---
type: Person
title: "Rae Cousins"
description: "VA House District 79 — VA State House of Representatives District 79"
role: "VA House District 79"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "VA"
district: "VA State House of Representatives District 79"
represents: "us/states/va/districts/house/79"
tenure:
  start: "2024-01-10"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "85a152fa-5806-4af7-83d3-dd58620650c3"
  office: "18b0583c-119c-44de-af68-c36bd89ed822"
  tenure: "017ae86b-441b-4f92-97de-2a926738e84a"
  jurisdiction: "307ef249-18f7-4705-a7b6-6cbeeaaf32cc"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, va]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Rae Cousins

Current VA House District 79 (VA State House of Representatives District 79).

Represents [VA State House of Representatives District 79](/us/states/va/districts/house/79.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).