# Chris Rose

Chris Rose is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2024-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9c82f11d-28f2-4167-b10c-26815533f73a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c82f11d-28f2-4167-b10c-26815533f73a (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

The policy areas Rose talks about and legislates on agree at 0.68 on a 0–1 scale, in the top 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## What Rose says (WV 2025–26 session)

832 classified statements: 832 posts 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 | Rose | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.8% | 2.3% | 147 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 9.9% | 9.5% | 131 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 43.5% | 37.3% | 139 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.4% | 2.3% | 253 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 24.0% | 15.4% | 77 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 3.9% | 1.3% | 34 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 36% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Labor and Employment 9.1% (State Senate Republicans 3.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.60 (standard error 0.02), from 170 donors and 212 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 97.0% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 94.2% (88%). 40 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 67 bills: 60 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 237. 22.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 17 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1071: Creating Public Defense and Provisioning Act (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1071/
- SB 1040: Creating WV Energy Freedom Act (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1040/
- SB 1041: Creating Energy Economic Load Dispatch Act (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1041/
- SB 1042: Relating to ventilation of underground mines (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1042/
- SB 1058: Creating Economic Freedom Zones Act (in committee, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1058/
- SB 1030: Creating Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1030/
- SB 956: Authorizing physician assistants to own business (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB956/
- SB 957: Relating to minimum number of council members for certain municipalities (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB957/
- SB 921: Prohibiting Medicaid from being used for abortions or gender reassignment surgery (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB921/
- SR 32: Protecting WV coal jobs, coal power, and coal families (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR32/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 67% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2114524096851530231
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2113750700673114281
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2112982075527909518
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2112271667376300040
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2110496431094292689
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2110087781053571090
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2108953373210804279
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2107636881798164568
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2107927548256817662
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV/status/2107448707449029042

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Rose
- Campaign site: https://www.chrisrosewv.com/
- X: https://x.com/ChrisRoseWV
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChrisRoseWV/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisrosewv/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisRoseWV
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisrosewv

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c82f11d-28f2-4167-b10c-26815533f73a