# Tom Takubo

Tom Takubo is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2015-01-14
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c6a91d2b-9230-4d3e-a3d0-c3844ad9e985

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c6a91d2b-9230-4d3e-a3d0-c3844ad9e985 (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

Takubo voted against the majority of West Virginia Senate Republicans 32 times; party unity 62%, in the bottom tenth of the West Virginia Senate (average 88%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.02), from 284 donors and 671 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 97.6% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 62% (88%). 32 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 57 bills: 49 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 64. 15.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 24 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 57: Designating March as American Red Cross month (introduced, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR57/
- SB 1078: Clarifying requirements of possession and administration of epinephrine in schools (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1078/
- SB 1075: Funding Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1075/
- SB 1074: Allowing newly hired emergency medical vehicle operators to participate in EMS Retirement System (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1074/
- SR 45: Designating February 23, 2026, as WV American Academy of Pediatrics Child Health Advocacy Day (introduced, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR45/
- SB 994: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain mental health procedures (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB994/
- SR 38: Designating February 16, 2026, as Rural Health Day (introduced, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR38/
- SB 914: Increasing taxes on tobacco products (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB914/
- SB 895: Removing time limits for filing or modifying claims for massive fibrosis (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB895/
- SB 808: Regulating consumable hemp products (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB808/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $292.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 85% 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%20Takubo
- Campaign site: https://www.senatortomtakubo.com/
- X: https://x.com/drtomtakubo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.takubo/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTomTakubo/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-takubo-do-fccp-b7955a83/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-takubo-90669716b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c6a91d2b-9230-4d3e-a3d0-c3844ad9e985