# Darren Thorne Darren Thorne is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 15. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 15 - Serving since: 2022-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/60b7f294-2c42-40ab-ab7d-2a639e5be5e5 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/60b7f294-2c42-40ab-ab7d-2a639e5be5e5 (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 50% of the 28 bills Thorne sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the West Virginia Senate. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.04), from 42 donors and 506 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 799 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 98.5% (88%). 27 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 28 bills: 26 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 189. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 4 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 1072: Creating WV Land Use Association Division (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1072/ - SB 1043: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Agriculture, fund 1401 (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1043/ - SB 1033: Clarifying powers and duties of Commissioner of Agriculture over state-owned land (became law, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1033/ - SB 985: Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products (became law, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB985/ - SB 898: Relating to valuation of farm property (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB898/ - SB 899: Permitting certain teachers to be certified to work as school principals (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB899/ - SB 759: Relating to agency changes to auctioneers (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB759/ - SR 23: Designating February 2, 2026, as Future Farmers of America Day (introduced, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR23/ - SB 669: Relating to general powers of PSC (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB669/ - SB 603: Relating to Property Valuation Training and Procedures Commission (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB603/ ## Campaign money (2024 cycle) Itemized receipts $10.8K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 87% 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%20Thorne - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Darren-Thorne-for-WV-House-100076085054938/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/60b7f294-2c42-40ab-ab7d-2a639e5be5e5