# Hillary Pugh Kent

Hillary Pugh Kent is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 67.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 67
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ec11a019-459d-4184-b0d7-8e88ab5f7dd6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ec11a019-459d-4184-b0d7-8e88ab5f7dd6 (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 Kent’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

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

1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Kent | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.02), from 175 donors and 597 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 94.0% (96.5%). 153 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 96. 88.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 36 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2003: Celebrating the life of Chief Master Sergeant John Patrick Armstrong, USAF, Ret. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2003/
- HJ 129: Commending the Northern Neck Middlesex Free Health Clinic. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ129/
- HJ 108: Celebrating the life of Rebecca Coggin Hubert. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ108/
- HJ 96: Celebrating the life of Robert Bernard Keyser, Jr. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ96/
- HJ 95: Commending the Rappahannock High School football team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ95/
- HJ 97: Commending the Save Brookvale History Committee. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ97/
- HJ 69: Commending the Lancaster Little League senior girls' softball team. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ69/
- HB 1350: Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; assessment for violations, etc., civil penalties. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1350/
- HB 697: Income tax, state; credit for surviving spouse's real property taxes. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB697/
- HB 846: Virginia Land Conservation Foundation; purposes of foundation, easements. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB846/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $117.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2025-07-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/hillarypughkent/status/1942717401205727288

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0369
- Campaign site: https://www.hillarypughkentva.com/
- X: https://x.com/hillarypughkent
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/hillarypughkent
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/hillarypughkent/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ec11a019-459d-4184-b0d7-8e88ab5f7dd6