# Mark Maynard

Mark Maynard is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2015-01-14
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e98e90d4-7e6d-47e0-b837-6f5f8b492d9c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e98e90d4-7e6d-47e0-b837-6f5f8b492d9c (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

63% of Maynard’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

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

5 classified statements: 5 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Maynard | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.03), from 98 donors and 697 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 98.5% (88%). 31 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 71 bills: 59 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 84. 18.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 22 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 66: Designating March 14, 2026, as McDowell County day (introduced, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR66/
- SR 59: Designating March 6, 2026, as Mingo County Day (introduced, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR59/
- SB 1070: Authorizing School Building Authority to fund grounds and site improvements (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1070/
- SB 1047: Establishing Community Well-Being, Recovery Housing, and Family Stabilization Act (in committee, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1047/
- SB 1059: Relating to agreements between solid waste motor carriers and commercial customers (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1059/
- SB 1024: Allowing rescission or reversal of school closure decisions through July 15 (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1024/
- SB 1023: Creating "responsible recreation” special license plate (introduced, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1023/
- SB 1022: Removing electrical transformers as exempted aboveground storage tanks (introduced, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1022/
- SB 1025: Allowing CDL license renewal without medical retest under certain circumstances (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1025/
- SB 1010: Limiting landowner liability for operation of all-terrain vehicles (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1010/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $72.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 63% 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.

- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/markrmaynard/status/2102271748259680496
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/markrmaynard/status/2100959454573269161
- 2025-08-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/markrmaynard/status/1953463329315344646
- 2025-03-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/markrmaynard/status/1896017329236164905
- 2025-03-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/markrmaynard/status/1896018324523532396

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Maynard
- Campaign site: https://markrmaynardforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/markrmaynard
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkRMaynardWV/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markr.maynard.1/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markrmaynard/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@markmaynardautoworld
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wv-senator-mark-r-maynard-33411ba7/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e98e90d4-7e6d-47e0-b837-6f5f8b492d9c