# Leslie Mehta

Leslie Mehta is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 73.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 73
- Serving since: 2026-01-14
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9c41c70b-7162-48e5-a868-aca213cf8f6d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c41c70b-7162-48e5-a868-aca213cf8f6d (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

Mehta sits at −1.36 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.36 (standard error 0.02), from 1,142 donors and 173 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.1% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,056 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.8% (96.5%). 1 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 72. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 56 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 198: Commending Brad Hughes. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ198/
- HR 115: Commending the International Rett Syndrome Foundation. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR115/
- HJ 92: Commending the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Workers. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ92/
- HB 1432: Marijuana or marijuana products; underage possession, consequences, procedures. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1432/
- HB 1432: Marijuana or marijuana products; underage possession, consequences, procedures. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1432/
- HB 1370: Service providers; regulations for providers to individuals with developmental disabilities. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1370/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2.5M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 57% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c41c70b-7162-48e5-a868-aca213cf8f6d