# Topper McFaun

Topper McFaun is a Republican member of the Vermont House for district Washington-Orange.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Vermont House, district Washington-Orange
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: VT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a7c7d0f6-8795-4f50-928b-15b6c3831ac4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a7c7d0f6-8795-4f50-928b-15b6c3831ac4 (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

McFaun sits at +0.09 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 89% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.01), from 3 donors and 316 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VT 2025–26 session)

46 roll calls. Attendance 93.4% (Vermont House 92.3%). Party unity 52% (92.1%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-27 · voted nay · Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 61 of 122 to Pass -- Yeas = 33, Nays = 89 · H 772 An act relating to residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H772/
- 2026-03-27 · voted yea · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 97, Nays = 40 · H 951 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H951/
- 2026-03-27 · voted yea · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 133, Nays = 4 · H 938 An act relating to establishing the Vermont Homelessness Response Continuum · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H938/
- 2026-03-26 · voted nay · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 65 of 130 to Pass -- Yeas = 84, Nays = 46 · H 944 An act relating to the fiscal year 2027 Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H944/
- 2026-03-25 · voted not voting · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 120, Nays = 21 · H 772 An act relating to residential rental agreements, eviction procedures, and the creation of the positive rental payment credit reporting pilot program · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H772/
- 2026-03-25 · voted not voting · Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 70 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 56, Nays = 84 · H 949 An act relating to homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H949/
- 2026-03-25 · voted not voting · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 139 to Pass -- Yeas = 78, Nays = 61 · H 949 An act relating to homestead property tax yields, the nonhomestead property tax rate, and technical changes to education finance · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H949/
- 2026-03-20 · voted yea · Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 52, Nays = 85 · H 642 An act relating to youthful offender proceedings · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H642/
- 2026-03-20 · voted yea · Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 68 of 136 to Pass -- Yeas = 53, Nays = 83 · H 642 An act relating to youthful offender proceedings · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H642/
- 2026-03-19 · voted nay · Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 65 of 129 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 103 · H 585 An act relating to health insurance reforms · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H585/

## Legislation (VT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 79 bills: 78 reached committee, 42 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 53.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Vermont House 62.4%; rank 113 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 239: House concurrent resolution congratulating the winning teams at the 18th annual Jr Iron Chef VT culinary extravaganza (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR239/
- HCR 238: House concurrent resolution congratulating the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired on a century of advocating for and facilitating the… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR238/
- HCR 230: House concurrent resolution recognizing April 2026 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month in Vermont and honoring Prevent Child Abuse Vermont for a half… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR230/
- HCR 237: House concurrent resolution congratulating the Vermont-associated 2026 Winter Olympics medal winners (passed one chamber, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR237/
- HCR 218: House concurrent resolution recognizing April 2026 as the Month of the Military Child in Vermont (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR218/
- HCR 220: House concurrent resolution welcoming the March 17, 2026, namesake visit of the officers and crew of the U.S. submarine VERMONT (USS VERMONT (SSN 792)) to the… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR220/
- HCR 221: House concurrent resolution recognizing March 25, 2026, as National Medal of Honor Day in Vermont (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR221/
- HCR 196: House concurrent resolution honoring U.S. Army Major General and Vermont Adjutant and Inspector General Gregory Knight on his exemplary service on behalf of… (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR196/
- HCR 197: House concurrent resolution congratulating the YMCA on its 175th anniversary and extending best wishes for the organization’s future endeavors (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR197/
- HCR 189: House concurrent resolution designating February 11, 2026, as Disability Advocacy Day at the State House (passed one chamber, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR189/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,300 (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2024/14579
- Campaign site: https://www.toppermcfaun.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francistoppermcfaun/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a7c7d0f6-8795-4f50-928b-15b6c3831ac4