# Rod Willett

Rod Willett is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 58.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 58
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8ec90d7b-fd5f-4157-b779-1979e7a54e76

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ec90d7b-fd5f-4157-b779-1979e7a54e76 (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

Willett reported $460.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.02), from 1,053 donors and 1,193 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.8% (96.5%). 6 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 53 bills: 53 reached committee, 40 passed one chamber, 28 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 251. 88.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 35 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 306: Celebrating the life of Thomas Vincent Van Auken, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ306/
- HJ 214: Hayes, Scott; commending. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ214/
- HR 235: Commending Kathy Glazer. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR235/
- HJ 189: Commending the Richmond Forum Speech & Debate Initiative & the National Speech & Debate Association. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ189/
- HB 1318: Hospitals; emergency department physicians. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1318/
- HB 1317: Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1317/
- HB 1317: Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1317/
- HB 1240: Medicaid; eligibility determination appeal time limit, mailed communications time period. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1240/
- HB 1151: Electric utilities; duty to furnish adequate service, high-demand customers. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1151/
- HB 522: Virginia Private College Preservation and Maintenance Fund and Program; established, report. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB522/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $460.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0327
- Campaign site: https://www.rodwillett.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RodneyforDelegate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rodneyfordelegate/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb_Ix_e4TmT6dop9BN-_IHg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodney-willett-0858726/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ec90d7b-fd5f-4157-b779-1979e7a54e76