| Republican vs. Democrat: A Side-by-Side Comparison | ||
| Republicans | Democrats | |
| Passed Amendment 1 to the WV Constitution ending Taxpayer funded abortion and making WV a pro-life state. Fought for the final version of HB 302 making 99.9% of abortions illegal in WV. This triggered the immediate shutdown of the only abortion provider in WV. | LIFE | Voted for poisonous amendments to HB 302 that would have allowed abortion activists to check a box and keep abortion legal in WV. |
| Voted to end the transgender madness being imposed in school sports, locker-rooms and showers. Voted to stop transgender activists on city councils across WV from imposing radical LGBTQ agendas including transgender bathroom bills that put women at risk. | RADICAL LGBTQ | Sponsored legislation forcing schools and businesses to open girls bathrooms, locker-rooms and showers to biological males. Voted for TAXPAYER FUNDED transgender procedures for young children. |
| Strengthened penalties for child traffickers, child predators, and drug dealers causing death. | CRIME | Sponsored Legislation letting violent felons – including murderers, rapists, drug dealers and child predators to VOTE before they even finish serving their sentence. |
| Fought for and WON 25% lower Income Taxes in WV. Will keep going until income taxes are just a bad memory. | TAXES | Voted to keep WV Income Taxes high. |
| Fighting for WV Coal Miners and Oil & Gas Workers. Voted against tax-payer funding for anti-coal Form Energy. | ENERGY | Voted to destroy Coal and Natural Gas jobs by giving $300M in taxpayers dollars to Bill Gates backed, Chinese Communist Party linked anti-coal Form Energy. |
| Helped draft the Hope Scholarship. Author of the Burkhammer Amendment expanding eligibility to all WV kids. Wrote the nation’s first microshool law. | EDUCATION | Voted for the tax and spend policies and lack of accountability that keep WV at the bottom in education while forcing school closures across West Virginia. |
| Sponsored legislation protecting your 2nd Amendment rights. Including legislation to stop woke corporations from trampling your right to self-defense. | 2ND AMENDMENT | Voted for fees to exercise your 2nd Amendment rights Voted against your right to protect your family. |
| Did I say Republican vs Democrat? I meant Conservative Republican State Senator Robert Karnes vs Liberal RINO Bill Hamilton. | ||
| Conservative Senator Robert Karnes has a proven record Fighting for Freedom, For Our Children and For West Virginia. | Far-Left LGBTQ Activist Bill Hamilton voting record tells you who he really is. Bill Hamilton Votes Against You!! | |
| Senator Karnes wrote and cosponsored Amendment 1, which stopped taxpayer funding for abortions and made WV a pro-life state. He also fought to ensure HB 302 was strong and forced the immediate closure of the only abortion clinic in WV. | Hamilton voted for poison pill amendments to HB 302 to keep abortion legal in WV. | |
| Senator Karnes voted against transgender drugs for kids. | Hamilton voted for taxpayer funded transgender drugs for kids. | |
| Senator Karnes helped pass several bills to strengthen laws against human trafficking, child predators and drug dealers causing death. | Hamilton sponsored legislation to allow convicted murderers, rapists and child molesters to vote before they finished serving their sentences. | |
| As Chair of the Senate Tax Reform Committee, Senator Karnes started the process of cutting WV income taxes. We have cut 25% and Senator Karnes will work to eliminate income taxes permanently in WV. | Hamilton has sponsored and voted for Billions of dollars in higher taxes. He voted numerous times against cutting the income tax. | |
| Senator Karnes has a strong pro-coal and pro-natural gas record, supporting our miners and oil and gas working. He voted again giving Form Energy $300M after they said they wanted to END the coal and natural gas industries. | Hamilton voted to give Form Energy $300 Million tax dollars. Form Energy is funded by and linked to Bill Gates and the Chinese Communist Party. The CEO of Form said his company existed to end all use of fossil fuels, like coal and natural gas. | |
| Senator Karnes helped draft and sponsor the Hope Scholarship and wrote the amendment that opened Hope to ALL WV children. He also wrote the nation’s first Microschool law enhancing school choice options for parents and children. | Hamilton OPPOSES Homeschoolers, Hope Scholarship, Charter Schools or any educational freedom. He has shown he supports the same No Choice options supported by the socialist teacher’s unions. | |
| Senator Karnes sponsored Constitutional Carry and other 2nd Amendment legislation. | Hamilton voted to charge a fee to every West Virginian who wanted to exercise their 2nd Amendment right. | |
| Senator Karnes Votes For You!! | Bill Hamilton Votes Against You | |