# Mark Downey

Mark Downey is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 69.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 69
- Serving since: 2026-01-14
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3ae2755c-8274-4d09-bad4-243275577ba2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ae2755c-8274-4d09-bad4-243275577ba2 (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

Downey reported $2.0M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 461 donors and 173 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,056 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.6% (96.5%). 4 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 50. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 84 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2203: Commending the Bruton High School boys' tennis team. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2203/
- HR 2204: Commending the Jamestown High School girls' tennis team. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2204/
- HR 405: Commending the Bruton High School boys' indoor track and field team. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR405/
- HR 374: Commending the Bruton High School girls' swim and dive team. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR374/
- HB 1458: Health care facilities; SHHR to study impact of private equity on health care. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1458/
- HB 1458: Health care facilities; SHHR to study impact of private equity on health care. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1458/
- HB 1139: Medicine, Board of; membership, removal of residence requirements. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1139/
- HB 1284: State plan for medical assistance; provider-to-provider consultation. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1284/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2.0M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% 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/3ae2755c-8274-4d09-bad4-243275577ba2