# Aaron Rouse

Aaron Rouse is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4a329580-86d3-4db3-915e-9f1af71e0a5a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a329580-86d3-4db3-915e-9f1af71e0a5a (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

Rouse reported $545.2K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

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

316 classified statements: 316 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 | Rouse | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.6% | 2.4% | 115 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 9.5% | 10.3% | 145 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 37.0% | 42.9% | 204 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.4% | 3.4% | 67 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 28.5% | 16.1% | 54 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.9% | 0.8% | 74 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 30% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Health 26% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Education 15% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Labor and Employment 13% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.02), from 659 donors and 582 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 95.2% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 98.6% (95.7%). 28 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 54 bills: 54 reached committee, 38 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 110. 87.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 30 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJ 209: Governor; confirming appointments. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ209/
- SJ 236: Celebrating the life of Ronyell Deshawn Whitaker. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ236/
- SJ 140: Confirming Governors appointments; February 23. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ140/
- SJ 139: Confirming Governors appointments; February 2. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ139/
- SJ 74: Governor; confirming appointments. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ74/
- SJ 73: Governor; confirming appointments. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ73/
- SJ 72: Governor; confirming appointments. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ72/
- SJ 70: Governor; confirming appointments. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ70/
- SJ 69: Governor; confirming appointments. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ69/
- SJ 71: Governor; confirming appointments. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ71/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $545.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 65% 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.

- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2110472191099957714
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2110158394275377329
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2106159241950359637
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2105394894550303204
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2100984615989117254
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2100314651443503405
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2097125526431272993
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2095265048344048070
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2094851164885913648
- 2026-08-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/AaronRouseVA/status/2093801817721184659

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S113
- Campaign site: https://rouseforvirginia.com/
- X: https://x.com/AaronRouseVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AaronRouseVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010086794635
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senator-aaron-rouse-222386147/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a329580-86d3-4db3-915e-9f1af71e0a5a