# Todd Pillion

Todd Pillion is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0d2983ef-93a5-4d84-9fa3-2c796024562a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d2983ef-93a5-4d84-9fa3-2c796024562a (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

Pillion reported $361.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## What Pillion says (VA 2025–26 session)

3 classified statements: 3 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Pillion | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 33.3% | 37.3% | 210 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 66.7% | 15.4% | 3 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 100% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 223 donors and 1,108 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 91.7% (95.7%). 104 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 59 bills: 59 reached committee, 50 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 125. 93.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 12 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2085: Celebrating the life of C. Wayne Stevens. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2085/
- SR 2086: Celebrating the life of Curtis Wayne Newsome, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2086/
- SR 2087: Celebrating the life of Billie Wilson Brooks. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2087/
- SR 2068: Commending the Lebanon High School baseball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2068/
- SR 2064: Commending Rita Forrester. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2064/
- SR 2069: Commending the Patrick Henry High School baseball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2069/
- SR 2066: Commending the Abingdon High School softball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2066/
- SR 2067: Commending the Ridgeview High School girls' tennis team. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2067/
- SR 2065: Commending the Abingdon High School girls' basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2065/
- SR 121: Commending Intermont Equestrian at Emory & Henry University. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR121/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $361.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-04-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/ToddPillionVA/status/1909974037096247586
- 2025-04-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/ToddPillionVA/status/1909269288923308220
- 2025-01-27 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/ToddPillionVA/status/1884004578766774630

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S111
- Campaign site: https://www.toddpillion.com/
- X: https://x.com/ToddPillionVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=15721818
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-pillion-4137129/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d2983ef-93a5-4d84-9fa3-2c796024562a