# Vince Deeds Vince Deeds is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 10. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 10 - Serving since: 2022-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/147a2b54-846b-4fec-b394-be4b50827f5f Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/147a2b54-846b-4fec-b394-be4b50827f5f (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 74% of Deeds’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.03), from 201 donors and 411 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 799 roll calls. Attendance 100% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 77% (88%). 30 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 93 bills: 84 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 231. 20.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 19 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 990: Creating WV ALS Care Services Act (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB990/ - SB 947: Providing birth certificate copies to homeless individuals under 18 (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB947/ - SB 938: Clarifying powers, duties, and responsibilities of certain public health officials (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB938/ - SB 934: Modifying accrued benefit of members of WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System (introduced, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB934/ - SB 903: Increasing number of days before nursing homes must report abandoned property to administrator (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB903/ - SB 906: Permitting lawful prescription of crystalline polymorph psilocybin under FDA recommendations (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB906/ - SB 889: Requiring recreational facilities have AED accessible (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB889/ - SB 766: Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB766/ - SR 29: Designating February 6, 2026, as Recovery Advocacy Day (introduced, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR29/ - SB 720: WV Comprehensive Student and Family Support Act (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB720/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $102.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 74% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Deeds - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Deeds4WV/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vincedeedsforwvsenate7367 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/147a2b54-846b-4fec-b394-be4b50827f5f