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Member, House of Delegates, District 54
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What this office does: One of the 100 members of the House of Delegates, the lower chamber of the West Virginia Legislature, which writes state laws and passes the state budget.
Mike Pushkin
DemocraticIncumbent
Taxi driver and musician · Charleston
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- Sponsored bill creating a Medicaid buy-in programIn office
- Sponsored bill creating an independent redistricting commissionIn office
- Sponsored bill prohibiting private prisonsIn office
- Sponsored bill adding sexual orientation to Human Rights ActIn office
- Sponsored bill allowing smoking of medical cannabisIn office
In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.
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Sponsored bill creating a Medicaid buy-in program
Mike Pushkin, House of Delegates member pageGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 4821 · wvlegislature.gov
“Creating the Affordable Medicaid Buy-In Program”
Sponsored bill creating an independent redistricting commission
Mike Pushkin, House of Delegates member pageGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 5252 · wvlegislature.gov
“Creating the Independent Redistricting Commission of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance”
Sponsored bill prohibiting private prisons
Mike Pushkin, House of Delegates member pageGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 5094 · wvlegislature.gov
“Prohibiting the private ownership or operation of a prison”
Sponsored bill adding sexual orientation to Human Rights Act
Mike Pushkin, House of Delegates member pageGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 5251 · wvlegislature.gov
“Adding “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act and WV Fair Housing Act”
Sponsored bill allowing smoking of medical cannabis
Mike Pushkin, House of Delegates member pageGovernment record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 5188 · wvlegislature.gov
“Authorizing possession and smoking of medical cannabis by approved persons”
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