ROCKEFELLER, JOHN DAVISON IV

D · senate · bioguide R000361

FEC candidate id: S4WV00027
Internal id: 6ff4b1ec-da5f-46da-bc4b-f103ba299e52
Status: incumbent

Who this candidate represents (statewide)

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), West Virginia. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	1,778,373
People	Median age	43
Income	Median household income	$59,608
Income	Per-capita income	$34,203
Income	In poverty	16.7%
Income	Unemployed	5.4%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.471
Race	White alone	90.3%
Race	Black alone	3.2%
Race	Asian alone	0.8%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	2.1%
Race	Two or more races	4.9%
Origin	Foreign-born	1.8%
Language	Speaks English only at home	97.5%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	1.2%
Education	High school or higher	63.4%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	24.1%
Education	Advanced degree	9.7%
Household	Family households	62.6%
Household	Avg household size	2.37
Household	Never married (15+)	29.1%
Housing	Median home value	$162,600
Housing	Median gross rent	$872
Housing	Single-family detached	70.9%
Housing	Built before 1940	6.6%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	1.3%
Housing	Vacant units	15.4%
Service	Veterans (18+)	7.4%
Health	With a disability	19.1%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	86.1%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	10.9%
Commute	Drove alone	78.1%
Commute	Public transit	0.5%
Commute	Worked from home	9.1%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Debts	Indiv. contribs.
2014	$5,899	$671,073	$0	$0	$10
2012	$574,575	$757,517	$665,175	$0	$242,442
2010	$469,877	$823,655	$848,118	$0	$158,369
2008	$5,189,461	$4,820,379	$1,201,894	$0	$3,254,386
2006	$1,664,530	$1,755,416	$832,810	$0	$441,074
2004	$116,247	$401,485	$923,697	$0	$41,991
2002	$2,637,717	$2,361,605	$1,208,935	$0	$1,464,595
2000	$327,644	$332,014	$932,822	$0	$191,080
1998	$243,449	$257,892	$937,193	$0	$99,825
1996	$3,054,658	$2,924,904	$951,637	$0	$1,909,325
1994	$350,450	$366,234	$514,848	$0	$281,974
1992	$293,737	$665,303	$530,633	$0	$171,985
1990	$3,479,161	$2,650,320	$902,198	$0	$1,944,222
1988	$94,172	$27,290	$73,356	$0	$38,568
1986	$32,980	$63,030	$6,459	$10,257,500	$0
1984	$12,093,549	$12,057,039	$36,508	$10,273,876	$1,247,746

Elections

1984 general senate · WV-S — won
1990 general senate · WV-S — won
1990 general senate · WV-S — won
1990 general senate · WV-S — won
1996 general senate · WV-S — won
1996 general senate · WV-S — won
1996 general senate · WV-S — won
2002 general senate · WV-S — won
2002 general senate · WV-S — won
2002 general senate · WV-S — won
2008 general senate · WV-S — won
2008 general senate · WV-S — won
2008 general senate · WV-S — won
2014 general senate · WV-S — lost_general
2014 general senate · WV-S — lost_general
2014 general senate · WV-S — lost_general
2014 general senate · WV-S — lost_general

Committees

FRIENDS OF JAY ROCKEFELLER — principal · type S
FRIENDS OF SENATOR ROCKEFELLER — principal · type S
GOOD GOVERNMENT 2002 — joint_fundraising · type N
WEST VIRGINIA SENATE 2008 — joint_fundraising · type N

Recent votes

No votes on file.

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 · model baseline-v1 · base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 99.0%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
incumbent	+78.0%
D (major party)	+10.0%
senate race	-2.0%

Baseline model (incumbency × party × office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Connected on the graph

Outbound (38)

date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 1185 — Federal Competitive Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1987	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 1195 — A bill to authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Colu	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 1260 — Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1987	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 1284 — A bill to prohibit construction of any monument, memorial, or other structure at the site o	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 140 — A bill to increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes to units of general local government, a	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 1692 — County Payments Reauthorization Act of 2011	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 1770 — Civil War Sites Study Act of 1990	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 1896 — A bill to authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct a statue in ho	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 1969 — Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home Study Act of 2007	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2028 — A bill to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulator	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2042 — An Act to authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct within the Vie	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 21 — California Desert Protection Act of 1994	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2197 — PACE-Energy Act	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2199 — American Heritage Trust Act of 1988	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2247 — Wheeling National Heritage Area Act of 2000	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2253 — A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2264 — World War I Memorial Act of 2014	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2470 — Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 261 — A bill to authorize the establishment of a Peace Garden on a site to be selected by the Secr	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2790 — Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2002	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 281 — Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Act	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 2893 — Ludlow Massacre National Historic Landmark Act	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 3115 — A bill to extend the term of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park Commissio	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 359 — A bill to provide for the extension of certain hydroelectric projects located in the State o	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 595 — A bill to provide for the extension of a hydroelectric project located in the State of West	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 699 — Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	S 879 — Clean Coal Technology Deployment Act	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	cosponsor_of_bill	SRES 364 — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning oil markets.	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	WEST VIRGINIA SENATE 2008	—		candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	GOOD GOVERNMENT 2002	—		candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	FRIENDS OF SENATOR ROCKEFELLER	—		candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	FRIENDS OF JAY ROCKEFELLER	—		candidate_committees
2013-11-04	sponsor_of_bill	S 1641 — West Virginia National Heritage Area Act of 2013	—	sponsor	sponsorship
2010-09-28	sponsor_of_bill	S 3863 — Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act of 2010	—	sponsor	sponsorship
2010-07-26	sponsor_of_bill	S 3649 — CARE Act	—	sponsor	sponsorship
2010-07-14	sponsor_of_bill	S 3589 — Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act of 2010	—	sponsor	sponsorship
2008-10-01	sponsor_of_bill	S 3664 — A bill to provide for the extension of a certain hydroelectric project located in the State	—	sponsor	sponsorship
1994-05-19	sponsor_of_bill	S 2139 — West Virginia Rivers Conservation Act of 1994	—	sponsor	sponsorship

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