# Eric Brooks

Eric Brooks is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 45
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/db5d813b-3cd2-4a6d-b656-b48624f61094

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/db5d813b-3cd2-4a6d-b656-b48624f61094 (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

17% of Brooks’s statements contain a personal attack, 6.0 times the State House Republican average of 2.9%.

## What Brooks says (WV 2025–26 session)

259 classified statements: 259 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 | Brooks | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 17.4% | 2.9% | 16 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 18.1% | 9.3% | 125 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 39.4% | 31.9% | 277 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.4% | 1.8% | 515 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 3.9% | 12.7% | 588 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 4.6% | 1.4% | 65 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 22% (State House Republicans 15%); Immigration 16% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State House Republicans 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 77 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 90% (86%). 94 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 nay · 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 65 bills: 65 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 240. 10.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 64 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5647: Relating to creating the Open and Equal Opportunities in Student Activities Act. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5647/
- HB 5517: Relating to the Office of Insurance Commissioner maintaining and posting lists of bondsmen (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5517/
- HB 4990: Relating to crimes using gift cards (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4990/
- HB 4991: West Virginia First Energy Act (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4991/
- HB 4662: Creating additional sentences for convicted inmates who test positive for illegal substances or who are found to be in possession of illegal or controlled… (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4662/
- HB 4645: Institue a 50% reduction in the property tax paid by childcare facilities. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4645/
- HB 4637: Limit the time Teachers Aides can be pulled from their regular duties to 30 minutes per day. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4637/
- HB 4644: Require that County Superintendents of Schools for the Department of Education be West Virginia residents. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4644/
- HB 4661: Allowing death penalty for intentionally killing law-enforcement officer or first responder in line of duty (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4661/
- HB 4636: Change the title from Salesperson in State Code to Sales agent for thoses who sell real estate. (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4636/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,154 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 53% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2114461530070642835
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2102108451467849782
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2098199048079479161
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2097792307021926598
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2094604054940827871
- 2026-08-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2093532082328777013
- 2026-08-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2093421051271074067
- 2026-08-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2089478272492933395
- 2026-07-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2078901414311469560
- 2026-05-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Brooks45WV/status/2058362867951272415

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Brooks
- Campaign site: https://brooks4house.com/
- X: https://x.com/Brooks45WV
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Brooks4house/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/db5d813b-3cd2-4a6d-b656-b48624f61094