# Jason Barrett Jason Barrett is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 16. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 16 - Serving since: 2022-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/bcbe03de-3df0-4c07-8973-0304dafa2cb8 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bcbe03de-3df0-4c07-8973-0304dafa2cb8 (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 Barrett sits at −0.02 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 94% of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.02 (standard error 0.01), from 244 donors and 692 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.2% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 799 roll calls. Attendance 96.5% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 97.1% (88%). 7 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 29 bills: 24 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 32. 58.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 3 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 47: Recognizing Leadership Berkeley (introduced, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR47/ - SB 1060: Providing WV certified thoroughbred eligibility and increase restricted race caps (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1060/ - SB 977: Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB977/ - SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB749/ - SB 781: Supplemental appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105 (became law, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB781/ - SB 772: Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB772/ - SB 724: Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB724/ - SR 20: Recognizing and honoring victims of Agent Orange exposure during Vietnam War (introduced, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR20/ - SB 575: Relating to refusal review hearings (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB575/ - SB 547: Creating Truth in Giving Act (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB547/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $229.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 65% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Barrett - Campaign site: https://barrettforwv.com/ - X: https://x.com/jasonbarrettwv - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarrettforWV/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jason.barrett.39794 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bcbe03de-3df0-4c07-8973-0304dafa2cb8