# David Reid

David Reid is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 28.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 28
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0258144f-e8e8-4710-a80c-362f2077f57b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0258144f-e8e8-4710-a80c-362f2077f57b (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

Reid reported $250.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

482 classified statements: 482 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Reid | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.2% | 2.5% | 392 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 6.9% | 10.4% | 420 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 56.9% | 39.2% | 141 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.9% | 2.9% | 194 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 24.7% | 14.4% | 144 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.0% | 305 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State House Democrats 11%); Transportation and Public Works 15% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 11% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.02), from 449 donors and 1,198 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 58% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.5% (96.5%). 12 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 72 bills: 72 reached committee, 40 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 161. 76.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 78 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 436: Commending Frank L. Codella. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR436/
- HR 452: Commending Ashburn Presbyterian Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR452/
- HR 238: Commending ISSA, the Association for Cleaning and Facility Solutions. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR238/
- HJ 215: Commending NEST4US. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ215/
- HJ 138: Commending Brigadier General Donald Wayne Hansen, USA, Ret. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ138/
- HJ 137: Commending Bishop Leslie Patterson, Jr., and Dr. Francene V. Patterson. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ137/
- HJ 139: Celebrating the life of Command Sergeant Major Mitchell L. Rubenstein, USA, Ret. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ139/
- HJ 140: Celebrating the life of J. Hamilton Lambert. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ140/
- HB 1125: Automated driving systems; requirements for operation, civil penalties, report. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1125/
- HB 1130: Workforce housing for employees; county bd. of supervisor or school bd., lease of surplus property. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1130/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $250.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 87% 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.

- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2111866318827966500
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2111496054940258423
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2111543427334623441
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2110812544969678985
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2110097701366829114
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2109289305680036060
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2108236064750256234
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2108343585309409303
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2107978059940868557
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DavidReidVA/status/2106823607381086547

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0301
- Campaign site: https://reidforvirginia.com/
- X: https://x.com/DavidReidVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delegatedavid
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidreidva/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0258144f-e8e8-4710-a80c-362f2077f57b