# Patrick Martin

Patrick Martin is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2020-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/69547a9d-4e96-4ea8-94eb-528e40d5d004

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/69547a9d-4e96-4ea8-94eb-528e40d5d004 (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

60% of the 20 bills Martin sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the West Virginia Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.02), from 80 donors and 806 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 100% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 98.5% (88%). 34 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 nay · 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 20 bills: 17 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 36. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 2 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 670: Adopting Uniform Protected Series Act (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB670/
- SR 15: Recognizing 154th anniversary of Glenville State University (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR15/
- SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB586/
- SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB556/
- SB 814: Allowing county commissions to establish fees for municipality-provided fire services (in committee, 2025-03-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB814/
- SB 600: Creating Securing Worker Privacy and Right to Know Act (introduced, 2025-02-26) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB600/
- SB 592: Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks (passed one chamber, 2025-04-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB592/
- SR 7: Recognizing 153rd anniversary of Glenville State University (introduced, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SR7/
- SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB505/
- SB 271: Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act (in committee, 2025-03-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB271/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $42.7K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Martin
- X: https://x.com/PatrickMartinWV
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MartinforWV/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MartinforWestVirginia/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patricksmartinwv
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-martin-901440100/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/69547a9d-4e96-4ea8-94eb-528e40d5d004