# Elissa Silverman

Elissa Silverman is an independent member of the District of Columbia Legislature for district At-Large.

- Party: Independent
- Seat: District of Columbia Legislature, district At-Large
- Serving since: 2026-07-17
- Current term: DC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/438f747e-7345-47f9-ba1b-bb20c8844383

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/438f747e-7345-47f9-ba1b-bb20c8844383 (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

Silverman has served since 2026.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.51 (standard error 0.02), from 1,452 donors and 224 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of Unicameral-legislature independents score lower.

## Votes (DC 2025–26 session)

188 roll calls. Attendance 100% (District of Columbia Legislature 97.8%).

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $80.4K (Unicameral-legislature independents median $80.4K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://dccouncil.gov/council/elissa-silverman/
- Campaign site: https://www.elissafordc.com/
- X: https://x.com/tweetelissa
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/elissasilvermandc
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/elissasilvermanfordc

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/438f747e-7345-47f9-ba1b-bb20c8844383