Brooks F. McCabe, Jr. was a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 17th district in Kanawha County. First elected in 1998, Brooks served for eight years as chairman of the Senate Committee on Economic Development. He was a member of the Senate committees on finance banking & insurance, economic development, natural resources, pensions, and government organization. Senator McCabe supported legislation sought by other business leaders relating to major reforms in workers compensation, tax policy, reducing public employee benefits (such as retirement and healthcare) and other pro-business initiatives. In addition, he sponsored legislation relating to economic development, planning and land use which large corporations favored.