Darren J. Thorne
D
61%
Freedom Score
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Session Voting Records
Reports
2025-2026 Sessions
West Virginia: Senate
Score: 67
Eliminate DEI
Eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, trainings, activities, offices, and officers from primary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Federal Law-enforcement Authority
Amends West Virginia law to authorize commissioned rangers of the National Park Service to enforce state laws, allowing independent investigation, arrest, search, and seizure for any offense under state law in the National Park System.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Carbon Capture in State Parks
Removes the prohibition against leasing state-owned lands designated as state parks for underground carbon capture and sequestration.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Parents' Bill of Rights
Enacts the "Parents' Bill of Rights," which affirms the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, care, healthcare, and mental health of their minor children; and provides for injunctive relief against violations.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Ranked-choice Voting
Prohibits the use of ranked-choice voting methods by state, county, or local elections offices to conduct elections or nominations of candidates for local government, statewide, or federal elective offices in West Virginia.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Child Vaccine Exemption
Expands exemptions to West Virginia's compulsory childhood vaccination requirements by permitting religious and philosophical exemptions, and prohibiting schools or childcare centers from excluding exempted children from extracurricular activities or events.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
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