# Ray Canterbury

Ray Canterbury is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 47.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 47
- Serving since: 2000-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/639eb22f-b161-4be3-9abc-9cccf4dfdd05

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/639eb22f-b161-4be3-9abc-9cccf4dfdd05 (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

78% of Canterbury’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.03), from 10 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 82% (86%). 73 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 nay · 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 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 80. 10.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 65 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5573: Rural Medical Residency Program concentrating on obstetrics and gynecology for rural hospitals, can be funded from the Rural Health Inititive or other sources… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5573/
- HB 5431: Relating generally to bonded indebtedness of the State of West Virginia (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5431/
- HB 5426: To add the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to the noxious weeds list (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5426/
- HB 5192: School funding calculations should be the last three-year running average or the current enrollment, whichever is highest (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5192/
- HB 5160: Prohibition of geoengineering (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5160/
- HB 5194: To ban calculators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5194/
- HB 5180: When schools have events the school needs to sell tickets at the gate as well as online and accept cash (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5180/
- HB 5190: Increase conservation funding by $300,000, with the increase only to be allocated based on the head count of cattle and/or large livestock (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5190/
- HB 5193: To eliminate adverse possession from the state code of West Virginia (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5193/
- HB 5191: To place rumble strips on all double-yellow lined roads and highways. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5191/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 78% 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%20Canterbury

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/639eb22f-b161-4be3-9abc-9cccf4dfdd05