# Mike Cherry

Mike Cherry is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 74.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 74
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/32b96a0d-662a-4c8f-9b2b-f86365640624

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32b96a0d-662a-4c8f-9b2b-f86365640624 (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

60% of the 40 bills Cherry sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Virginia House.

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

319 classified statements: 319 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Cherry | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.9% | 476 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 10.7% | 9.3% | 259 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 34.2% | 31.9% | 341 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.5% | 1.8% | 138 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 11.0% | 12.7% | 378 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 22% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 15% (State House Republicans 10%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State House Republicans 11%); Taxation 9.2% (State House Republicans 8.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 392 donors and 767 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 88% (96.5%). 217 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 40 bills: 37 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 141. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 97 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1532: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. (introduced, 2026-09-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1532/
- HB 1533: Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date. (introduced, 2026-09-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1533/
- HR 2098: Commending Dance's Sporting Goods. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2098/
- HR 305: Commending the Honorable Carrie Emerson Coyner. (in committee, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR305/
- HJ 135: Commending Joseph P. Casey Ph.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ135/
- HJ 136: Celebrating the life of John Victor Mazza, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ136/
- HJ 134: Commending George B. Hayes. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ134/
- HB 1388: Police chiefs; creates independent protections and procedures. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1388/
- HB 1388: Police chiefs; creates independent protections and procedures. (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1388/
- HB 1387: Teaching licenses; automatic revocation upon certain convictions. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1387/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $131.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2112992834701668385
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2112993711403475088
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2109636224013201689
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2104953441768599622
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2105034250055815437
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2103140609363997013
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2102838277669830731
- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2099862993215389947
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2098448451415458043
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/mikecherryforva/status/2098123753511088443

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0335
- Campaign site: https://www.mikecherryforva.com/
- X: https://x.com/mikecherryforva
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikecherryforva
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.a.cherry1
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecherryforva/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32b96a0d-662a-4c8f-9b2b-f86365640624