# Scott Surovell

Scott Surovell is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 34.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 34
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/50a6c704-2ba7-4ecc-a24c-8f55b400709b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50a6c704-2ba7-4ecc-a24c-8f55b400709b (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

Surovell reported $1.3M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

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

602 classified statements: 602 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 | Surovell | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.8% | 2.4% | 46 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 16.6% | 10.3% | 82 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 39.0% | 42.9% | 192 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.0% | 3.4% | 186 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 7.5% | 16.1% | 229 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 2.3% | 0.8% | 41 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 26% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Crime and Law Enforcement 12% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Education 9.8% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 8.5% (State Senate Democrats 17%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.62 (standard error 0.02), from 869 donors and 1,192 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 98.4% (95.7%). 31 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 115 bills: 115 reached committee, 102 passed one chamber, 65 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 146. 94.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 9 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2057: Celebrating the life of Walter Warfield Rock. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2057/
- SR 166: Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR166/
- SR 167: Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR167/
- SR 168: Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR168/
- SR 157: Commending the North Grounds Softball League. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR157/
- SR 119: Commending Peter C. DePaolis. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR119/
- SR 117: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Gerald Edward Connolly. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR117/
- SR 118: Commending Robert T. Hall. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR118/
- SJ 156: Celebrating the life of Christian A. Jurgensen III. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ156/
- SJ 154: Commending West Potomac High School. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ154/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.3M (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 92% 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2113199939337466341
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2113289389736382602
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2112529244454604880
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2112272047921590284
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2111620748590678459
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2111628630715428953
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2111505513183576133
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2111506509972574221
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2111150142669594639
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/ssurovell/status/2111153848782045330

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S100
- Campaign site: https://scottsurovell.org/
- X: https://x.com/ssurovell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Surovell
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ssurovell/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DelScottSurovell
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsurovell/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50a6c704-2ba7-4ecc-a24c-8f55b400709b