# Buddy Fowler

Buddy Fowler is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 59.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 59
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e2ce02ec-6a92-435d-8ae2-bead5abe5ace

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e2ce02ec-6a92-435d-8ae2-bead5abe5ace (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

Fowler voted against the majority of Virginia House Republicans 200 times; party unity 90%, in the bottom quarter of the Virginia House (average 96.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 144 donors and 1,159 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 90% (96.5%). 200 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 132. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 84 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 269: Commending Winn's Baptist Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ269/
- HJ 245: Commending the veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ245/
- HJ 246: Celebrating the life of Cynthia Sue Swann. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ246/
- HJ 238: Commending Steve Hopkins. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ238/
- HJ 223: Celebrating the life of Wayne Cornelius Rapp. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ223/
- HJ 211: Commending the Randolph-Macon College women's basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ211/
- HJ 103: Commending Saint Martin's Parish. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ103/
- HJ 102: Commending Patrick Henry High School. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ102/
- HB 1526: Health insurance; prior authorization, required contract provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1526/
- HJ 72: Commending Patrick Henry's Scotchtown. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ72/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $113.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0259
- Campaign site: https://buddyfowler.com
- X: https://x.com/fowlerhyland?lang=en
- X: https://x.com/BuddyFowlerVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/H-Buddy-Fowler-55th-District-of-VA-House-of-Delegates-580739761936432
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buddyfowler5367
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/buddy-fowler-3267b872/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e2ce02ec-6a92-435d-8ae2-bead5abe5ace