# Wendell Walker

Wendell Walker is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 52.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 52
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/18756686-0b6c-4a7d-ade9-db2cafcac870

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18756686-0b6c-4a7d-ade9-db2cafcac870 (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

The policy areas Walker talks about and legislates on agree at 0.62 on a 0–1 scale, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

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

703 classified statements: 703 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Walker | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.6% | 2.9% | 444 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.2% | 9.3% | 369 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 37.5% | 31.9% | 301 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.0% | 1.8% | 259 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 19.5% | 12.7% | 185 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 367 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 16% (State House Republicans 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 15% (State House Republicans 11%); Taxation 12% (State House Republicans 8.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.01), from 177 donors and 1,191 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 94.6% (96.5%). 108 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 54 bills: 54 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 114. 77.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 74 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2099: Commending the Heritage High School girls' track and field program. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2099/
- HR 2072: Turyn, Noreen; commending. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2072/
- HR 321: Commending the Sandusky Middle School girls' basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR321/
- HR 244: Commending Frank Rocco. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR244/
- HR 154: Commending the Virginia University of Lynchburg. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR154/
- HR 84: Commending Blake Bryant. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR84/
- HR 12: Commending Ryan M. Zuidema. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR12/
- HR 13: Commending the Academy of Music Theatre. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR13/
- HB 1354: Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1354/
- HR 17: Commending Alison Morrison-Shetlar, Ph.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR17/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $113.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 90% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2114729863089398099
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2114729866918797548
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2114442582788837606
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2114454273412964496
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2114101464645722616
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2113663744056201385
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2113047056700838255
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2111842523274768869
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2111880680019824932
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA/status/2110845845335601337

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0325
- Campaign site: https://www.wendellwalker.org/
- X: https://x.com/WendellWalkerVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelegateWendellWalker

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18756686-0b6c-4a7d-ade9-db2cafcac870