# Jeff Eldridge

Jeff Eldridge is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 30.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 30
- Serving since: 2013-01-12
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e43a22ad-b630-496b-81f8-6b1f6ceaa13e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e43a22ad-b630-496b-81f8-6b1f6ceaa13e (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

Eldridge voted against the majority of West Virginia House Republicans 103 times; party unity 68%, in the bottom 5% of the West Virginia House (average 86%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.06 (standard error 0.02), from 11 donors and 295 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.3% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 68% (86%). 103 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 nay · 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 80. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 42 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 22: Requesting that Congress put a coking plant and power plant in West Virginia. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HR22/
- HR 18: Recognize The West Virginia 82d Airborne winning chapter of the year on 8/9/2025 (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HR18/
- HB 5646: To jumpstart the state’s State Resiliency and Flood Protection Act to allow the Resiliency Office to begin the work of assisting areas of the state prone to… (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5646/
- HB 5648: Relating to the regulation and oversight of the provision of electricial power to consumers in this State (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5648/
- HB 5599: To make the possession of fentanyl a felony offense (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5599/
- HB 5374: Prohibiting or at least limiting unsolicited phone calls pushing benefits under medicare, auto insurance, or soliciting donations for various causes or benefits (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5374/
- HB 5260: Relating generally to medical cannabis (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5260/
- HB 5209: Create a registry of persons convicted of animal abuse (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5209/
- HB 5174: Legalize use of a 4" pan to pan for gold in the state (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5174/
- HB 5002: In cases of mine rescues, designate miners as first responders (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5002/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,200 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Eldridge

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e43a22ad-b630-496b-81f8-6b1f6ceaa13e