# Brian Chavez Brian Chavez is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate for district 30. - Party: Republican - Seat: Ohio Senate, district 30 - Serving since: 2023-12-06 - Current term: OH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/eb5ff860-2126-4ac5-8267-9d2d924c3967 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb5ff860-2126-4ac5-8267-9d2d924c3967 (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 Chavez reported $302.2K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K). ## What Chavez says (OH 2025–26 session) 311 classified statements: 311 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 | Chavez | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 0.6% | 9.5% | 298 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 47.3% | 37.3% | 108 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 3.5% | 2.3% | 80 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 13.2% | 15.4% | 183 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Energy 39% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Science, Technology, Communications 18% (State Senate Republicans 2.5%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Health 9.5% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Emergency Management 8.2% (State Senate Republicans 3.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 183 donors and 254 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (OH 2025–26 session) 242 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Ohio Senate 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 0 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-09-30 · voted yea · Passed · HB 519 Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB519/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 173 Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB173/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 541 Designate Deputy Daniel "Weston" Sherrer Memorial Highway · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB541/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 251 Regards drone use by law enforcement; aviation facilities · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB251/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in House amendments · SB 276 Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB276/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 297 Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB297/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in House amendments · SB 273 Enact the Keep Them Safe Act · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB273/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 492 Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB492/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 292 Establish the Ohio Defense Commission · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB292/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 210 Regards the sale of used catalytic converters · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB210/ ## Legislation (OH 2025–26 session) Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 73. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio Senate 55.2%; rank 6 of 32). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 354: In memory of James E. Carnes. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR354/ - SB 342: Prohibit certain clauses from conservancy district contracts (passed one chamber, 2026-06-16) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB342/ - SB 313: Regards insurance, Medicaid coverage of scalp cooling systems (in committee, 2025-11-05) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB313/ - SR 205: Honoring Indian Creek High School as a Special Olympics Unified National Banner School. (passed one chamber, 2025-10-15) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR205/ - SR 185: Honoring the Barnesville State Theater on its Centennial. (passed one chamber, 2025-08-19) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR185/ - SR 137: Honoring Wilkey Smith and Madi Lovejoy as 2025 Scholastic Rowing Association of America National Champions. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-10) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR137/ - SR 111: Honoring the Italian American Cultural Club on its Centennial. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR111/ - SR 92: Honoring the Monroe Central High School boys basketball team as the 2025 Division VI State Champion. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR92/ - SR 82: Honoring the Waterford High School girls basketball team on securing the 2025 Division VII State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR82/ - SR 46: Honoring Mason Francis as a two-time 2025 Division II State Swimming Champion. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-11) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR46/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $302.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 84% 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. - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2113711940287741991 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2113711945303904451 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2112930028380192993 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2112930034453479706 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2111176458895081582 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2111176463500099666 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2111176465685598425 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2110103807954710648 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2110103813784829990 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBrianChavez/status/2110103818923131196 ## Links - Official site: https://ohiosenate.gov/members/brian-m-chavez - X: https://x.com/SenBrianChavez - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorchavez - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-chavez-263012232/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb5ff860-2126-4ac5-8267-9d2d924c3967