# Dan Helmer

Dan Helmer is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 10
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5e5e025d-7e50-4c2f-ba81-720f19aa0d81

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5e5e025d-7e50-4c2f-ba81-720f19aa0d81 (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

6.4% of Helmer’s statements use an extreme label, 6.7 times the State House Democrat average of 1.0%.

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

809 classified statements: 809 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Helmer | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.2% | 2.5% | 157 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 7.4% | 10.4% | 398 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 51.9% | 39.2% | 196 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.0% | 2.9% | 515 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 29.5% | 14.4% | 92 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 6.4% | 1.0% | 25 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 29% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 21% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Crime and Law Enforcement 18% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Armed Forces and National Security 15% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Health 11% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.98 (standard error 0.01), from 3,381 donors and 1,190 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.5% (96.5%). 34 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 53 bills: 53 reached committee, 36 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 222. 84.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 52 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2147: Commending DT Fest. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2147/
- HB 1377: Virginia Military Institute; establishing a task force to examine higher education at the Institute. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1377/
- HB 1372: Solar energy facilities; prevailing wage & apprenticeship requirements, state & local tax exemption. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1372/
- HB 1372: Solar energy facilities; prevailing wage & apprenticeship requirements, state & local tax exemption. (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1372/
- HB 1344: License plates, special; repeals issuance for Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1344/
- HB 1307: Mortgage lenders and brokers; criminal history records check. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1307/
- HB 547: Private companies providing public transportation services; employee protections. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB547/
- HB 829: Hospital price transparency; price comparison tool, penalties for noncompliance. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB829/
- HB 801: Zoning; manufactured housing. (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB801/
- HB 804: Localities; statewide housing targets. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB804/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $479.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 39% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2114326311875272792
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2114143275493810653
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2113430509766262949
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2113745771006693675
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2113019593463607330
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2112333614755016961
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2112685838047883687
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2111959214704763328
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2111585508585259401
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelDanHelmer, https://twitter.com/HelmerVA/status/2111220529805828257

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0317
- Campaign site: https://danhelmer.com/
- X: https://x.com/DelDanHelmer
- X: https://x.com/HelmerVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelmerVA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deldanhelmer/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helmer4va/
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCd53hfD5I4IUFRsWSfITY4A
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhelmer/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5e5e025d-7e50-4c2f-ba81-720f19aa0d81