# Virgil Thornton

Virgil Thornton is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 86.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 86
- Serving since: 2026-01-14
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/63c0c8ef-ded6-406e-9d5d-a114fa35e26a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63c0c8ef-ded6-406e-9d5d-a114fa35e26a (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

Thornton reported $2.6M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.95 (standard error 0.04), from 309 donors and 173 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,056 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.7% (96.5%). 2 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 185. 93.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 22 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2161: Commending Patrick's Hardware. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2161/
- HR 2122: Commending Bishop A. D. Cunningham. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2122/
- HR 2123: Commending the Peninsula Alcohol Safety Action Program. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2123/
- HR 2121: Commending Jennifer Tierney. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2121/
- HR 2124: Commending Mary B. Bunting. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2124/
- HR 2125: Commending Sister To Sister. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2125/
- HR 2097: Commending Steven Marks, M.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2097/
- HR 2077: Commending Bishop Michael B. Golden, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2077/
- HR 2079: Commending the Reverend Dr. Reginald Cornell Woodhouse. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2079/
- HR 2078: Commending the Reverend Dr. Warren D. Choice. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2078/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2.6M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 67% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63c0c8ef-ded6-406e-9d5d-a114fa35e26a