Senator · West Virginia

James C. Justice

James C. Justice is a Republican senator from West Virginia, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 913 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 38, and cast 807 of 808 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: Senate; Current
In Congress since: Jan 14, 2025
Term ends: Jan 3, 2031

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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate	913	4.2%38 of 913 · rank 24 of 101	100%807 of 808 · rank 18 of 101	161 became law	22%66 of 303

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.56+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

No recorded vote against the party majority on bills or amendments in the loaded Congresses.

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Yea
Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $79.6K; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $196.4K
From committees: $34.8K; 16 committees
From contractor PACs: $6,250; 3 PACs · 18% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$5,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
the kraft heinz companythe kraft heinz company political action committee (kraftheinzpac)	$1,000	KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANYAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	—
american electric powerthe american electric power committee for responsible government	$250	AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$5M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$79.6K	$34.8K	$6,2503 PACs · 18% of committee money
2024	$4.6M	$976K	$117.5K30 PACs · 12% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

Senate · West VirginiaJan 14, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: www.justice.senate.gov
Phone: 202-224-3954
Office: 509 Hart Senate Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.