# Mike Webert

Mike Webert is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 61.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 61
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bf425b62-d078-45bd-957c-baceb4bfad1b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bf425b62-d078-45bd-957c-baceb4bfad1b (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

Webert reported $461.5K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

1,287 classified statements: 1,287 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 | Webert | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.8% | 2.9% | 202 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 25.0% | 9.3% | 62 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 40.0% | 31.9% | 262 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.3% | 1.8% | 150 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.4% | 12.7% | 652 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.3% | 1.4% | 176 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 26% (State House Republicans 18%); Energy 25% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 11% (State House Republicans 10%); Crime and Law Enforcement 6.6% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.64 (standard error 0.02), from 260 donors and 1,150 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 97.6% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 93.8% (96.5%). 269 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 110. 75.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 80 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 192: Celebrating the life of Bill Franklin Vehorn. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ192/
- HJ 155: Celebrating the life of James Hartman III. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ155/
- HR 100: Celebrating the life of Robert Wayne Grove. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR100/
- HR 99: Celebrating the life of Terrence Lee Schrum. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR99/
- HB 1445: Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources, etc. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1445/
- HR 31: Commending the Rappahannock Hunt. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR31/
- HB 1163: Subdivision ordinances; optional provisions, time-based restrictions. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1163/
- HB 1090: Electric utilities; emissions intensity target program. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1090/
- HB 1077: Electric utilities; SCC to investigate financial incentives, renewable energy portfolio standard. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1077/
- HB 1160: Dangerous dogs; deferred adjudication, waiver of appeal. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1160/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $461.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 92% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2112870530126909588
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2112961321679385025
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2112964996682637777
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2112970932360765611
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2112485040126828632
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2111242259211624958
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2109347237184630944
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2107995187754483814
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2106076758583943466
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MichaelWebert/status/2106094767696404863

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0247
- Campaign site: https://www.michael-webert.com/
- X: https://x.com/MichaelWebert
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michaelwebertfordelegate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelwebertva/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxrkLB__Te4uthk5k_-2YA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-webert-30381065/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bf425b62-d078-45bd-957c-baceb4bfad1b