# Mike Azinger Mike Azinger is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 3. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 3 - Serving since: 2016-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/8fe81e26-b0ce-4349-a3e3-91d25247b980 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8fe81e26-b0ce-4349-a3e3-91d25247b980 (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 Azinger sits at +0.95 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 98% of State Senate Republicans. ## What Azinger says (WV 2025–26 session) 1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Azinger | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 100.0% | 2.3% | 1 of 355 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.95 (standard error 0.03), from 92 donors and 681 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 799 roll calls. Attendance 93.6% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 98.5% (88%). 33 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 53 bills: 48 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 53. 18.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 21 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 67: Recognizing dedicated public service of Honorable Michael Andrew Woelfel (introduced, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR67/ - SR 68: Recognizing dedicated public service of Honorable Charles Houston Clements (introduced, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR68/ - SR 61: Urging US Supreme Court reverse Obergefell decision (introduced, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR61/ - SB 1082: Relating to authority of PEIA to investigate and prosecute fraud (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1082/ - SR 48: Memorializing life of Honorable Sarah Abigail (Mullennex) Minear (introduced, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR48/ - SB 1068: Permitting death penalty for murder of minors 16 years or younger (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1068/ - SB 969: Providing county boards of education option to obtain certain alternate professional or other liability insurance coverage (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB969/ - SB 904: Modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutes (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB904/ - SB 891: Relating to oversight of political subdivision hiring of private attorneys (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB891/ - SB 737: Authorizing county boards of education to accept volunteers as certified chaplains (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB737/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $53.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 70% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2025-05-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/mikeazinger/status/1926991079519219911 ## Links - Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Azinger - X: https://x.com/mikeazinger - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.azinger/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikeazingersenate/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-azinger-9a82042/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8fe81e26-b0ce-4349-a3e3-91d25247b980