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U.S. Senator · West Virginia
James C. Justice
RepublicanState R+21119th Congress
Typical swing score19#94 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact James C. Justice’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office509 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 21 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 21 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 237, S. 315, S. 380, S. 383, S. 545 and 16 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 237 Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 315 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 380 Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 383 JOBS Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 545 Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 14, 2025 – January 3, 2031
- Senate class
- Class 1
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 5, 2030
- Years in office
- 1.7 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryMajority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
- Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesMajority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Justice← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.562 is 0.00 to the right of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average- 119th Congress94Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 701–750 of 2038 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 703Main Street Tax Certainty ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the House | No recorded vote | 19 | Entrenched |
| H.R. 706DHS Biodetection Improvement Act |