# Jay Taylor

Jay Taylor is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a7ae16a1-8a1e-4280-8d00-9125719a893e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a7ae16a1-8a1e-4280-8d00-9125719a893e (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

Taylor sits at +0.58 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 81% of State Senate Republicans.

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

3 classified statements: 3 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 | Taylor | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 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 +0.58 (standard error 0.03), from 108 donors and 408 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 97.1% (88%). 19 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 41 bills: 37 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 135. 19.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 20 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1021: Creating limited purpose ordinance procedure for municipal elections (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1021/
- SB 996: Creating Jennings Randolph Lake State Park and Teter Creek Lake State Park (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB996/
- SB 929: Relating to state board intervention into county school systems (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB929/
- SB 935: Eliminating business and occupation tax exemption for certain coal-fired merchant power plants (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB935/
- SB 919: Creating Safe School Events Music Act (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB919/
- SB 558: Relating to school bus safety violations by vehicle operators (passed both chambers, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB558/
- SB 559: Protecting Children from Illegal Vapes Act (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB559/
- SB 504: West Virginia Rural School Protection Act (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB504/
- SB 502: Women’s Collegiate Sports Protection Act (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB502/
- SB 503: Displaying official US motto in state buildings (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB503/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $68.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 90% 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.

- 2025-08-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaytaylorwv47/status/1959750981337694650
- 2025-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaytaylorwv47/status/1952818153597337717
- 2025-05-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaytaylorwv47/status/1920953692074701043

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Taylor
- Campaign site: https://www.jayforwv.com/
- X: https://x.com/jaytaylorwv47
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Jay-Taylor-for-WV-100080291624664/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaytaylor.wv/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JayTaylorWV47/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jaytrek25
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-taylor-0241433b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a7ae16a1-8a1e-4280-8d00-9125719a893e