# Eric Zehr

Eric Zehr is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 51.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 51
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0bd1b9d6-e02e-4cb4-91c8-c87466ebf1db

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0bd1b9d6-e02e-4cb4-91c8-c87466ebf1db (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

Zehr sits at +0.99 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.99 (standard error 0.03), from 159 donors and 594 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 99.0% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 98.2% (96.5%). 410 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 56 bills: 56 reached committee, 20 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 79. 80.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 65 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2198: Commending EastLake Community Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2198/
- HR 2195: Celebrating the life of Robert Stouffer. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2195/
- HR 2082: Commending New London Academy. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2082/
- HR 420: Commending practitioners of Falun Dafa in Virginia. (in committee, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR420/
- HR 134: Commending Justin D. Lynchard. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR134/
- HB 1459: Ice-Free Comm. Act; notifi. to fed. immigr. authorities of pending release of persons from custody. (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1459/
- HB 696: Firearm/explosive material; carrying into a bldg. owned or leased by the Commonwealth, exceptions. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB696/
- HB 689: Gift certificates; amends definition, international transactions, fraud reports. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB689/
- HB 688: Children; seizure of audio and visual equipment, etc., in connection with solicitation, etc. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB688/
- HB 694: Concealed handgun; carrying without a permit. (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB694/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $57.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0383
- Campaign site: https://www.zehrfordelegate.org/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/zehrfordelegate
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/eric-zehr-498059a1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0bd1b9d6-e02e-4cb4-91c8-c87466ebf1db