# Randy Smith

Randy Smith is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2016-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/28321ca7-5b8c-4b1a-9a85-2ae30e52045b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/28321ca7-5b8c-4b1a-9a85-2ae30e52045b (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

58% of Smith’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 164 donors and 561 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

431 roll calls. Attendance 95.8% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 100% (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 164 bills: 144 reached committee, 64 passed one chamber, 50 passed both, 46 became law. Cosponsored 40. 39.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 6 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 55: Recognizing honeybees and their importance to agriculture and economy in WV (introduced, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR55/
- SB 1077: Requiring vocational education agriculture programs be offered to all students (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1077/
- SB 997: Allowing certain hospital staff members to begin withdrawing from retirement benefits in certain circumstances (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB997/
- SB 924: Streamlining and reforming Division of Personnel systems (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB924/
- SB 909: Modernizing educational programs and technologies (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB909/
- SB 894: Reforming certain boards and commissions (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB894/
- SB 901: Creating truancy pre-trial diversion program (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB901/
- SR 33: Designating February 11, 2026, as WV Arts Day (introduced, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR33/
- SB 832: Supplemental Appropriation to Bureau of Senior Services, fund 0420 (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB832/
- SB 871: Supplemental appropriation to State Board of Education, fund 3517 (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB871/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $121.0K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 58% 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%20Smith
- Campaign site: http://www.randyesmith.com/
- X: https://x.com/randyesmithwv
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/randysmithforwv/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resmithwv/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-smith-27817473/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/28321ca7-5b8c-4b1a-9a85-2ae30e52045b