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James C. Justice

U.S. Senator (Class 1), WV

Republican West Virginia since Jan 14, 2025

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WV current
West Virginia
Republican Jan 14, 2025 Jan 3, 2031 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.566, social dim. 0.285. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (838 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Justin R. Olson to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Yea Feb 5, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 5, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Feb 2, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 4287 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 4290 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4286 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4234 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4236 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 4272 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 29, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3627 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act Not voting Jan 27, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 15, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 15, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Yea Jan 14, 2026 Point of Order Well Taken U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 84 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Jan 13, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,389 recorded contributions totalling $17,926,986. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 1234 of 1389 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Super PAC 209 $11,946,022 67%
Big donor 763 $2,939,362 16%
Corporate PAC 212 $2,031,927 11%
Party 15 $377,247 2%
Self-funded 1 $278,670 2%
Small-dollar 34 $1,287 0%
Unclassified 155 $352,471 2%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$1,500,000 DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS Super PAC Feb 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$1,500,000 DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS Super PAC Feb 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$1,500,000 DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS Super PAC Jan 17, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$1,500,000 DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS Super PAC Jan 17, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$1,048,265 CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION Super PAC Nov 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$1,048,265 CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION Super PAC Nov 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$350,000 CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION Super PAC Sep 12, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$350,000 CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION Super PAC Sep 12, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$300,000 CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION Super PAC Jun 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$300,000 CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION Super PAC Jun 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$278,670 JUSTICE FOR WV SENATE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FUND 2024 JIM JUSTICE FOR U.S. SENATE Self-funded May 22, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$148,184 CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS PAC Super PAC Dec 4, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$148,184 CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS PAC Super PAC Dec 4, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$148,000 CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION Super PAC Dec 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$148,000 CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION Super PAC Dec 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

Social media

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