[1] He was a legislative assistant for the Republican caucus in the Minnesota House of Representatives for almost two years until he resigned in September 2016 following reports of several racist posts he had made on Facebook.
[5][6][7][8] West was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016, after incumbent Tim Sanders retired, and has been reelected every two years since.
HF3285[19] was addressed in HF0001[20] during the 91st Legislature, 2020 5th Special Session, authored by Representative Mary Murphy, and addressed the issue of the intersection of 109th Ave by allocating $1.5 million to "Anoka County to complete preliminary engineering, environmental analysis, and final design of a grade separation and associated improvements to Anoka County State-Aid Highway 12, known as 109th Avenue, at marked Trunk Highway 65 in the city of Blaine".
[25] During the 93rd Legislature, West was one of five House Republicans who voted for HF100, which similarly legalized cannabis in the state; the bill was also passed by the DFL-controlled Senate and signed into law by Governor Tim Walz.
West gave a 15-minute speech in support of the bill, comparing cannabis with other legal recreational drugs, such as nicotine and alcohol.