# Jennifer Carroll Foy

Jennifer Carroll Foy is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 33.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 33
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/32dae8e8-9901-4705-b012-f8ce186f8403

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32dae8e8-9901-4705-b012-f8ce186f8403 (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

The policy areas Foy talks about and legislates on agree at 0.67 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats.

## What Foy says (VA 2025–26 session)

269 classified statements: 269 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 | Foy | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.2% | 2.4% | 99 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 8.2% | 10.3% | 164 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 59.5% | 42.9% | 72 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.9% | 3.4% | 193 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 24.2% | 16.1% | 74 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 2.6% | 0.8% | 38 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Labor and Employment 23% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 21% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Health 20% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Education 11% (State Senate Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.96 (standard error 0.02), from 399 donors and 593 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 99.4% (95.7%). 18 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 55 bills: 55 reached committee, 34 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 146. 87.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 28 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 786: Income tax, state and corporate; microchip & semiconductor manufacturing & supply chain tax credits. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB786/
- SB 797: Firearm purchase; requirements, penalties. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB797/
- SB 786: Income tax, state and corporate; microchip & semiconductor manufacturing & supply chain tax credits. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB786/
- SB 785: Teacher, other instructional personnel, etc., exits; data collection, disaggregation by race. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB785/
- SB 596: Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB596/
- SB 630: Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB630/
- SB 721: Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program; established, report. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB721/
- SB 721: Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program; established, report. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB721/
- SB 368: Campaign finance; contribution limits and public campaign financing. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB368/
- SB 369: Civil actions; assignment as business litigation action, requirements, delayed effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB369/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $111.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 86% 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.

- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2111320421291483381
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2108342448342589827
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2104638253605285923
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2100233824491716844
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2100316893244444731
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2100317868759888090
- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2096037553585459405
- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2096226697766907928
- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2096251821647876127
- 2026-08-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/jcarrollfoy/status/2093341177013526943

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S117
- Campaign site: https://jennifercarrollfoy.com/
- X: https://x.com/jcarrollfoy
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferCarrollFoy
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.carroll.1460
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifercarrollfoy/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-carroll-foy-a4b0921b4/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32dae8e8-9901-4705-b012-f8ce186f8403