# Otto Wachsmann

Otto Wachsmann is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 83.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 83
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/496f9aa1-91ba-4386-9530-f52ea56e17bf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/496f9aa1-91ba-4386-9530-f52ea56e17bf (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

Wachsmann voted against the majority of Virginia House Republicans 198 times; party unity 88%, in the bottom tenth of the Virginia House (average 96.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.02), from 274 donors and 769 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 88% (96.5%). 198 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 48 bills: 48 reached committee, 32 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 86. 89.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 30 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2197: Commending Smithfield Foods. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2197/
- HR 2061: Commending the Family YMCA of Emporia-Greensville. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2061/
- HJ 286: Celebrating the life of Robert Dean Clary. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ286/
- HR 251: Commending the James Solomon Russell-Saint Paul's College Museum and Archives, Inc. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR251/
- HR 239: Commending Hunterdale Christian Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR239/
- HR 241: Commending Sedley Baptist Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR241/
- HR 243: Commending the Tri-County Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR243/
- HR 240: Commending Hunterdale Baptist Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR240/
- HJ 219: Commending the Brunswick Academy football team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ219/
- HR 242: Commending the Miss Isle of Wight County Fair Scholarship Pageant. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR242/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $146.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0347
- Campaign site: https://www.ottowachsmann.com/
- X: https://x.com/WachsmannHD75
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ottofordelegate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/otto.wachsmann
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otto.wachsmann/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/otto-wachsmann-a219093/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/496f9aa1-91ba-4386-9530-f52ea56e17bf