# Anne Charnock Anne Charnock is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 17. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 17 - Serving since: 2025-02-06 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/37bf9de9-84b5-4983-8742-a5c3eeeca64a Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/37bf9de9-84b5-4983-8742-a5c3eeeca64a (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 76% of Charnock’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.04), from 154 donors and 217 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 797 roll calls. Attendance 100% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 97.1% (88%). 7 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 11 bills: 9 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 52. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 14 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 53: Congratulating George Washington High School Cheerleading team on placing third in Division II National High School Cheerleading Championship (introduced, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR53/ - SB 976: Authorizing optional use of county-wide voting centers on election day (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB976/ - SB 954: Relating to health insurance for living organ donors (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB954/ - SR 37: Designating February 13, 2026, as WV Silver Jackets Flood Resiliency Day (introduced, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR37/ - SB 920: Mandating life sentence for first degree murder of minor victim with firearm (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB920/ - SB 643: Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB643/ - SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB607/ - SJR 3: Honorably Discharged Veterans' Property Tax Exemption Amendment (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SJR3/ - SB 128: Creating WV Workplace Security Act (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB128/ - SJR 15: Honorably Discharged Veteran's Property Tax Exemption Amendment (in committee, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SJR15/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $160.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 76% 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/37bf9de9-84b5-4983-8742-a5c3eeeca64a