# Mark Zatezalo

Mark Zatezalo is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 2
- Serving since: 2020-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/af0b8606-3832-40d4-91e2-3b71975e4b8f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/af0b8606-3832-40d4-91e2-3b71975e4b8f (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

16% of Zatezalo’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.03), from 53 donors and 579 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 97.1% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 91.5% (86%). 34 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 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 55.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4011: Relating to advanced recycling. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4011/
- HB 3336: Well Plugging methods (became law, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB3336/
- HB 3012: Relating to Lottery Money Distribution (became law, 2025-07-31) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB3012/
- HB 2943: Administration of the West Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Act (became law, 2025-07-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB2943/
- HB 3129: Relating generally to establishing a design build program for the Department of Environmental Protection (in committee, 2023-01-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2023/HB3129/
- HB 2605: Relating to Good Samaritan law (became law, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2023/HB2605/
- HB 2529: Relating to when vacancies in the office of magistrate shall be filled by election or appointment (in committee, 2023-01-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2023/HB2529/
- HB 4084: Relating to advanced recycling (became law, 2022-04-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2022/HB4084/
- HR 5: Regarding power grid stability. (passed one chamber, 2022-01-28) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/20221S/HR5/
- HR 5: Regarding power grid stability. (passed one chamber, 2022-01-28) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2022/HR5/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 16% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Zatezalo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkZatezaloForWVHouseofDelegates/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-zatezalo-17905960

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/af0b8606-3832-40d4-91e2-3b71975e4b8f