# Eric Phillips

Eric Phillips is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 48.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 48
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/704cecad-ef53-44e4-ad55-6c7a7e385e5c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/704cecad-ef53-44e4-ad55-6c7a7e385e5c (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

Phillips voted against the majority of Virginia House Republicans 185 times; party unity 89%, in the bottom tenth of the Virginia House (average 96.5%).

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

14 classified statements: 14 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 | Phillips | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 64.3% | 31.9% | 37 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 57.1% | 12.7% | 1 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 7.1% | 1.4% | 25 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 33% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Crime and Law Enforcement 22% (State House Republicans 11%); Agriculture and Food 11% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 11% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Commerce 11% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.02), from 45 donors and 572 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 89% (96.5%). 185 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 107. 78.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 70 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2141: Commending Walsh's Chicken & More. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2141/
- HR 2096: Commending the Martinsville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2096/
- HR 372: Commending the Honorable Daniel Webster Marshall III. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR372/
- HR 362: Commending Joel Cannaday. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR362/
- HR 364: Commending Joe Bryant. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR364/
- HR 363: Commending Scott Grindstaff. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR363/
- HR 253: Celebrating the life of Edward Marvin Page, Sr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR253/
- HR 227: Commending the Chatham Volunteer Fire Department. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR227/
- HR 174: Commending Jennifer Ashworth. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR174/
- HB 1506: Notaries; altered documents name across instruments. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1506/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $94.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 84% 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.

- 2026-02-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/2027502994976104468
- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/2006533859559825519
- 2025-12-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/2004176552309719322
- 2025-11-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/1994049068381950390
- 2025-11-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/1988252544284434543
- 2025-11-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/1985724537330085960
- 2025-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/1980613024386867358
- 2025-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/1980291176789102963
- 2025-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/1977847054119456814
- 2025-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/EricPhillipsVA/status/1975586253933277558

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0384
- Campaign site: https://www.ericphillipsforva.com/
- X: https://x.com/EricPhillipsVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricPhillipsForVA/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/704cecad-ef53-44e4-ad55-6c7a7e385e5c