# Eric Tarr Eric Tarr is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 4. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 4 - Serving since: 2018-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/18d03332-9bd9-4070-9101-6cf93ab2105e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18d03332-9bd9-4070-9101-6cf93ab2105e (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 11% of the 72 bills Tarr sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the West Virginia Senate. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.03), from 187 donors and 694 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 98.2% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 84% (88%). 33 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 72 bills: 66 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 77. 11.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 28 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 978: Authorizing certain municipalities to become members of Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB978/ - SB 866: Eliminating capital gains tax on gold, silver, and cryptocurrency (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB866/ - SR 26: Congratulating Hurricane High School on being 2025 AAAA Boys State Soccer champions (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR26/ - SB 701: Relating to authority of sheriff's commission for collection of taxes (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB701/ - SB 624: Extending sunset date for modification to personal and corporate income tax for qualified businesses (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB624/ - SB 38: Establishing revocation of authority for spending by agency in support of challenge to WV law (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB38/ - SB 93: Limiting medical monitoring damages (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB93/ - SB 117: Creating program to reward citizens for information on drug trafficking (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB117/ - SB 142: Relating to judges recusing themselves in certain instances (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB142/ - SB 91: Prohibiting spending authority for money used by board or commission that retains labor position (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB91/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $98.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 86% 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%20Tarr - Campaign site: https://www.ericjtarrwvsenate.com/ - X: https://x.com/ericjtarr4wv - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ericjtarr4wvsenate/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eric.tarr.77 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@erictarr8139 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-tarr-pt-dpt-mba-ocs-49b06b36/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18d03332-9bd9-4070-9101-6cf93ab2105e