# Valerie Giltner

Valerie Giltner is a Republican member of the Delaware House for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Delaware House, district 37
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: DE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/312de86b-37d6-4ffe-a47c-63163e4177c0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/312de86b-37d6-4ffe-a47c-63163e4177c0 (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

Giltner reported $5,700 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.03), from 98 donors and 289 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (DE 2025–26 session)

658 roll calls. Attendance 96.6% (Delaware House 94.5%). Party unity 96.6% (94.5%). 8 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 234 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIRST RESPONDERS. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB234/
- 2026-07-01 · voted nay · Passage · HB 445 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LARGE ENERGY USE FACILITIES. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB445/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 347 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTION ACT · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB347/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 1 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 18, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE, AND CHAPTER 237, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO PRIMARY… · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB1/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · HB 190 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GRANTS-IN-AID. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB190/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 332 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL VANITY LICENSE PLATES. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB332/
- 2026-07-01 · voted nay · Veto Override · SB 75 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOCAL CONTROL OF RETAIL MARIJUANA STORES BY COUNTIES. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB75/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 255 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TINTING OF MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD, WINDOWS, OR SIDE WINGS. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB255/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 337 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND… · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB337/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · HB 373 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB373/

## Legislation (DE 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 28 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 39. 90.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Delaware House 79.5%; rank 11 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 349: AN ACT TO NAME THE MILLSBORO BYPASS THE "SENATOR RICHARD S. CORDREY BYPASS." (became law, 2026-09-16) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB349/
- SCR 209: PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 2026 AS "DEPRESSION AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SCR209/
- HCR 133: RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY 2026 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HCR133/
- SCR 186: PROCLAIMING MAY 2026 AS "CYSTIC FIBROSIS AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SCR186/
- SCR 183: PROCLAIMING MAY 2026 AS "COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SCR183/
- HCR 119: DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 6-12 AS "NATIONAL NURSES WEEK" AND 2026 AS “THE YEAR OF THE POWER OF NURSES” IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HCR119/
- SCR 179: RECOGNIZING MAY 2026 AS "HEALTHY VISION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SCR179/
- HCR 121: RECOGNIZING THE WEEK OF MAY 10 THROUGH MAY 16, 2026, AS "NATIONAL HOSPITAL WEEK" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HCR121/
- SCR 172: RECOGNIZING APRIL 20-24, 2026, AS "NATIONAL HOME VISITING WEEK" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SCR172/
- SCR 164: RECOGNIZING APRIL 2026 AS "CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SCR164/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,700 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housegop.delaware.gov/members/house-district-37/ https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/152/JonesGiltner
- Campaign site: https://valeriefor37th.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553828558212
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieJonesGiltnerfor37th/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voteforvalerie37th/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valerie.jones.giltner/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-jones-giltner-rn-23b7087b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/312de86b-37d6-4ffe-a47c-63163e4177c0