# Charles Clements Charles Clements is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 2. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 2 - Serving since: 2017-01-28 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/8941d02d-cee0-47a4-9c68-de73382b20af Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8941d02d-cee0-47a4-9c68-de73382b20af (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 Clements voted against the majority of West Virginia Senate Republicans 24 times; party unity 69%, in the bottom quarter of the West Virginia Senate (average 88%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.02), from 49 donors and 691 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 799 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 69% (88%). 24 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: 19 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 80. 10.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 30 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 46: Designating February 24, 2026, as WV Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation Day (introduced, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR46/ - SB 1031: Increasing cost of solid waste assessment fees (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1031/ - SB 980: Clarifying office of Prosecuting Attorney exemption from Freedom of Information Act (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB980/ - SR 28: Expressing support for I-68 Energy Manufacturing AI Corridor (introduced, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR28/ - SB 587: Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB587/ - SB 405: Relating to nonresident income tax for natural resources royalty payments received from lessees (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB405/ - SB 242: Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB242/ - SB 247: Modifying responsibility for reimbursement of training cost of certain law-enforcement employees (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB247/ - SB 246: Establishing minimum student enrollment for school aid formula (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB246/ - SB 245: Requiring declaration of pooled units be filed with drilling permits (introduced, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB245/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $5,600 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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%20Clements - Campaign site: https://charlesclementswvsenate.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorcharlesclements/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charles.clements.5680 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-clements-4271181aa/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-h-clements-32b42716b/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8941d02d-cee0-47a4-9c68-de73382b20af