# Terry Kilgore

Terry Kilgore is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 45
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9303514b-3bce-4ddc-87d2-17a6ba4d6194

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9303514b-3bce-4ddc-87d2-17a6ba4d6194 (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

Kilgore reported $700.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

175 classified statements: 175 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 | Kilgore | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.1% | 2.9% | 377 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 2.9% | 9.3% | 556 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 20.6% | 31.9% | 557 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 1.8% | 300 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 13.7% | 12.7% | 316 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.3% | 1.4% | 174 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 22% (State House Republicans 11%); Education 22% (State House Republicans 15%); Commerce 17% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.01), from 152 donors and 1,174 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 86% (96.5%). 232 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 29 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 81. 76.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 75 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2148: Commending Rita Carter Forrester. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2148/
- HR 360: Celebrating the life of John Philip Robbins. (introduced, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR360/
- HR 269: Celebrating the life of Richard Fannon. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR269/
- HR 266: Celebrating the life of James Ernest Cornett. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR266/
- HR 268: Celebrating the life of Fran E. Turner. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR268/
- HR 68: Commending John I. Ferguson. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR68/
- HJ 109: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Ford Carter Quillen. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ109/
- HR 20: Commending Eddie Thomas. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR20/
- HB 1108: Arts, Virginia Commission for the; revisions to duties of Commission. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1108/
- HB 1106: Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources, etc. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1106/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $700.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 89% 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.

- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2108663577213354373
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2108672658783264815
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2108700849946100193
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2107600482164432937
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2102079607608418794
- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2096303119239967112
- 2026-08-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2093115183400902838
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2091958183296147830
- 2026-08-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2091004130152059301
- 2026-08-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/delterrykilgore/status/2086847341525369063

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0056
- Campaign site: https://www.delegatekilgore.com/
- X: https://x.com/delterrykilgore
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelTerryKilgore
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/delterrykilgore/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR95O3KIhWvceukNi_l9owQ

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9303514b-3bce-4ddc-87d2-17a6ba4d6194