# Joey Garcia

Joey Garcia is a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate for district 13.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 13
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/387d11ce-ecf1-4c80-a338-bd8c86f52004

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/387d11ce-ecf1-4c80-a338-bd8c86f52004 (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

Garcia reported $201.4K in the 2024 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats (median $16.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 459 donors and 491 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 100% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 100% (88%). 0 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 52 bills: 42 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 85. 13.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 26 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 987: Prohibiting discrimination based upon gender identity or sexual orientation (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB987/
- SB 940: Establishing early detection cancer screening pilot program for active and retired firefighters (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB940/
- SB 902: Removing barriers to voting for disabled voters (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB902/
- SB 869: Creating WV Housing Stability Fund (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB869/
- SB 870: Providing $10,000 pay raise to teachers across five years (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB870/
- SB 754: Creating Foster Care Facilities Improvement Fund (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB754/
- SB 656: Relating to ethics reforms at PSC (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB656/
- SB 658: Relating to certified microgrid district projects and certified high impact data center projects (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB658/
- SB 652: Relating to distribution of tax revenues collected from data centers (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB652/
- SB 600: Limiting family income for Hope Scholarship eligibility (introduced, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB600/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $201.4K (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). 97% 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%20Garcia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Rick-Garcia/pfbid02zL4pyW17WZd1y4b4XNDsTrknbHjAutssZNfAiajUnYiHWi57PoHEYYEYL4P1kWVvl/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-garcia-63b6ba65

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/387d11ce-ecf1-4c80-a338-bd8c86f52004