# Kathie Hess Crouse

Kathie Hess Crouse is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 19
- Serving since: 2021-12-02
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0686b8e2-2d6a-4950-b3c3-0dbfe5a6e719

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0686b8e2-2d6a-4950-b3c3-0dbfe5a6e719 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

44% of Crouse’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## What Crouse says (WV 2025–26 session)

16 classified statements: 16 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Crouse | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 12.5% | 9.3% | 213 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 25.0% | 31.9% | 485 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 12.5% | 12.7% | 334 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Commerce 25% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Economics and Public Finance 25% (State House Republicans 12%); Emergency Management 25% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Health 25% (State House Republicans 10%); Transportation and Public Works 25% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 224 donors and 595 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 95.9% (86%). 37 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE · SB 952 Transferring Court Security Fund · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB952/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 4538 Regarding fines in DOH work zones · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4538/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 5462 Relating to Mine Subsidence · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5462/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 · HB 5441 Reforming State Personnel System · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5441/
- 2026-03-14 · voted nay · PREVIOUS QUESTION · HB 5381 Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5381/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · EFFECT FROM PASSAGE · SB 1043 Supplemental appropriation to Department of Agriculture, fund 1401 · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1043/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 4577 Relating to driver’s licenses · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4577/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 5528 Relating to protection of personal residential information of certain public officials. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5528/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · EFFECT FROM PASSAGE · HB 5693 Supplemental appropriation, Department of Tourism Revenue · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5693/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 5686 Relating to the timing of payments of annually required deposit into an eligible recipient’s Hope Scholarship account · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5686/

## Legislation (WV 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 86 bills: 86 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 244. 9.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 66 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5577: Strengthen school bullying laws. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5577/
- HB 5581: Relating to newborn screening (Dawson’s Law) (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5581/
- HB 5592: Ivermectin over the counter (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5592/
- HB 5378: Modifying the requirements for compulsory childhood immunizations to provide for exemptions based on religious and philosophical objections (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5378/
- HB 4952: Related to the establishment of the Charter School Direct Loan Program and the Charter School Credit Enhancement Program within the West Virginia Economic… (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4952/
- HB 4818: Relating to providing greater access to unused public buildings for public charter schools (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4818/
- HB 4819: Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice a particular profession (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4819/
- HB 4817: Relating to modifying the Charter Schools Startup Fund (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4817/
- HB 4786: Clarifies the minimum hours of attendance necessary for child subsidies to be based on monthly enrollment rather than daily attendance (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4786/
- HB 4719: To eliminate the process of vehicle inspection in West Virginia (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4719/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 44% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-03-25 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/2036842561973703032
- 2025-12-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/1996679139680723179
- 2025-11-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/1991932493336051990
- 2025-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/1967176794127421513
- 2025-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/1966114426399920309
- 2025-09-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/1964077775226085453
- 2025-06-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/1935451339183812614
- 2025-06-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/1934048004966650216
- 2025-02-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/1891100122672517459
- 2025-02-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathieHess/status/1889640628470034839

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Crouse
- Campaign site: https://kathiehesscrouse.wixsite.com/kathieforwv
- X: https://x.com/KathieHess
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathieHessCrouse/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathie_hess/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ2sdvnwSIBQODHV1B9wteQ/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathiehesscrouse

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0686b8e2-2d6a-4950-b3c3-0dbfe5a6e719