# Lashrecse Aird

Lashrecse Aird is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 13.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 13
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/448bfee3-3314-4608-8531-811fdf9d0c23

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/448bfee3-3314-4608-8531-811fdf9d0c23 (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

The policy areas Aird talks about and legislates on agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats.

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

283 classified statements: 283 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Aird | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.5% | 2.4% | 97 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 7.8% | 10.3% | 169 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 36.0% | 42.9% | 211 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.2% | 3.4% | 137 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 18.0% | 16.1% | 142 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.7% | 0.8% | 88 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 18% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Education 15% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 15% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Economics and Public Finance 11% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.8% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.96 (standard error 0.02), from 561 donors and 598 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 98.2% (95.7%). 52 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 80 bills: 80 reached committee, 68 passed one chamber, 46 passed both, 27 became law. Cosponsored 180. 97.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 3 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2014: Commending the Petersburg High School boys' basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2014/
- SR 169: Commending Debbie L. Sydow, Ph.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR169/
- SJ 211: Commending Veronica Denise Davis. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ211/
- SJ 208: Commending the Varina High School football team. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ208/
- SJ 207: Commending Melissa Rollins. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ207/
- SJ 203: Commending Sergeant Dianne M. Dowdy. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ203/
- SJ 163: Commending Cedar Grove Baptist Church. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ163/
- SJ 146: Commending Mount Calvary Baptist Church. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ146/
- SJ 145: Commending Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ145/
- SJ 147: Commending Rose of Sharon Apostolic Church. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ147/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $126.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 81% 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.

- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2107848969640628316
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2105690665766048093
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2100983020882723266
- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2099942862230090062
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2097705172038238477
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2097707466314191153
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2095982290379636944
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2095301902242123800
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2095143651345076696
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/lashrecseaird/status/2095286944510992882

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S115
- Campaign site: https://www.lashrecseaird.com/
- X: https://x.com/lashrecseaird
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/airdcampaign
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lashrecse.aird
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lashrecseaird/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lashrecseaird7634
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lashrecseaird/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/448bfee3-3314-4608-8531-811fdf9d0c23