# Zack Maynard

Zack Maynard is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2025-11-05
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1039d280-ca07-4923-a501-408c5f7703dc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1039d280-ca07-4923-a501-408c5f7703dc (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

0% of the 7 bills Maynard sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the West Virginia Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.02), from 40 donors and 401 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

431 roll calls. Attendance 100% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 96.6% (88%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 4004 Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4004/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5277 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred… · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5277/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5694 Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5694/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 4009 Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4009/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5288 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5288/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5317 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce - Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5317/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · 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 · Passage · HB 4245 Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4245/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5307 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Tourism- Division of Culture and History from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5307/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5537 Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5537/

## Legislation (WV 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 6 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 42. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 34 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 991: Codifying common law cause of action of public nuisance (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB991/
- SB 974: Clarifying Attorney General oversight of political subdivision's hiring of private attorneys (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB974/
- SJR 20: Fire and Emergency Services Excess Levy Majority Approval Amendment (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SJR20/
- SB 734: Updating requirements for filing fee and annual fee (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB734/
- SB 735: Phasing out corporate net income tax over 4 years (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB735/
- SB 736: Requiring DMV to provide identification card for eligible released inmates (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB736/
- SB 716: Reducing participation required to receive volunteer firefighter tax credit (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB716/
- HCR 85: McClintic Family Bridge (passed one chamber, 2022-03-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/20221S/HCR85/
- HCR 85: McClintic Family Bridge (passed one chamber, 2022-03-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2022/HCR85/
- HCR 83: U.S. Army SGT Charles L. Toppings Memorial Road. (passed both chambers, 2022-03-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2022/HCR83/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $57.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 84% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1039d280-ca07-4923-a501-408c5f7703dc