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Republican · U.S. Senator, West Virginia · West Virginia · Spectrum score +48
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Jim Justice is U.S. Senator, West Virginia in West Virginia. Political positions and ideology score +48 (Right). Justice is the billionaire in the hoodie.
- College
- Marshall University, B.A. 1974, M.B.A. 1976
- Spouse
- Cathy Justice (m. 1975)
- Children
- Two
- Résumé
- U.S. Senator · West Virginia · 2025–
- Governor of West Virginia · 2017–2025
- Owner · Justice family coal, agriculture, and The Greenbrier · 1976–
- Net worth
- $1.2B
- Salary
- $174,000
- Before office
- $500M
- 2026 raised
- $2.0M
- Years in office
- 9
Member of Congress · frozen since 2009
Where Jim stands on the spectrum
Jim Justice scores +48 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.
Composite +48 · Right · economic +35 · social +62 · authoritarian +34
Confidence 86. How we calculate scores →
Background & record
Justice is the billionaire in the hoodie. The file is coal and a circus of LLCs, a governor who switched parties, and a Senate seat that does not change the balance sheet. When West Virginia’s environment or pensions come up, he is not a bystander.
Finances
Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.
Net worth
$1.2B
+140% since taking office
Forbes estimate, 2025
Coal, farming, a resort, a family business that has been in and out of bankruptcy court. The Senate is a rounding error.
Money in · 2026 cycle
- Raised
- $2.0M
- Cash on hand
- $4.0M
Top industries
- Coal
- Agriculture
- Self-funding
Stock holdings
Private companies / family office
Mines and a resort, not a Schwab login. The LLCs are the holdings.
Family coal / farm, 2025 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit
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Bluestone / coal entities
Trust · Coal
$200M–$800M
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Farm and resort entities
Trust
$50.0M–$200M
Sum of ranges $250M–$1.0B · midpoint $625M
X sentiment
Last 7 days
Odds
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Live wire
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Conflicts
- Mine-and-farm empire vs environmental and labor votes.
- Outstanding claims and green-energy grant stories from the governor years.
Issue detail
−100 left pole · +100 right pole
- Economic
- +35
- Social
- +62
- Authoritarian
- +34
- Confidence
- 86
- Taxes & spending+28
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
- Health care+30
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
- Climate & energy+82
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
- Business regulation+38
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
- Labor & wages-4
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
- Immigration+84
Tighter borders, more deportations
- Abortion+46
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
- Guns+68
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
- Crime & policing+74
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
- Schools & speech+58
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
- Defense & alliances+40
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
- Civil liberties+36
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality
No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.
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Updated August 2026.