# Mark Dean

Mark Dean is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 34.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 34
- Serving since: 2016-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2461647c-b7dc-4df2-b1b8-6acee9700b7c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2461647c-b7dc-4df2-b1b8-6acee9700b7c (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

Dean voted against the majority of West Virginia House Republicans 98 times; party unity 68%, in the bottom 5% of the West Virginia House (average 86%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.01), from 32 donors and 831 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 86% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 68% (86%). 98 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 not voting · 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 not voting · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 4577 Relating to driver’s licenses · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4577/
- 2026-03-14 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 190. 11.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 62 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5650: To allow for the practice of naturopathic medicine in this state. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5650/
- HB 5467: To increase the Deputy Sheriff retirement multiplier from 2.75 to 3.0 (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5467/
- HB 5471: To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5471/
- HB 5465: Allow anyone with a master’s degree to sit for WV Bar exam and become licensed attorney (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5465/
- HB 5468: Allotting counties $5,000 per deputy position to only be used for deputy pay raises (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5468/
- HB 5469: Allowing for a paid commission for sheriffs (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5469/
- HB 5171: Relating to salary schedule adjustments for elected county officials. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5171/
- HB 4571: Taxpayer Protection Act (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4571/
- HCR 85: Lavern “Mousey” Testerman Memorial Bridge (passed both chambers, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HCR85/
- HB 3111: To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary (passed both chambers, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB3111/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,600 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Dean
- X: https://x.com/DelegateDean
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.dean.121/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2461647c-b7dc-4df2-b1b8-6acee9700b7c