# Marshall Clay

Marshall Clay is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 51.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 51
- Serving since: 2024-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6a8371d3-32ba-4997-9cd4-ad26bafab694

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a8371d3-32ba-4997-9cd4-ad26bafab694 (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

100% of Clay’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.03), from 30 donors and 284 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 95.1% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 80% (86%). 70 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 110.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5201: Requiring DOH public notification of traffic change 48 hours in advance (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5201/
- HB 2613: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (in committee, 2025-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB2613/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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%20Clay
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Marshall-Clay/pfbid0tgss3QqJGGhDGnRYqyaiVnvH8oYhQn9tc78vS6oSVTjVdS3b5q8utyfFx1asAvt2l/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a8371d3-32ba-4997-9cd4-ad26bafab694