# Garrett McGuire

Garrett McGuire is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 17.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 17
- Serving since: 2026-01-21
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/418a32b0-5822-4673-9293-e8363038805b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/418a32b0-5822-4673-9293-e8363038805b (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

58% of McGuire’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.62 (standard error 0.06), from 46 donors and 173 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,048 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 98.5% (96.5%). 16 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 18 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 90. 89.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 31 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 392: Commending the Fairfax Connector. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR392/
- HR 345: Celebrating the life of Wesley Thomas Worsham. (introduced, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR345/
- HR 205: Commemorating the legacy of Laurel Grove School. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR205/
- HR 193: Commending the Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce New Business of the Year honorees. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR193/
- HR 192: Commending the Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year honorees. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR192/
- HR 185: Commending the Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce Mid-Size Business of the Year honorees. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR185/
- HR 188: Commending Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Organization of the Year honorees. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR188/
- HR 187: Commending Dan La May. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR187/
- HR 186: Commending the Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year honorees. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR186/
- HR 157: Commending Inova. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR157/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $96.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 58% 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/418a32b0-5822-4673-9293-e8363038805b