LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• Purdue University - BSCE (civil engineering) (1969)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  1st Congressional District of West Virginia
  David Bennett McKinley, 68.96%

  Republican
  Natalie Cline, 31.02%

  Democrat

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  1st Congressional District of West Virginia
  David Bennett McKinley, 65.00%

  Republican
  Kendra Jean Huard Fershee, 35.00%

  Democrat

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  1st Congressional District of West Virginia
  David Bennett McKinley, 68.97%

  Republican
  Michael Noel Manypenny II (Mike), 31.03%

  Democrat

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  1st Congressional District of West Virginia
  David Bennett McKinley, 63.90%

  Republican
  Glen B. Gainer III, 36.00%

  Democrat

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  1st Congressional District of West Virginia
  David Bennett McKinley, 62.48%

  Republican
  Sue Thorn, 37.52%

  Democrat

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  1st Congressional District of West Virginia
  David Bennett McKinley, 50.40%

  Republican
  Michael Angelo Oliverio II (Mike), 49.60%

  Democrat

Associated Organizations

• Republican Main Street Partnership

• DBM PAC

• McKinley for Congress (West Virginia)

Awards

• Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2022)

• Legislative Award (National Rural Health Association) (2021)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Defender of Housing (National Association of Home Builders) (Sept. 2016)

• George E. Brown Jr. Award (Science-Engineering-Technology Working Group) (April 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

14 trips taken between 2011 - 2021 costing $130,684

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Rep. Meuser LD heads to renewable-energy lobby

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 21, 2022
  After working for four congressional Republicans and the Trump administration, a Hill staffer has made his first pass through the revolving door for the renewable-energy sector. read more

• CTIA, telecom powerhouse, picks up W.V. GOP staffer

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 6, 2021
  After working for West Virginia members in both chambers, a GOP aide has landed at the telecom industry's biggest Washington advocate. read more

• DOE deputy assistant secretary returns to the House

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 7, 2021
  An aide has returned to the House after holding a leadership position with the Department of Energy. read more

• Rep. McKinley adds Chamber lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 26, 2020
  Rep. David McKinley's (R-W.Va.) newest hire comes straight from the country's largest spender on federal lobbying. read more

• Kidney-care provider adds Rep. McKinley staffer

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 20, 2020
  After stints with three congressmen, a GOP staffer has made the jump to the private sector. read more

• Rep. McKinley pages Faegre Baker Daniels telecom lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 7, 2017
  Rep. David McKinley (R-W.V.) picked up a telecommunications lobbyist to handle a wide range of legislative issues. read more

• Career Hill staffer makes strategic job change to K St

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on June 30, 2015
  After more than a decade working in Congress, the legislative director for a West Virginian Republican has left the Hill. read more

• Republican policy adviser moves to energy advocacy job

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on March 24, 2015
  A senior policy adviser for Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) has left for a government relations job at the American Public Power Association. read more

• Posted by Daimon Eklund on March 12, 2012
  Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) has taken the mantle of the House's most frugal member when it comes to playing staff salaries. read more

• Posted by Daimon Eklund on Dec. 12, 2011
  The title of most frugal member of Congress may be hotly contested this year. read more

• Israel jaunts set record for most costly trips

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on Sept. 12, 2011
  The American Israel Education Foundation has spent a record amount to send members of Congress and their staff to Israel in 2011, even before all the numbers are in. read more

• Wide range of staff pay by House freshmen

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 9, 2011
  Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) was the most generous freshman member of Congress, with a payroll of $243,431 in his first three months of office. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), on the other hand, had by far the lowest total payroll, not even breaking six digits. read more