U.S. Senator from West Virginia
Jim Justice
Republican · West Virginia
Billionaire businessman and former two-term Governor of West Virginia, elected to Senate in 2024. Known for switching from Democrat to Republican at a Trump rally in 2017.
Record
Conservative Republican businessman. Strong supporter of coal, natural gas, and deregulation. Focus on economic development and reducing federal regulations on business.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)
- S.5169 — A bill to expand the boundaries of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, to recognize and enhance the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District partnership model, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
- S.5140 — A bill to ensure the fairness, transparency, and consistency of disqualifying provisions administered by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- S.4548 — GROUSE Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- S.4367 — Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act (Introduced, Apr 21, 2026)
Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act This bill includes hot rotisserie chicken as an eligible food to purchase with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. - S.4309 — Deescalation Drone Pilot Program Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 15, 2026)
- S.4310 — No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act (Introduced, Apr 15, 2026)
- S.4112 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit period for the production of refined coal, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Mar 17, 2026)
- S.3417 — Main Street Lending Improvement Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 10, 2025)
Notable votes
- Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- S.5179 — A bill to clarify that for purposes of Federal nondiscrimination requirements applicable to education programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance, discrimination prohibited under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is based on the biological reality of sex. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- S.3267 — ASAP Act (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
- S.4528 — IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.5115 — A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to add the emergency watershed program as a covered program for purposes of carrying out the regional conservation partnership program, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.5117 — A bill to establish consumer transparency and protection requirements for artificial intelligence chatbots, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.5119 — A bill to require the United States Postal Service to sell the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp for 6 additional years. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.2955 — Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- S.4952 — Protecting American Taxpayers Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
Voting analysis
Of every Republican senator measured here, Jim Justice leaves the conference position least often. His record contains a single departure.
The one vote
He supported a colleague's amendment to a budget resolution that the conference declined to back, and the chamber rejected it. That is the whole of the disagreement. Nothing else in his voting record separates him from his party.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.Con.Res. 7 Paul Amdt No. 999 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 999 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
A party change that does not appear here
He is widely known for having changed parties, and the tenure figures below record no such change. Both are correct. The switch happened while he was governor of his state, before this Senate service began, and the count on this page measures only changes made while holding the office being described.
First elected in 2025, now serving across 1 terms. Jim Justice falls in the freshman cohort.
The West Virginia seats
West Virginia's two Senate seats are both Republican, and Justice is the more conforming of the pair.
Among the 2 Republicans in the West Virginia delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 2.9%. Jim Justice is below that average at 0.6%.
What he legislates on
The filed record is small, as a first partial term tends to be. It includes expanding the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields historic district and its partnership model, consistency in the disqualification rules administered by the commodities and securities regulators, a grouse measure, a bill on rotisserie chicken, and a de-escalation drone pilot programme.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Jim Justice's cluster into: Taxation (2), Agriculture and Food (1), Commerce (1), Transportation and Public Works (1).
Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.
Attendance
He misses a somewhat larger share of votes than most senators.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Jim Justice has 17 bills sponsored, 295 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Senate Special Committee on Aging
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Energy
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Water and Power
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