# Geno Chiarelli Geno Chiarelli is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 78. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia House, district 78 - Serving since: 2022-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/409397ae-ceea-4b1b-bce5-b042af057232 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/409397ae-ceea-4b1b-bce5-b042af057232 (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 67% of Chiarelli’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans. ## What Chiarelli says (WV 2025–26 session) 11 classified statements: 11 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Chiarelli | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 18.2% | 2.9% | 12 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 779 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.40 (standard error 0.03), from 147 donors and 595 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 1,396 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 93.3% (86%). 33 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 nay · 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 yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 4577 Relating to driver’s licenses · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4577/ - 2026-03-14 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 186. 23.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 31 of 84). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 5622: Amendments to city charters. (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5622/ - HB 5582: Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5582/ - HB 5348: Relating to pedestrians standing in or near the right of way (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5348/ - HB 5319: Camping ban on certain public property. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5319/ - HB 5203: To forbid any municipality from issuing an ID for the purpose of voting in a municipal election (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5203/ - HB 5023: Relating to permitting a citizen of this state to vote in the election of a municipality in which the citizen does not reside (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5023/ - HB 4988: To impose a life sentence on fentanyl dealers (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4988/ - HB 4989: Professional Firefighter cancer screening (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4989/ - HB 4841: Allow county commissions to formally petition the Division of Highways regarding the repair of local roads (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4841/ - HB 4840: Exempt federally qualified health centers from having to obtain a prior authorization for behavioral health services (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4840/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $35.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 67% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-06-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/2070533506988392597 - 2026-05-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/2060844924505870490 - 2026-04-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/2040469072874246246 - 2026-02-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/2022050113921986912 - 2025-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/1965945830336245852 - 2025-08-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/1957534154129830043 - 2025-06-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/1937187350175711706 - 2025-04-30 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/1917555167915905141 - 2025-01-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/1876666346743959778 - 2025-01-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/GenoforHouse/status/1875178366455910523 ## Links - Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Chiarelli - Campaign site: https://genoforhouse.com/ - X: https://x.com/GenoforHouse - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genoforhouse/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genoforhouse/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/409397ae-ceea-4b1b-bce5-b042af057232