# Jennifer Boysko

Jennifer Boysko is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 38.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 38
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/27eeaa71-8938-412b-90ce-f83370824485

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/27eeaa71-8938-412b-90ce-f83370824485 (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

Boysko missed 5.3% of 6,566 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Virginia Senate (average 97.8%).

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

338 classified statements: 338 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Boysko | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.4% | 156 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 8.3% | 10.3% | 161 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 54.1% | 42.9% | 107 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.3% | 3.4% | 131 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 25.1% | 16.1% | 69 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 23% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Government Operations and Politics 17% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Labor and Employment 16% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Education 14% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 13% (State Senate Democrats 17%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.94 (standard error 0.02), from 891 donors and 1,178 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 94.6% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 98.9% (95.7%). 30 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 90 bills: 90 reached committee, 74 passed one chamber, 57 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 204. 91.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 17 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2027: Commending Stephen Smith-Cobbs. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2027/
- SR 133: Celebrating the life of Brian Lindsay Fortna. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR133/
- SR 122: Commending Kurt Rose. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR122/
- SJ 253: Commending the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ253/
- SJ 292: Commending Dana Van Slyke. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ292/
- SJ 251: Commending Ambreen Ahmed. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ251/
- SJ 249: Commending Bill Liedtke. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ249/
- SJ 254: Commending Lewinsville Retirement Residence. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ254/
- SJ 218: Commending Ilia Roman Malinin. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ218/
- SJ 216: Celebrating the life of Catherine Agnes Martin Hudgins. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ216/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $236.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 96% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2114704592688529441
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2114839979390111777
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2114163443188068784
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2114425381662978098
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2113979089891516509
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2113617139621883943
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2113254547699167478
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2112519869191033330
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2109992956211904817
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JenniferBoysko/status/2109641983715086493

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S106
- Campaign site: https://jenniferboysko.com/
- X: https://x.com/JenniferBoysko
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoyskoForSenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferboysko/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-b-boysko-1544bb1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/27eeaa71-8938-412b-90ce-f83370824485