# Charlie Schmidt

Charlie Schmidt is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 77.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 77
- Serving since: 2026-01-17
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2bb39b59-47d3-4e05-aa76-fc0df791faa7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2bb39b59-47d3-4e05-aa76-fc0df791faa7 (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

72% of Schmidt’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.70 (standard error 0.07), from 24 donors and 173 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,048 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 98.6% (96.5%). 13 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 172. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 84 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2063: Commending the Bobcat Sports League. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2063/
- HJ 265: Celebrating the life of Jada Mairin Samitt. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ265/
- HB 1475: Virginia Fungi Task Force; established, report. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1475/
- HB 1473: Higher educational institutions, public; restrictions on student speech, limitations. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1473/
- HB 1500: Civil and criminal actions; service of subpoena for certain electronic records. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1500/
- HB 1473: Higher educational institutions, public; restrictions on student speech, limitations. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1473/
- HB 1476: Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; disclosure of certain law-enforcement records. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1476/
- HB 1482: Law-enforcement officers; restrictions on wearing of facial coverings, exceptions, penalty. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1482/
- HB 1475: Virginia Fungi Task Force; established, report. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1475/
- HB 1415: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; public funding for multifamily residential housing, etc. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1415/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $59.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 72% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2bb39b59-47d3-4e05-aa76-fc0df791faa7