Jim JusticeVote leaningMore conservative
+0.562Based on 868 roll-call observations in the 119th Congress. This is Voteview DW-NOMINATE, an estimate from roll-call behavior—not a Baseline rating. Read the method ↗ or see our evidence rules.
Senator · West Virginia · Republican
Jim Justice
U.S. Senator from West Virginia
Jim Justice is a U.S. senator from West Virginia, a Republican whose Senate service began on January 14, 2025. He was the 36th governor of West Virginia, serving two terms from 2017 to 2025, and earlier ran his family's coal business.
Background
Biography
Jim Justice was born on April 27, 1951, and was raised in Raleigh County, West Virginia. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1969 and attended Greenbrier Military Academy. He earned an undergraduate degree and a Master of Business Administration from Marshall University in Huntington. His Senate biography says he then joined the family business and became president and chief executive of Bluestone Industries, Inc. and Bluestone Coal Corporation.
Justice announced his campaign for governor in May 2015 and was elected the 36th governor of West Virginia in 2016. He was re-elected in 2020, and the National Governors Association lists his time in office as 2017 to 2021 and 2021 to 2025.
He announced a run for the U.S. Senate in spring 2023. The Senate records his service as beginning on January 14, 2025. He serves on the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Energy and Natural Resources, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship committees and the Special Committee on Aging.
119th Congress
The voting record at a glance
Every Senate roll-call position in the current Congress that Voteview associates with this member. Data current through Oct 1, 2026.
- Recorded votes
- 913
- Participation
- 95.8%
- Yea / nay
- 643 / 232
- Latest vote
- Sep 30, 2026
Recorded positions
Latest roll-call votes
Position, question, result, tally, and source are shown together so readers can inspect the record without leaving the page.
| Date | Position | Roll call | Issue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | PN1129On the NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗ | Nominations | Nomination Confirmed47–41 | |
| Yea | PN1129On the Cloture MotionKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Cloture Motion Agreed to53–47 | |
| Yea | HR9340On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected57–43 | |
| Yea | HR7008On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected53–47 | |
| Nay | SRES852On the Motion to DischargeA resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | International Affairs | Motion to Discharge Rejected47–51 | |
| Nay | SJRES197On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Health | Motion to Proceed Rejected48–51 | |
| Yea | S4668On Passage of the BillA bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗ | Education | Bill Passed77–22 | |
| Nay | S4668On the AmendmentTo establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Rejected47–52 | |
| Nay | S4668On the AmendmentTo increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.Official roll call ↗ | Health | Amendment Rejected49–50 | |
| Nay | S4668On the AmendmentTo limit price increases for college athletics tickets.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Rejected42–54 | |
| Nay | S4668On the AmendmentTo improve the bill.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Rejected1–94 | |
| Yea | S4668On the AmendmentTo modify the provision relating to the relationship of this Act to existing law.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Agreed to96–1 |
Patterns in the record
Vote leaning and issue mix
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Where roll calls fall
Policy areas come from Voteview’s Congressional Research Service fields, with plain-language fallback categories when no CRS label is supplied.
Source: Voteview members’ votes ↗. Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin, and Sonnet (2026), Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database.
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