# Lee Ware

Lee Ware is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 72.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 72
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/865dace5-518d-4f4f-b393-c197064affe6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/865dace5-518d-4f4f-b393-c197064affe6 (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

Ware voted against the majority of Virginia House Republicans 174 times; party unity 93.4%, in the bottom quarter of the Virginia House (average 96.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 84 donors and 1,160 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 93.4% (96.5%). 174 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 209. 93.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 19 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 191: Celebrating the life of Dennis P. Gallagher. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR191/
- HR 107: Commending Mt. Gazerine Baptist Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR107/
- HR 21: Commending First Baptist Church of Midlothian. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR21/
- HB 1329: Local correctional facilities; reimbursements for housing convicted state felons. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1329/
- HB 1304: Individuals receiving services in a hospital, training center, etc.; right to send and receive mail. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1304/
- HB 1303: Nonresident concealed handgun permits; VSP to issue within 90 days of receipt of application. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1303/
- HB 114: Electric utility infrastructure; Dept. of Energy and SCC to conduct an analysis, report. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB114/
- HB 114: Electric utility infrastructure; Dept. of Energy and SCC to conduct an analysis, report. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB114/
- HB 59: Reapportionment; reallocation of populations, population data, civil commitment facilities. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB59/
- HB 8: General Assembly; intergovernmental affairs. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB8/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0124
- Campaign site: https://www.delegateleeware.net/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/865dace5-518d-4f4f-b393-c197064affe6