# Ben Queen

Ben Queen is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/de50d28d-6a58-4244-8c74-36ca3f41767a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de50d28d-6a58-4244-8c74-36ca3f41767a (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

60% of the 10 bills Queen sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the West Virginia Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 161 donors and 698 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 85% (88%). 16 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 10 bills: 7 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 57. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 2 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 40: Designating February 16, 2026, as Child Advocacy Center Day (introduced, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR40/
- SB 910: Removing unintended limitation on excused absences for students in certain extracurriculars (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB910/
- SB 911: Creating First-Time Drive to Work Pilot Program (introduced, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB911/
- SB 908: Relating to flexibility in setting lottery director's salary (passed one chamber, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB908/
- SB 878: Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB878/
- SB 650: Designating psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB650/
- SB 934: Relating to low-proof spirit alcohol products (passed one chamber, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB934/
- SB 933: Creating Small Business Protection Act (passed one chamber, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB933/
- SR 30: Recognizing 80th anniversary of Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation (introduced, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SR30/
- SB 573: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (became law, 2025-08-08) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB573/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $92.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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%20Queen
- Campaign site: http://benqueen.com/
- X: https://x.com/ben_queen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenQueenforWV/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BQPHOTO/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_queen/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-queen-81b44634/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de50d28d-6a58-4244-8c74-36ca3f41767a