# Jason Ballard

Jason Ballard is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 42
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/80c98569-2ce0-44e9-8cf4-632f2dce684c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/80c98569-2ce0-44e9-8cf4-632f2dce684c (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

Ballard reported $258.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

62 classified statements: 62 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 | Ballard | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.6% | 2.9% | 342 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 41.9% | 9.3% | 10 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 74.2% | 31.9% | 14 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.6% | 1.8% | 314 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 8.1% | 12.7% | 446 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.2% | 1.4% | 120 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 33% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 28% (State House Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 15% (State House Republicans 11%); Energy 15% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Labor and Employment 8.7% (State House Republicans 2.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 286 donors and 760 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 94.4% (96.5%). 114 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 31 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 83. 85.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 51 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2075: Celebrating the life of Sandra Jean Caldwell Davis. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2075/
- HR 2076: Commending Hank Partin. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2076/
- HR 329: Commending John Smith. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR329/
- HR 304: Commending Mae B. Midkiff. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR304/
- HR 274: Commending Cole Brady Martin. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR274/
- HR 280: Commending the Giles High School girls' volleyball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR280/
- HR 285: Commending Caleb Lasley. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR285/
- HR 286: Commending Jillian Grim. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR286/
- HR 197: Celebrating the life of Shirley Kirby Armentrout. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR197/
- HR 177: Celebrating the life of Palma Christine Whitlow Kantsios. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR177/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $258.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 85% 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.

- 2026-07-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2080318438052966504
- 2026-06-15 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2066500234482454564
- 2026-06-11 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2065106243211899212
- 2026-06-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2064792535390617662
- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2064330540954660909
- 2026-06-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2063962361573056776
- 2026-06-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2062948395350684013
- 2026-06-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2062498879845585247
- 2026-06-03 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2062149423602212983
- 2026-06-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JasonBallardVA/status/2061760297677762566

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0333
- Campaign site: https://ballardfordelegate.com/
- X: https://x.com/JasonBallardVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BallardforDelegate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jason.ballard.7777
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonballardfordelegate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-esq-4504857/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/80c98569-2ce0-44e9-8cf4-632f2dce684c