginia Legislature in 2021-2022 and ranks state delegates and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

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House Votes

1. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan

Creates an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan for West Virginia that describes how our state intends to use its share of NEVI Formula Program funds.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HB4797 Roll Call 1151559

2. Vaccine Status

Prohibits the showing of proof of a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for entering the premises of any state or local governmental building or as a condition for entering the premises of a hospital or enrolling in a state institution of higher education.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB4012 Roll Call 1168870

3. Reduced Licensure

Eases up on licensing requirements for plumbers, HVAC, and electricians.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB2008 Roll Call 1031198

4. Con-Con

Applies to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of states.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HCR31 Roll Call 1162877

5. Women's Sports

Prohibits biological males from participating on athletic teams or sports designated for biological females where competitive skill or contact is involved.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB3293 Roll Call 1049678

6. Industrial Business Expansion Development Program

Creates the Industrial Business Expansion Development Program and is to be administered as a program within the Department of Economic Development.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
SB4001 Roll Call 1226083

How did they vote?

Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
William Anderson R 50%
James Anthony Barach D 40%
Trenton Barnhart R 50%
Jason Barrett R 40%
Mick Bates D 25%
Brent Boggs D 60%
Josh Booth R 33%
Jordan Ray Bridges R 33%
Nathan Duane Brown D 25%
Adam Dwayne Burkhammer R 50%
Moore Arch Alfred Capito R 50%
Wayne Michael Clark R 50%
Roger Ray Conley R 50%
Roy G. Cooper R 40%
Adrian Vernon Criss R 33%
Kathie Hess Crouse R 25%
Daniel Mark Dean R 33%
Phillip W. Diserio D 40%
Robert John Doyle D 17%
Joe C. Ellington R 60%
Paul Espinosa R 60%
Edward Edmond Evans D 33%
Tom Fast R 50%
Dana Joe Ferrell R 33%
Barbara Evans Fleischauer D 17%
Shawn Lucas Fluharty D 33%
Donald Herbert Forsht R 50%
Geoff B. Foster R 50%
Joey Garcia D 33%
Gary Martin Gearheart R 67%
Heather Dawn Glasko-Tully R 50%
Dianna Graves R 50%
Rickey Willard Griffith D 33%
Danny Hamrick R 60%
Caleb Hanna R 50%
Evan Paul Hansen D 17%
Roger Hanshaw R 50%
John Robert Hardy R 50%
Austin Lee Haynes R 50%
Joshua Allen Holstein R 50%
Michael Honaker R 25%
Sean Hornbuckle D 33%
Charles Kenneth Horst R 50%
John Paul Hott R 50%
Eric Lee Householder R 60%
Gary G. Howell R 50%
Joseph David Jeffries R 40%
Warren Dean Jeffries R 50%
D. Roland Jennings R 50%
Nicholas Riley Keaton R 50%
David Lee Kelly R 50%
John R. Kelly R 50%
Kayla Kessinger R 50%
Laura M Hurley Kimble R 50%
Dennis Shannon Kimes R 50%
Daniel Linville R 50%
William Todd Longanacre R 50%
Chad Stephen Lovejoy D 20%
Phil Mallow R 50%
John Franklin Mandt R 60%
Carl Robert Martin R 60%
Zachery Ezra Maynard R 33%
Jordan G. Maynor R 25%
Pat McGeehan R 67%
George Allen Miller R 33%
William Tyler Nestor R 40%
Lawrence Allen Pack R 60%
Anthony Dowe Paynter R 60%
David Lee Pethtel D 33%
Chris Edward Phillips R 50%
Jonathan Adam Pinson R 50%
Christopher Todd Pritt R 50%
Mike Pushkin D 17%
Ben Queen R 50%
Kenneth R. Reed R 50%
Charles Foster Reynolds R 33%
Clay Patrick Riley R 75%
Matthew Rohrbach R 33%
Ruth Rowan R 50%
Larry L. Rowe D 17%
Margitta Schaaf-Mazzocchi R 50%
Doug Skaff D 17%
Douglas Dean Smith R 50%
Joseph C. Statler R 33%
Brandon Scott Steele R 60%
Erikka Storch R 33%
Amy Summers R 50%
Terrishie Funk Sypolt R 40%
Cody Hansbrough Thompson D 33%
Christopher Wayne Toney R 33%
Danielle Marie Walker D 20%
Johnnie Andrew Wamsley R 50%
Bryan Clark Ward R 67%
Guy Edward Ward R 33%
Steve Westfall R 50%
John Ryan Nelson Williams D 33%
Evan Bradley Worrell R 33%
Kayla Ann Young D 33%
Mark Zatezalo R 50%
Lisa Beth Zukoff D 17%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat28.1%
Republican47.4%
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