# Shea Backus Shea Backus is a Democratic member of the Nevada House for district 37. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Nevada House, district 37 - Serving since: 2022-11-09 - Current term: NV 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/1fa69460-c910-4cf1-acfb-1d44c342e658 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1fa69460-c910-4cf1-acfb-1d44c342e658 (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 Backus missed 3.7% of 679 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Nevada House (average 99.0%). ## What Backus says (NV 2025–26 session) 4 classified statements: 4 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 | Backus | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 25.0% | 39.2% | 588 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 100% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Commerce 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.62 (standard error 0.04), from 184 donors and 426 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NV 2025–26 session) 679 roll calls. Attendance 96.3% (Nevada House 99.0%). Party unity 97.7% (95.9%). 6 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (2nd Reprint) · SB 5 Makes revisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-32) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB5/ - 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 10 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 10-38) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB10/ - 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (2nd Reprint) · SB 4 Revises provisions relating to state financial and governmental administration. (BDR S-11) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB4/ - 2025-11-18 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 8 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-35) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB8/ - 2025-11-17 · voted not voting · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 6 Revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act. (BDR S-12) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB6/ - 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · SB 7 Revises provisions relating to occupational diseases. (BDR 53-36) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB7/ - 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 2 Revises provisions relating to legislative affairs. (BDR 17-30) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB2/ - 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · SB 1 Revises provisions governing the short-term lease of a passenger car. (BDR 43-26) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB1/ - 2025-11-16 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · AB 6 Revises provisions governing public safety. (BDR 43-23) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/AB6/ - 2025-11-16 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · AB 4 Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 15-31) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/AB4/ ## Legislation (NV 2025–26 session) Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 6. 80.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nevada House 61.6%; rank 9 of 40). Recent sponsored bills: - AJR 14: Condemns the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and denounces the use of presidential pardons and commutations to absolve the rioters. (BDR R-991) (passed one chamber, 2025-05-27) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AJR14/ - AB 463: Revises provisions relating to prior authorization. (BDR 57-825) (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB463/ - AB 461: Revises provisions governing health care. (BDR 38-156) (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB461/ - AB 462: Revises provisions relating to economic development. (BDR 22-823) (became law, 2025-06-09) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB462/ - AB 424: Makes various changes relating to parentage. (BDR 11-1081) (in committee, 2025-04-12) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB424/ - AB 396: Revises provisions relating to housing. (BDR 22-232) (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB396/ - AB 369: Revises provisions governing certain orders for protection against domestic violence. (BDR 3-824) (became law, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB369/ - AB 308: Revises provisions relating to cannabis establishment agents. (BDR 56-822) (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB308/ - AB 268: Makes an appropriation to the State Department of Agriculture for universal free breakfast and lunch for Nevada pupils. (BDR S-340) (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB268/ - AB 270: Revises provisions relating to architects, professional engineers and land surveyors. (BDR 54-773) (became law, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB270/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $123.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 79% 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. - 2026-07-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SheaBackusEsq/status/2080088355875008988 - 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/SheaBackusEsq/status/2073425109239398545 - 2026-06-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/SheaBackusEsq/status/2064143033613119774 - 2025-06-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/SheaBackusEsq/status/1930792111764389955 ## Links - Official site: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Assembly/Current/37 - Campaign site: https://www.backusfornevada.com/ - X: https://x.com/SheaBackusEsq - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackusforNevada - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheabackusmcdermont - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backusfornevada - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-backus-7369231b/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1fa69460-c910-4cf1-acfb-1d44c342e658