Sarah Umberger
Democratic · WV
Retired teacher from Lewisburg with degrees from Bluefield State College, the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, and West Virginia University. She focuses on strengthening public education, affordable health care, and local control of data centers.
Where Sarah Umberger stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (4 records), Labor Rights (1 record),
Opposes
Personal Income Tax Reduction (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Advocated abolishing or reforming West Virginia's Certificate of Need system after the closure of Greenbrier Valley Medical Center's labor-and-delivery unit.
April 28, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: therealwv.com
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Opposed Senate Bill 392's tax cuts, arguing that they primarily benefited people who did not need them while schools, safe water, and food banks lacked resources.
March 6, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Opposed House Bill 4983, arguing that data centers should be responsible for the water, energy, and other resources they use and that West Virginia should not expose residents to polluted water and higher bills for out-of-state companies.
February 17, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Opposed restrictions on syringe-exchange programs, citing evidence that access to clean needles reduces HIV outbreaks and protects both people with addiction and the broader public.
February 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Opposed Senate Bill 592, arguing that health and water safety outweighed the cost of common-sense inspections and regulation of aboveground storage tanks.
April 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support
Condemned the use of Greenbrier casino employees as leverage in the Justice family's financial dispute and argued that workers should not bear the cost of ownership's unpaid bills and delays.
August 14, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: wvdemocrats.com
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Advocated restoring local control over data centers and criticized state policy that redirected tax revenue away from host counties.
April 28, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: therealwv.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 3 oppose
Advocated restoring local control over data centers and criticized state policy that redirected tax revenue away from host counties.
April 28, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: therealwv.com
Advocated requiring private schools and homeschool recipients of Hope Scholarship public funds to meet educational standards comparable to public schools.
April 28, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: therealwv.com
Opposed Senate Bill 392's tax cuts, arguing that they primarily benefited people who did not need them while schools, safe water, and food banks lacked resources.
March 6, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Opposed House Bill 4983, arguing that data centers should be responsible for the water, energy, and other resources they use and that West Virginia should not expose residents to polluted water and higher bills for out-of-state companies.
February 17, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Opposed restrictions on syringe-exchange programs, citing evidence that access to clean needles reduces HIV outbreaks and protects both people with addiction and the broader public.
February 5, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Advocated paid maternity leave, more accessible child care, action on the foster-care crisis, and greater investment in public education at a Greenbrier Valley community roundtable.
September 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: mountainstatespotlight.org
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Opposed Senate Bill 392's tax cuts, arguing that they primarily benefited people who did not need them while schools, safe water, and food banks lacked resources.
March 6, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Advocated paid maternity leave, more accessible child care, action on the foster-care crisis, and greater investment in public education at a Greenbrier Valley community roundtable.
September 20, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: mountainstatespotlight.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
Advocated requiring private schools and homeschool recipients of Hope Scholarship public funds to meet educational standards comparable to public schools.
April 28, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: therealwv.com
Opposed Senate Bill 392's tax cuts, arguing that they primarily benefited people who did not need them while schools, safe water, and food banks lacked resources.
March 6, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Advocated paid maternity leave, more accessible child care, action on the foster-care crisis, and greater investment in public education at a Greenbrier Valley community roundtable.
September 20, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: mountainstatespotlight.org
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 oppose
Opposed Senate Bill 392's tax cuts, arguing that they primarily benefited people who did not need them while schools, safe water, and food banks lacked resources.
March 6, 2026Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Defended separation of church and state, citing the experience of having another person's faith imposed on a religious minority.
April 28, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: therealwv.com
Opposed House Bill 3016, arguing that stricter photo-identification requirements would disenfranchise non-drivers and create voting barriers despite very few voter-fraud cases in West Virginia.
March 23, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 support
Condemned the use of Greenbrier casino employees as leverage in the Justice family's financial dispute and argued that workers should not bear the cost of ownership's unpaid bills and delays.
August 14, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: wvdemocrats.com
Opposed House Bill 4983, arguing that data centers should be responsible for the water, energy, and other resources they use and that West Virginia should not expose residents to polluted water and higher bills for out-of-state companies.
February 17, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: home.wvlegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Opposed Senate Bill 474 and defended diversity, equity, and inclusion, urging lawmakers not to support legislation driven by political hostility to DEI.
April 7, 2025
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Was elected to a Greenbrier County Democratic Executive Committee seat in the Central District.
May 10, 2022
Source: sos.wv.gov
Served as president of United Way of the Greenbrier Valley, helping lead fundraising and community-support work across the region.
December 31, 2014
Source: projects.propublica.org
Past race Sarah Umberger ran in:
- House of Delegates - District 46 · November 3, 2026 · Delegate District 46; West Virginia