Jim Justice dossier →

• In-person public town hall meetings with constituents 441 days silent
  Expected position: As the elected U.S. Senator for West Virginia, Justice would be expected to hold periodic public town halls to hear directly from constituents across the state. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: Justice was frequently absent from Senate floor votes, missing two of his first three votes and the Iran war powers vote. During his tenure as governor, he was 'rarely seen at the state capitol' according to Politico, and over a dozen people involved in West Virginia politics said it was difficult to get in touch with him on policy positions. He was active on X posting support for Trump after the Iran attacks but did not cast a vote on the war powers resolution. Primary URL: https://wvpublic.org/story/government/justice-absent-for-two-of-three-votes-in-first-u-s-senate-week/
• telecom & media
  Interested donors: National Association Of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (Nabpac)
  National Association Of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (Nabpac) (amounts: $6,000 (2024)) — interest area: telecom & media
• other candidates' committees
  Interested donors: Huck PAC, Project West Political Action Committee
  Huck PAC, Project West Political Action Committee (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024)) — interest area: other candidates' committees
• corporate pacs, industry unlisted
  Interested donors: Pinnacle West Capital Corporation PAC, Maynard Nexsen PAC, Sig Sauer PAC
  Pinnacle West Capital Corporation PAC, Maynard Nexsen PAC, Sig Sauer PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: corporate pacs, industry unlisted
• other / unclassified
  Interested donors: American Bakers Association American Bakers PAC, Taco PAC, Kristi PAC, Ultra Maga PAC
  American Bakers Association American Bakers PAC, Taco PAC, Kristi PAC, Ultra Maga PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: other / unclassified
• colleagues' leadership pacs
  Interested donors: Oorah! Political Action Committee, Jobs Opportunity And New Ideas PAC, Boots PAC, True North PAC, The Peter Norbeck Leadership PAC, Defend Our Conservative Senate PAC (Doc'S PAC), Common Sense For America PAC, Conservatives Harvesting Success PAC, Making Investments Toward Conservative Heroes PAC, Steer PAC, Alabama First PAC, American Excellence PAC, Bluegrass Committee, Republican Majority Fund, Responsibility And Freedom Work PAC (Rfwpac), Alamo PAC, Freedom Fund, Dirigo PAC, Heartland Values PAC, Making A Responsible Stand For Households In America (Marsha PAC), Arkansas For Leadership PAC (Arkpac), Denali Leadership PAC, Common Values PAC, Continuing America'S Strength And Security PAC, Wild And Wonderful PAC, Leadership And Accountability Are National Keys PAC - Lank PAC, Tomorrow Is Meaningful PAC, Nebraska Sandhills PAC, Big Sky Opportunity PAC, Badlands PAC
  Oorah! Political Action Committee, Jobs Opportunity And New Ideas PAC, Boots PAC, True North PAC, The Peter Norbeck Leadership PAC, Defend Our Conservative Senate PAC (Doc'S PAC), Common Sense For America PAC, Conservatives Harvesting Success PAC, Making Investments Toward Conservative Heroes PAC, Steer PAC, Alabama First PAC, American Excellence PAC, Bluegrass Committee, Republican Majority Fund, Responsibility And Freedom Work PAC (Rfwpac), Alamo PAC, Freedom Fund, Dirigo PAC, Heartland Values PAC, Making A Responsible Stand For Households In America (Marsha PAC), Arkansas For Leadership PAC (Arkpac), Denali Leadership PAC, Common Values PAC, Continuing America'S Strength And Security PAC, Wild And Wonderful PAC, Leadership And Accountability Are National Keys PAC - Lank PAC, Tomorrow Is Meaningful PAC, Nebraska Sandhills PAC, Big Sky Opportunity PAC, Badlands PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs

• H.R.1 ↗ YEA 2025-07-01
  One Big Beautiful Bill Act (extending 2017 tax cuts, restructuring Medicaid and SNAP, border security, energy provisions)
  why contradicted?

  [against_constituent] Justice cast the decisive vote in a 51-50 Senate tally broken by VP Vance. The bill cut Medicaid by an estimated $900 billion and SNAP by $200 billion over ten years. West Virginia has a 16.7% poverty rate (among the highest nationally), a median household income of $59,608 (48th in U.S.), and approximately 33% of residents rely on Medicaid. The bill's social safety net cuts directly conflicted with the material welfare of his median constituent.

No documented broken promises on file.

• platform_vs_vote SCORE 90
  As a Senate candidate, Justice positioned himself as a moderate who would buck Republican isolationism by supporting Ukraine and resisting foreign aggression. After taking office, he reliably voted the Trump-aligned line, including casting the decisive vote for H.R. 1 — a bill that nonpartisan analyses found would disproportionately harm West Virginia, a state where 16.7% of the population lives in poverty and over one-third rely on Medicaid.
• reversal SCORE 90
  Justice was elected governor as a Democrat in 2016, garnering votes from a state that had voted for Republican presidential candidates in five consecutive elections. Just seven months later, he abandoned the Democratic Party at a Trump rally, marking one of the most abrupt political reversals by a sitting governor in modern U.S. history. He had also been a registered Republican earlier in life before switching to run as a Democrat.