# Jimmy Willis

Jimmy Willis is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 3
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5a2928e1-3371-480d-be6f-1c3133de4609

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5a2928e1-3371-480d-be6f-1c3133de4609 (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

39% of Willis’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## What Willis says (WV 2025–26 session)

36 classified statements: 36 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 | Willis | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.8% | 2.9% | 251 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 16.7% | 31.9% | 623 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.6% | 1.8% | 57 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 36.1% | 12.7% | 37 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 8.3% | 1.4% | 15 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 33% (State House Republicans 12%); Emergency Management 33% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 17% (State House Republicans 0.5%); Government Operations and Politics 17% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 39 donors and 589 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 91.1% (86%). 34 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 yea · 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 170. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 67 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5169: To provide a tax credit for new parents in this state in certain circumstances. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5169/
- HB 4985: Relating to strategic and critical resources, state preemption of local regulation, and foreign ownership and restricted commerce entities (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4985/
- HB 4867: To clarify the process of royalty payments for wells in this state. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4867/
- HB 4690: To repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4690/
- HB 4693: To declassify Community and Technical Education (“CTE”) teaching positions to allow for counties to provide additional funding for certain positions. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4693/
- HB 4082: Require the West Virginia Department of Education to provide a complete and in-depth budget for review to the Legislature. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4082/
- HB 4080: To provide for partisan races for mayoral and city council races, and provide for the election of mayors by citizens of a town or municipality. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4080/
- HB 4081: To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4081/
- HB 2798: Relating to the establishment of a trades based elective course for public high school students (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB2798/
- HB 2737: To establish the Higher Education Heath and Aid Grant (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB2737/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 39% 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.

- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2104718206032097386
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2098023689832849784
- 2026-07-28 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2082064250420232666
- 2026-07-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2081549358953091197
- 2026-07-25 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2081046857711534381
- 2026-04-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2049858809405849626
- 2026-03-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2028150908668747974
- 2026-02-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2024213374209232906
- 2026-01-13 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2010903658578526486
- 2026-01-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Willis4WV/status/2008673769842225451

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Willis
- X: https://x.com/Willis4WV
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WillisForHouse/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5a2928e1-3371-480d-be6f-1c3133de4609