# Phil Mallow

Phil Mallow is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 75.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 75
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ca7ec436-00a0-447d-8592-00fc7d358571

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ca7ec436-00a0-447d-8592-00fc7d358571 (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

58% of Mallow’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.03), from 74 donors and 585 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 94.2% (86%). 35 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 yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 5462 Relating to Mine Subsidence · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5462/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · 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 78 bills: 78 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 164. 6.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 70 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5596: Revising the statute to add costs for misdemeanor and felony convictions to be deposited into the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5596/
- HB 5597: Revising the statute to add costs for misdemeanor and felony convictions to be deposited into the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5597/
- HB 4417: Relating to polling locations (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4417/
- HB 4346: Addressing the number of ambulance squads needed per affected population in every county (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4346/
- HB 4130: Increase penalties for abuse of or cruelty to animals (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4130/
- HJR 14: Eliminate the exchanging of funds for paying personal property taxes (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HJR14/
- HB 4038: Relating generally to coal fired energy plants and wind power (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4038/
- HB 4042: To eliminate property taxes on the farm structures of any farmer producing at least 40% of their income from their farm (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4042/
- HB 4030: Standardize gas and oil contracts (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4030/
- HB 4180: Provide volunteer firemen free license plates and vehicle registration (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4180/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 58% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Mallow
- X: https://x.com/PhilMallowWV
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilMallowWV/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ca7ec436-00a0-447d-8592-00fc7d358571