# Wren Williams

Wren Williams is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 47.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 47
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d3a4b614-4a6f-4b38-b3cc-8990f0f7d4d3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3a4b614-4a6f-4b38-b3cc-8990f0f7d4d3 (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

Williams voted against the majority of Virginia House Republicans 338 times; party unity 84%, in the bottom 5% of the Virginia House (average 96.5%).

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

1,031 classified statements: 1,031 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 | Williams | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.9% | 2.9% | 239 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 20.4% | 9.3% | 105 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 37.1% | 31.9% | 309 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.2% | 1.8% | 546 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.0% | 12.7% | 667 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.6% | 1.4% | 148 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 41% (State House Republicans 18%); Law 19% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 18% (State House Republicans 11%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 9.7% (State House Republicans 8.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.02), from 284 donors and 744 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 97.1% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 84% (96.5%). 338 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 108. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 94 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2185: Commending Timmy Maness and Chelsea Spangler. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2185/
- HR 393: Commending Braden Health. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR393/
- HB 1456: Gov't efficiency; agency reporting requirement, etc., jt. subcom. on Gov't. Efficiency established. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1456/
- HB 1453: First responder; approaching with specified intent after a warning, penalty. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1453/
- HB 1456: Gov't efficiency; agency reporting requirement, etc., jt. subcom. on Gov't Efficiency established. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1456/
- HB 1521: Digital innovation & infrastructure; establishing rights in digital property & technology resources. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1521/
- HB 1521: Digital innovation & infrastructure; establishing rights in digital property & technology resources. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1521/
- HB 1419: Statewide referendum ballot questions; fairness and transparency requirement, readability standards. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1419/
- HB 1202: Guardrail modernization; Department of Transportation to identify and conduct replacement, report. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1202/
- HB 1200: Guardrail posts; Department of Transportation to develop standards for protective caps, report. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1200/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $234.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 86% 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2113311354467615233
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2112997501230039284
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2101777520664129569
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2101382459707310200
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2101020263743688921
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2100729436324651166
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2094590243043180680
- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2089798668392038898
- 2026-07-19 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2078896961327952055
- 2026-07-19 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva/status/2078898885469016511

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0348
- Campaign site: https://www.wrenwilliamsva.com/
- X: https://x.com/wrenwilliamsva
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wrenwilliamsva
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wren.m.williams
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wrenwilliamsva/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wrenmwilliams/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3a4b614-4a6f-4b38-b3cc-8990f0f7d4d3