# Clay Riley Clay Riley is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 72. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia House, district 72 - Serving since: 2022-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/cf728c9e-40e8-4f73-a5fa-0d46844aa38e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cf728c9e-40e8-4f73-a5fa-0d46844aa38e (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 37% of the 38 bills Riley sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the West Virginia House. ## What Riley says (WV 2025–26 session) 25 classified statements: 25 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Riley | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 40.0% | 31.9% | 265 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 24.0% | 12.7% | 122 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Energy 50% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Economics and Public Finance 30% (State House Republicans 12%); Armed Forces and National Security 20% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Education 10% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 10% (State House Republicans 10%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.03), from 127 donors and 557 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 1,396 roll calls. Attendance 93.4% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 90.4% (86%). 36 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 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 97. 36.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 14 of 84). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 4001: Creating TEAM-WV Corporation (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4001/ - HB 5626: Relating to establishing rates for and recovering costs of by public utilities (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5626/ - HB 5399: Relating to providing a tax credit related to the establishment and operation of biochar manufacturing facilities (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5399/ - HB 4981: Relating to state psychiatric hospital designations (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4981/ - HB 4877: Relating to modifying the priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4877/ - HB 4652: Exempts from local taxes and fees for a municipal Utility in which the members are elected (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4652/ - HB 4653: Changing rates of public utilities (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4653/ - HB 4491: Relating to certification by the Public Service Commission of advanced small modular and micro nuclear reactors (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4491/ - HB 4400: All relating generally to procurement by state spending units and local fiscal bodies of technology and technical infrastructure products and services (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4400/ - HB 4401: To modify the calculation of the taxable wage base. (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4401/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $54.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-04-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2042250073900237076 - 2026-03-29 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2038063634354516017 - 2026-03-27 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2037519729095585808 - 2026-03-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2036240446804951417 - 2026-03-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2035000040016457738 - 2026-03-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2033647901755191535 - 2026-02-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2027777476387127433 - 2026-02-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2026724189227364420 - 2026-02-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2022725773585424397 - 2026-02-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DelegateRiley/status/2021738654519976159 ## Links - Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Riley - Campaign site: https://www.cprforwv.com/ - X: https://x.com/DelegateRiley - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clay-riley-1198925b Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cf728c9e-40e8-4f73-a5fa-0d46844aa38e