# Chris Head

Chris Head is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 3
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3a8cbf64-e1b7-43b6-ade9-57808519405a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a8cbf64-e1b7-43b6-ade9-57808519405a (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

82% of the 51 bills Head sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Virginia Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.02), from 134 donors and 1,173 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 95.9% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 94.1% (95.7%). 97 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 51 bills: 51 reached committee, 27 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 131. 82.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 37 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2088: Commending the Glenvar High School boys' soccer team. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2088/
- SR 92: Commending Joyce Williams. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR92/
- SR 93: Commending Karen Grady. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR93/
- SJ 167: Celebrating the life of Charles Frederick Downs. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ167/
- SR 94: Celebrating the life of Michael Allen Humphries. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR94/
- SJ 59: National Day of Prayer. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ59/
- SB 816: Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB816/
- SJ 57: Commending the Glenvar High School boys' soccer team. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ57/
- SB 811: Clinical nurse specialists; practice agreements, consultation requirements. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB811/
- SB 811: Clinical nurse specialists; practice agreements, consultation requirements. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB811/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $125.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S122
- Campaign site: https://chrisheadva.com/
- X: https://x.com/DelChrisHead
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelChrisHead
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cthead/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a8cbf64-e1b7-43b6-ade9-57808519405a