Virginia General Assembly Survey 2025
The Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service is conducting a survey of Virginia General Assembly members and staff to understand and communicate their experiences and, in particular, the challenges encountered serving the Commonwealth of Virginia. To protect participants’ privacy and encourage candid responses, this survey is fully anonymous.
The survey is open to all 140 members of the Virginia General Assembly, as well as all full-time, part-time, and seasonal staff within the General Assembly. Questions address office staffing structure and capacity, time demands and allocation, training priorities, resource use, other employment experiences, and preferences regarding the future of General Assembly processes and infrastructure.
The Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and the Virginia Public Access Project will process the data and analyze the results. Beginning in December 2025, aggregated findings will be made publicly available, accompanied by public presentations of findings. Using this information, Virginians and legislators alike may then engage in informed and open dialogue to develop policies and strategies that support General Assembly members and staff to ensure the long-term sustainability and efficiency of legislative service in Virginia.
If you are a GA member or staff and would like to take the survey, please use the link sent directly to your official email, the QR code mailed to your Richmond and district address, or contact Kara Fitzgibbon at the email or phone number below. For more information on the survey, please view or download the FAQ here.
If you have questions about the survey, you may reach out to Kara Fitzgibbon, Director of the Center for Survey Research at the Weldon Cooper Center. Email: karaf@virginia.edu | Phone: 434-243-5224.
