# Terry Austin

Terry Austin is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 37
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cb9573ab-1bf6-45d5-a8d7-476d7bed94a8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cb9573ab-1bf6-45d5-a8d7-476d7bed94a8 (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

Austin voted against the majority of Virginia House Republicans 223 times; party unity 85%, in the bottom 5% of the Virginia House (average 96.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.01), from 223 donors and 1,184 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 85% (96.5%). 223 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 78. 87.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 45 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2202: Celebrating the life of Fred Fenton Forbes III. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2202/
- HR 2199: Celebrating the life of Sandra Jean Caldwell Davis. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2199/
- HR 427: Commending the James River High School girls' swim and dive team. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR427/
- HR 428: Retirement of Jamie Harless, Lord Botetourt High School Football (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR428/
- HR 430: Commending the Historic Masonic Theatre. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR430/
- HR 432: Commending Steve Parks Clinton. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR432/
- HR 429: Commending Friendship Retirement Community. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR429/
- HR 277: Celebrating the life of Michael Allen Humphries. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR277/
- HJ 203: First Virginia General Assembly; 250th anniversary, Williamsburg commemorative planning. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ203/
- HR 149: Commending Darlene L. Burcham. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR149/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $328.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 69% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0253
- Campaign site: https://www.delegateterryaustin.com/
- X: https://x.com/TerryAustin4HOD
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerryAustin4delegate
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-austin-3b172039/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cb9573ab-1bf6-45d5-a8d7-476d7bed94a8