# Shawn Fluharty

Shawn Fluharty is a Democratic member of the West Virginia House for district 5.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 5
- Serving since: 2014-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bd0e9ba2-fe37-4251-96f2-44715a186750

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd0e9ba2-fe37-4251-96f2-44715a186750 (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

Fluharty missed 13% of 1,396 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the West Virginia House (average 95.6%).

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

662 classified statements: 662 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Fluharty | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.8% | 2.5% | 73 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 10.6% | 10.4% | 297 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 13.1% | 39.2% | 687 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.3% | 2.9% | 582 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 1.7% | 14.4% | 659 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.1% | 1.0% | 314 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 28% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State House Democrats 11%); Health 11% (State House Democrats 15%); Commerce 9.2% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 9.2% (State House Democrats 0.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.02), from 277 donors and 767 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 87% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 90.3% (86%). 26 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 nay · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 5462 Relating to Mine Subsidence · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5462/
- 2026-03-14 · voted nay · 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, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 34. 5.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 73 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 41: Amending section 22 of article VI thereof, relating to amending the annual 60-day regular session provisions to provide every other year for a 30-day session… (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HJR41/
- HJR 40: Relating to the legislative powers held by the people of the state and the Legislature. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HJR40/
- HB 5669: Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5669/
- HB 5606: Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5606/
- HB 5605: Relating to drug testing of legislators (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5605/
- HB 5607: Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5607/
- HB 5608: Prohibiting use of a person’s credit history in certain insurance transactions (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5608/
- HB 5609: Relating to Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5609/
- HB 5610: Authorizing Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5610/
- HB 3499: Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances (in committee, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB3499/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $116.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 61% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2113801285828743244
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2113074886734139497
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2111643521492938846
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2108559669362852083
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2108609552279294399
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2107481831260017109
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2107189549193404768
- 2026-10-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2106222289368789364
- 2026-10-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2106382232797495377
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/WVUFLU/status/2102208655776969186

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Fluharty
- Campaign site: https://www.shawnfluharty.com/
- X: https://x.com/WVUFLU
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawn.fluharty/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wvuflu/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClb9cZ6JnqX8eNA4Vtg2zig/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnfluharty

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd0e9ba2-fe37-4251-96f2-44715a186750