Shelly Simonds
Virginia State Delegate, District 70 since 2019. Ran in 7 elections between 2015 and 2025, winning 5. Next on the ballot in 2027.
- In office
- 7 yrs
- Since 2019
- Bills became law
- 16
- 59 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.1%
- Chamber median 1.0%
- With party
- 99%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +29.0
- Won 2025
- Next election
- 2027
- Nov 2, 2027
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Education · vice chair
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- Appropriations
- Counties, Cities and Towns
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Became law Apr 2026
Became law Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Simonds sits in the Virginia House of Delegates
Simonds is closer to the center than 55% of the chamber's Democrats.
Closest: Rae Cousins, Atoosa Reaser, Marcus Simon
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:08 PM ET
With Simonds’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills9%
Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Simonds’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.
| Date | Bill | Simonds | Dem. majority | Rep. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2026 | HB 30: Budget Bill. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 71–22 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | HB 1876: Capitol Sq. or building owned/leased by the Commonwealth, carrying firearm/explosive… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 50–46 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | HB 2555: Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence, sunset. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 50–46 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | HB 2056: Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices, days and hours of operation. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 50–44 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | HB 1869: Firearms; purchase, etc., assault and battery of family member or intimate partner,… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 50–46 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Simonds was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 70 | Won | D+29.0 | D+21.0 | +8.0 |
| 2023 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 70 | Won | D+17.2 | D+21.1 | −3.9 |
| 2021 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 94 | Won | D+12.2 | — | — |
| 2019 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 94 | Won | D+17.4 | — | — |
| 2017 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 94 | Lost | Even | — | — |
| 2015 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 94 | Lost | R+15.1 | — | — |
| 2015 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 94 (primary) | Won | — | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Simonds has held
- Virginia House of Delegates, District 70 · since 2023
- Virginia House of Delegates, District 94 · since 2019
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Simonds has run against
- Cynthia M. Scaturico (R) · 2025 election, won
- Matt J. Waters (R) · 2023 election, won
- Charles Russell Harper (R) · 2021 election, won
- David E. Yancey (R) · 2019 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Simonds
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/8329b3a6-9d6f-427e-9342-e53277e7c6ff
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET