# Richard Stuart

Richard Stuart is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 25
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/52e67ab6-2039-458e-b7a8-9bb5f3694e11

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/52e67ab6-2039-458e-b7a8-9bb5f3694e11 (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

Stuart voted against the majority of Virginia Senate Republicans 178 times; party unity 86%, in the bottom tenth of the Virginia Senate (average 95.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.02), from 176 donors and 1,138 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 95.5% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 86% (95.7%). 178 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 82 bills: 82 reached committee, 43 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 107. 82.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 36 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2019: Celebrating the life of Albert Davis Bugg, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2019/
- SJ 212: Celebrating the life of Brenda Campbell. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ212/
- SJ 293: Celebrating the life of Stephanie Nicole Minter. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ293/
- SJ 180: Celebrating the life of Mary Louise Hinton Crowther. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ180/
- SJ 162: Celebrating the life of Elton Smith, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ162/
- SJ 149: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Wyatt Beazley Durrette, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ149/
- SJ 152: Commending Patricia Gallagher. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ152/
- SJ 137: Celebrating the life of James L. Johnson. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ137/
- SJ 136: Celebrating the life of Carrie Taylor Carter. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ136/
- SJ 125: Commending Wendy Collins Perdue. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ125/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $140.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S78
- Campaign site: https://www.stuartforsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardhstuart
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-h-stuart-4a3198b8/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/52e67ab6-2039-458e-b7a8-9bb5f3694e11