# Mitchell Cornett

Mitchell Cornett is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 46.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 46
- Serving since: 2026-01-14
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e766f1e0-8651-4cc2-a394-904fa6f3aea0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e766f1e0-8651-4cc2-a394-904fa6f3aea0 (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

100% of the 20 bills Cornett sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Virginia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.04), from 12 donors and 174 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,056 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 97.2% (96.5%). 77 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 55. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 4 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2104: Commending G. Wesley Poole. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2104/
- HR 2105: Commending Grayson County High School. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2105/
- HR 2047: Celebrating the life of Franklin Emmett Lewis. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2047/
- HJ 244: Commending the George Wythe High School boys' basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ244/
- HJ 243: Commending the George Wythe High School girls' basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ243/
- HR 272: Commending the Rural Retreat High School wrestling team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR272/
- HJ 121: Commending Richard A. Vaughan. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ121/
- HJ 59: Commending the Old Fiddler's Convention. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ59/
- HJ 60: Commending the Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ60/
- HJ 61: Commending Fred Wayne Weatherman. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ61/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $35.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e766f1e0-8651-4cc2-a394-904fa6f3aea0