# Tom Garrett

Tom Garrett is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 56.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 56
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0bba07ba-7713-4ca7-8f44-699c832e0d2a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0bba07ba-7713-4ca7-8f44-699c832e0d2a (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Garrett sits at +1.03 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.03 (standard error 0.02), from 476 donors and 1,641 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 90.7% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 97.4% (96.5%). 358 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 83. 90.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 28 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 255: Celebrating the life of William Edward Jamerson, Sr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR255/
- HR 259: Commending Colonel Matthew D. Hanley. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR259/
- HR 254: Celebrating the life of Herbert Glover Wharam, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR254/
- HR 258: Celebrating the life of Mozell Booker. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR258/
- HR 256: Commending Darrell R. Byers. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR256/
- HR 207: Celebrating the life of William Bruce Rutherford, USN, Ret. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR207/
- HR 210: Commending the Reverend Joe N. Chambers. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR210/
- HR 164: Celebrating the life of Cecil Allen Reynolds. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR164/
- HR 102: Commending Dillard E. Ferguson, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR102/
- HJ 50: Early voting, 45 days of; jt. com. on House/Senate Coms. on Priv & Elections to study cost/benefits. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ50/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $78.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0362
- Campaign site: https://tomfordelegate.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepTomGarrett
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepGarrett/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Garrett-for-Delegate/100088169707392/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TomGarrettJr
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_lWS6tnQPcBPlmD2e99zKw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-garrett-a95305228/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0bba07ba-7713-4ca7-8f44-699c832e0d2a