# Mike Oliverio

Mike Oliverio is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 13
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c00003a6-3518-496e-b972-fd5aa566d4c4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c00003a6-3518-496e-b972-fd5aa566d4c4 (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

Oliverio voted against the majority of West Virginia Senate Republicans 35 times; party unity 61%, in the bottom 5% of the West Virginia Senate (average 88%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.03 (standard error 0.02), from 450 donors and 411 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 10% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 100% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 61% (88%). 35 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 101 bills: 78 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 104. 21.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 18 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 60: Recognizing March 10, 2026, as Hunger Free WV Day (introduced, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR60/
- SR 51: Designating February 26, 2026, as Human Resources Day (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR51/
- SB 1069: Aligning Uniform Unclaimed Property Act with modern practices (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1069/
- SB 1020: Allowing up to five educational leave days within definition of "excused absence" (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1020/
- SB 1035: Relating to Judges' Retirement System (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1035/
- SB 1014: Increasing Medicaid dental provider reimbursement rates (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1014/
- SB 950: Relating to mileage and expenses of judges (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB950/
- SB 951: Closing Parent Education and Mediation Fund (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB951/
- SB 952: Transferring Court Security Fund (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB952/
- SB 949: Creating Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB949/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $266.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 86% 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%20Oliverio
- Campaign site: https://www.mikeoliverioforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/mikeoliverio4wv
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeOliverioforWV/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mike.oliverio.18/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeoliverioforsenate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoliverio/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c00003a6-3518-496e-b972-fd5aa566d4c4