# Jeremy McPike

Jeremy McPike is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 29.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2016-01-13
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/500ff29f-8ae7-4886-93ec-eec1ad91d299

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/500ff29f-8ae7-4886-93ec-eec1ad91d299 (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

53% of McPike’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats.

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

153 classified statements: 153 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 | McPike | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.3% | 2.4% | 123 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 6.5% | 10.3% | 184 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 37.9% | 42.9% | 198 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.2% | 3.4% | 72 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 20.9% | 16.1% | 101 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 2.0% | 0.8% | 48 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Environmental Protection 22% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Energy 16% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Education 12% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 10% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.02), from 272 donors and 1,177 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 97.5% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 97.3% (95.7%). 42 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 57 bills: 57 reached committee, 46 passed one chamber, 36 passed both, 27 became law. Cosponsored 111. 96.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 5 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2081: Celebrating the life of Benjamin Andrew Burrell. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2081/
- SR 2006: Celebrating the life of Louis A. Boone. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2006/
- SR 132: Commending Alyse Zeffiro. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR132/
- SR 101: Commending the Brentsville High School girls' flag football team. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR101/
- SR 87: Celebrating the life of Kevin L. Hughart. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR87/
- SB 771: Workers' compensation; burial expenses, annual adjustment. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB771/
- SB 591: Income tax, state; free tax filing program for individuals. (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB591/
- SB 321: Abandonment of highway; section of the secondary state highway system, local authority. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB321/
- SB 446: Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards, and permits; validity periods for documents. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB446/
- SB 443: Siting of battery energy storage projects; commercial solar photovoltaic generation facilities. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB443/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $118.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 53% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2114867870953840968
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2113065006178906288
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2112533980754915667
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2110893022829555953
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2108693896414867456
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2105339850912399592
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2101803185450946609
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2101318727912350164
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2101072535987056896
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/JeremyMcPike/status/2094928633315963326

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S98
- Campaign site: https://mcpike4va.com/
- X: https://x.com/JeremyMcPike
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McPikeforSenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremymcpike/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-mcpike-a13bb4/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/500ff29f-8ae7-4886-93ec-eec1ad91d299