# Craig Hart Craig Hart is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 6. - Party: Republican - Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 6 - Serving since: 2024-12-01 - Current term: WV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/e304d393-2b0a-45c3-9f59-98455e0d73a0 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e304d393-2b0a-45c3-9f59-98455e0d73a0 (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 Hart missed 9.8% of 799 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 34 in the West Virginia Senate (average 97.9%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.62 (standard error 0.05), from 15 donors and 194 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 85% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WV 2025–26 session) 799 roll calls. Attendance 90.2% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 87% (88%). 63 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 not voting · 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 52 bills: 43 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 108. 7.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 31 of 34). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 1032: Clarifying Office of Broadband coordinate with Consumer Protection Division on certain consumer complaints (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1032/ - SB 931: Relating to utility affordability and economic competitiveness (introduced, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB931/ - SB 925: Providing Future Farmers of America-sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB925/ - SB 927: Clarifying Commissioner of Agriculture's authority to regulate bees (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB927/ - SB 932: Specifying that cultivated meat products are adulterated foods (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB932/ - SB 722: Requiring warrant for DNR officials or officers to enter onto any private property (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB722/ - SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB615/ - SB 423: Creating Public Electrical Savings Act (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB423/ - SB 424: Establishing Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB424/ - SB 227: Creating Nonprofit Transparency and Accountability Act (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB227/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $8,287 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 66% 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%20Hart - Campaign site: https://hartforwv.com/ - X: https://x.com/CraigHartForWV - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MayGodSaveAmerica Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e304d393-2b0a-45c3-9f59-98455e0d73a0