July 20, 2026Methodology v2.2 · Data: BLS, 20102025
Political Grades
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CongressWest Virginia

James C. Justice

U.S. Senator, West Virginia · Republican · in office since Jan. 14, 2025

James C. Justice
U.S. Senator · West Virginia · Republican · in the Senate since Jan. 2025
Chamber
Senate
not yet gradeable
West Virginia outcomes over their Senate service
CategoryLatestScore vs. peers
Education scale score260.824Too early
Air quality AQI4024Too early
Water quality % of community systems31.525Too early
Unemployment %4.225Too early
Health coverage % of adults 18-649.724Too early
Tax burden % of personal income7.124Too early
Energy cost cents/kWh15.124Too early
Cost of living index, US=10089.524Too early
Crime deaths per 100,0005.924Too early
Teen births per 1,000 females 15-1917.824Too early
Wellbeing mean days of past 305.824Too early
Obesity % of adults41.424Too early
Early literacy % of 4th graders47.424Too early
Gun deaths deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted)15.324Too early
Food-aid access index (higher = easier access)0.823Too early
Jobless-benefit access % of unemployed receiving UI24.424Too early
Their own recordValue
Legislative effectiveness LES · chamber avg = 1.0Data pending
Missed votes4.2%
Ideology 0 = left · 1 = right (GovTrack)0.70
Promises keptIn human review

A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so they are scored on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — ranked against other senators — alongside their own legislative record. Influence is shared with 99 colleagues and the governor; the score shows relative movement, not sole credit. Methodology v2.2

Federal spending during Justice’s current term

Total U.S. federal outlays for each fiscal year of Justice’s current term. This is the whole federal budget — mostly Social Security, Medicare, defense, interest on the debt, and prior commitments — not money Justice personally directed. A president proposes and Congress appropriates; no single official controls it.

FY25
$7.01T−$1.77T deficit

Source: OMB Historical Tables, Table 1.1 (Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits: 1789-present) · figures. Nominal dollars, by fiscal year (Oct–Sep).

How Justice is graded

A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so Justice is graded on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — measured as the change on their watch versus the other 49 states, capped because influence is shared with 99 colleagues, the governor and a world economy — blended with what they personally control: how effectively they move legislation and how they vote. Every part decomposes on the card above, and the “measured” figure says how much of the grade is real versus still reserved.

Legislative Effectiveness Scores come from the Center for Effective Lawmaking, which benchmarks each chamber’s average to 1.0. Voting statistics come from GovTrack. The Honesty ledger — promises matched against this member’s votes — publishes only with an evidence trail and two agreeing human reviews.