# J.R. Henson

J.R. Henson is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 19
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/892b7901-d71e-4d8b-b8d0-9034a3d4a066

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/892b7901-d71e-4d8b-b8d0-9034a3d4a066 (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

The policy areas Henson talks about and legislates on agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

266 classified statements: 266 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 | Henson | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.5% | 2.5% | 291 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.8% | 10.4% | 532 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 26.3% | 39.2% | 571 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 2.9% | 437 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 20.3% | 14.4% | 232 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.0% | 277 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 8.7% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.03), from 116 donors and 591 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.6% (96.5%). 31 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 30 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 453. 87.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 46 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2186: Commending Janice Edwards-Dalton. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2186/
- HR 421: Commending Shiloh Baptist Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR421/
- HR 67: Commending Tim Rizer. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR67/
- HB 1364: Employment discrimination against members of the General Assembly; prohibition, penalty. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1364/
- HB 1364: Employment discrimination against members of the General Assembly; prohibition, penalty. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1364/
- HB 1245: Virginia Health Care Fund; additional funding and uses. (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1245/
- HB 706: Gunston Hall; meetings of the Board of Regents. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB706/
- HB 746: Physician assistants; authorization to practice without a practice agreement. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB746/
- HB 714: Leesylvania State Park; DCR to convey prop. to/acquire prop. from Newport Estates Homeowners Assoc. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB714/
- HB 625: Health insurance; limit on cost-sharing payments for prescription drugs under certain plans. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB625/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 70% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2114858404669685996
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2108725786127864271
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2108730616229622152
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2104936628380700839
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2103904547680694427
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2103184035052945732
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2103184096109416924
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2102874603249123725
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2102874845470175248
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Henson4Virginia/status/2100324820814848390

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0365
- Campaign site: https://henson4va.com/
- X: https://x.com/Henson4Virginia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Henson4Virginia/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rozia.armstronghenson
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/henson4virginia/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rozia-a-henson-jr-mba-pmp-itilv4-59139649/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/892b7901-d71e-4d8b-b8d0-9034a3d4a066