# Alex Askew

Alex Askew is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 95.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 95
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3a48fc34-a650-4fd5-acea-e703e2b8de90

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a48fc34-a650-4fd5-acea-e703e2b8de90 (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

51% of Askew’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

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

68 classified statements: 68 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 | Askew | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.5% | 2.5% | 295 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 13.2% | 10.4% | 242 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 41.2% | 39.2% | 364 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 2.9% | 447 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 22.1% | 14.4% | 196 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.5% | 1.0% | 165 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 21% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 21% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 18% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.02), from 1,673 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.7% (96.5%). 11 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 50 bills: 48 reached committee, 41 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 188. 92.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 23 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2172: Celebrating the life of Dawann Anthony Steagall, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2172/
- HR 451: Commending The Mount at Virginia Beach. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR451/
- HR 450: Commending Bettie F. Williams Elementary School. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR450/
- HR 316: Commending the Greenbox Foundation. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR316/
- HR 311: Commending Bushcutz Grooming Lounge. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR311/
- HR 315: Commending the Lake Taylor High School football team. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR315/
- HR 312: Commending New Jerusalem Ministries. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR312/
- HR 308: Commending Ebenezer Baptist Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR308/
- HR 313: Commending Enoch Baptist Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR313/
- HR 317: Celebrating the life of Ronyell Deshawn Whitaker. (introduced, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR317/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $73.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 51% 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.

- 2026-06-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/2061900246733689004
- 2026-04-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/2044411246644994541
- 2025-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/1979371729891082711
- 2025-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/1975203092749746518
- 2025-09-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/1969165851572998617
- 2025-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/1966213226061857094
- 2025-07-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/1940102302221664590
- 2025-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/1940102305056972952
- 2025-06-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/1939129375212875811
- 2025-06-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlexAskew757/status/1935702568090423778

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0311
- Campaign site: https://alexaskew.com/
- X: https://x.com/AlexAskew757
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/askewfordelegate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alex.askew.108
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/alexqaskew
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askew757/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a48fc34-a650-4fd5-acea-e703e2b8de90