[3] Pushkin authored the original legislation to impeach the Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
[4] Pushkin's family arrived from Eastern Europe, most likely from Russia, in the late nineteenth century and settled in Charleston.
In 2001, Pushkin moved from Morgantown to Charleston and started working as a taxi driver, but continued to fight his addiction and was fired.
[3] In 2014, Pushkin announced plans to run for Elections to West Virginia's 37th District after the incumbent launched a Congressional campaign.
[7] Pushkin carried the same district with 75.2 percent of the vote in that year's general election, outrunning the Democratic presidential nominee by more than ten percentage points.
He opposed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which gives businesses the right to decline to serve gay customers.
He fought to successfully pass the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Act, thanks to support Pushkin secured from his Libertarian colleagues.
[10] In 2018, Pushkin was a vocal supporter of the efforts to give teachers a pay raise and improve wages in the public sector.