# Brian Helton Brian Helton is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 9. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 9 - Serving since: 2024-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/be5e24ac-6372-4364-a9b0-2e9b33a1a234 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be5e24ac-6372-4364-a9b0-2e9b33a1a234 (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 80% of Helton’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.03), from 102 donors and 214 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 799 roll calls. Attendance 96.6% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 98.5% (88%). 6 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 79 bills: 69 reached committee, 30 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 153. 38.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 9 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 56: Honoring Sergeant First Class Bill Brown for his distinguished military service (introduced, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR56/ - SR 54: Recognizing Christy Martin for her remarkable achievements in boxing (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR54/ - SB 1055: Conducting rate study for substance use disorder (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1055/ - SB 1038: Adjusting salaries for certain administrative law judges (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1038/ - SB 1053: Authorizing Unemployment Automation and Administration Fund to modernize and enhance WorkForce West Virginia (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1053/ - SB 1036: Creating Sustainable Child-Serving Workforce and Foster Care Modernization Act (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1036/ - SB 995: Conducting oversight of Rural Health Transformation program (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB995/ - SB 1011: Allowing volunteer fire departments to submit audit paperwork electronically (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1011/ - SB 1009: Providing immunity for those who work for Child Advocacy Centers while performing duties (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1009/ - SB 1003: Creating regional pediatric mental health hubs (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1003/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $19.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 80% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heltonforwv/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianh88 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be5e24ac-6372-4364-a9b0-2e9b33a1a234