# Rupie Phillips Rupie Phillips is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 7. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 7 - Serving since: 2020-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c1187148-471e-4bdc-acf5-16fa0d5d998e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1187148-471e-4bdc-acf5-16fa0d5d998e (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 0% of Phillips’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.03), from 395 donors and 492 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 799 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 90% (88%). 18 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 45 bills: 30 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 108. 15.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 25 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 49: Commending volunteers for their recovery efforts for flooding at Chief Logan State Park (introduced, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR49/ - SB 1052: Requiring county commissions approve certain purchase made with county fire levy moneys (in committee, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1052/ - SB 984: Clarifying that petition to restore firearms rights may include right to serve on jury (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB984/ - SB 975: Excluding county reimbursement for any inmate declared incompetent to stand trial (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB975/ - SJR 19: Governor Born in West Virginia Amendment (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SJR19/ - SB 678: Relating to Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety quorum (introduced, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB678/ - SB 668: Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB668/ - SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB622/ - SB 243: Establishing disaster repair and recovery effort tax credit for taxpayers subject to severance and business privilege tax in certain circumstances (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB243/ - SB 158: Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB158/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $2,800 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Phillips - X: https://x.com/4wvcoal - X: https://x.com/rupie4congress - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WVSenatorRupiePhillips/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rupie.phillips/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rupieforcongress/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupie-phillips-65594a64/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1187148-471e-4bdc-acf5-16fa0d5d998e