# Glenn Jeffries

Glenn Jeffries is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/de2f5e4b-192a-463d-91b0-73f212e8f953

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de2f5e4b-192a-463d-91b0-73f212e8f953 (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

Jeffries sits at −0.08 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.08 (standard error 0.01), from 171 donors and 641 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.5% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 87% (88%). 10 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 21 bills: 17 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 70. 38.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 8 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1063: Creating Economic Development Investment Fund (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1063/
- SB 1062: Creating TEAM-WV (in committee, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1062/
- SB 1004: Adding voter approval requirement to close or consolidate schools (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1004/
- SB 1001: Establishing WV Nuclear Lifecycle and Advanced Fuel Cycle Development Act (introduced, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1001/
- SB 968: Clarifying registration and purchaser requirements for tax-abandoned land auctions (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB968/
- SB 942: Creating Advanced Baseload Energy Development Act (introduced, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB942/
- SB 939: Creating WV Reshoring Manufacturing Act (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB939/
- SB 893: Providing tax credits for expenditures and activities related to biochar manufacturing (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB893/
- SR 30: Designating February 9, 2026, as WVSU Day (introduced, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR30/
- SB 706: Modifying severance tax on newly drilled oil and natural gas wells (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB706/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $232.4K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 81% 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%20Jeffries
- X: https://x.com/glennjeffrieswv
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlennJeffriesWV/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlennDJeffriesWV
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennjeffrieswv/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-jeffries-574086aa/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de2f5e4b-192a-463d-91b0-73f212e8f953