# Delores Oates

Delores Oates is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 31
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aabaa796-77f3-4b39-a626-ae05944ec484

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aabaa796-77f3-4b39-a626-ae05944ec484 (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

Oates sits at +0.66 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 89% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.66 (standard error 0.02), from 152 donors and 581 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 98.1% (96.5%). 166 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 43 bills: 42 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 104. 79.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 68 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 424: Celebrating the life of Lieutenant General William Morgan Keys, USMC, Ret. (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR424/
- HR 328: Commending the Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR328/
- HJ 239: Commending the Skyline High School wrestling team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ239/
- HJ 169: Commending Emily Marlow Beck. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ169/
- HR 125: Commending Alice Barlow. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR125/
- HR 85: Commending the Front Royal Little League 12U All-Stars. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR85/
- HJ 105: Celebrating the life of Leslie William Coffelt. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ105/
- HJ 104: Commending the Skyline High School wrestling team. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ104/
- HR 43: Celebrating the life of Marvin Ashby, Sr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR43/
- HJ 99: Commending the Rotary Club of Front Royal. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ99/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $58.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0377
- Campaign site: https://deloresfordelegate.com/
- X: https://x.com/dinvirginia60
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeloresForDelegate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deloreso
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deloresoates5509599/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aabaa796-77f3-4b39-a626-ae05944ec484