# Bob Fehrenbacher

Bob Fehrenbacher is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 11
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a70a295b-82a5-44a0-ba22-a462823f7abb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a70a295b-82a5-44a0-ba22-a462823f7abb (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 Fehrenbacher’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from West Virginia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

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

9 classified statements: 9 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Fehrenbacher | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.02), from 98 donors and 591 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 87% (86%). 47 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 yea · EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 · HB 5441 Reforming State Personnel System · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5441/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 106. 15.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 54 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 32: Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to direct an early childhood care and education cost estimation study to enable the state to model… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HCR32/
- HB 5659: Relating to the development and implementation of a comprehensive model for the estimation of child care costs to be used in determining child care subsidy… (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5659/
- HB 5628: Relating to mitigating the abrupt loss of child care assistance resulting from modest increases in family income (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5628/
- HB 5614: Relating to the Truth in Giving Act (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5614/
- HB 5617: To allow authorized retailers, qualified as workforce training community centes, to retain a portion of consumer sales and use taxes (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5617/
- HR 13: Proposing approval of United States H.R. 5966, Ohio River Restoration Program Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HR13/
- HB 4119: Establishing the West Virginia TEACH Scholarship Program (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4119/
- HB 4191: Relating to providing child care generally (became law, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4191/
- HB 4192: Establishing the Tri-Share Child Care Assistance Program (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4192/
- HB 4120: Productive Energy Site Reclamation Waiver (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4120/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.1K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 100% 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.

- 2026-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/BFehrenbacher/status/2094214371828257213
- 2026-08-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/BFehrenbacher/status/2085385057707991073
- 2026-01-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/BFehrenbacher/status/2015417294734688523
- 2026-01-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/BFehrenbacher/status/2007922971315515526
- 2026-01-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/BFehrenbacher/status/2007923226798928241
- 2026-01-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/BFehrenbacher/status/2007923350061113440
- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/BFehrenbacher/status/2006843918340772299
- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/BFehrenbacher/status/2006854451970322748
- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/BFehrenbacher/status/2006854938060796012

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Fehrenbacher
- Campaign site: https://www.bob4wv.com/
- X: https://x.com/BFehrenbacher
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob4wv/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ferny7591/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHhZXROGQTbhzwmf816TPKQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-fehrenbacher-941b164

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a70a295b-82a5-44a0-ba22-a462823f7abb