# Vincent Hughes

Vincent Hughes is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate for district 7.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Pennsylvania Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 1994-11-21
- Current term: PA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/53a598e0-3595-4b19-8f65-4a538bdc7a74

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/53a598e0-3595-4b19-8f65-4a538bdc7a74 (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

Hughes reported $1.6M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

## What Hughes says (PA 2025–26 session)

834 classified statements: 834 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 | Hughes | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.1% | 2.4% | 165 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 19.5% | 10.3% | 56 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 67.3% | 42.9% | 25 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.6% | 3.4% | 64 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 21.8% | 16.1% | 93 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.8% | 0.8% | 79 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 25% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 25% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Housing and Community Development 12% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Transportation and Public Works 8.4% (State Senate Democrats 5.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.77 (standard error 0.02), from 1,101 donors and 909 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (PA 2025–26 session)

502 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Pennsylvania Senate 98.9%). Party unity 97.1% (93.4%). 6 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 2187 An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in administrative organization, further… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB2187/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 558 An Act amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, in creation of leases, statute of frauds and… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB558/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 1098 An Act amending the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Law, providing… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1098/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · SB 807 An Act amending the act of November 6, 1987 (P.L.381, No.79), known as the Older Adults Protective Services Act, in preliminary provisions, further… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB807/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 2437 An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing for Statewide… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB2437/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 1704 An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to residential real… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1704/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 2443 An Act providing for Child Victim Recovery Fee; establishing the Child Victim Recovery Fund; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB2443/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 369 An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in land banks, further providing for definitions. · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB369/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 1652 An Act amending the act of September 9, 1965 (P.L.497, No.251), known as the Newborn Child Testing Act, further providing for Newborn Child Screening… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1652/
- 2026-10-21 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE · HB 928 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in epinephrine auto-injector entities, further providing for… · pass · https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB928/

## Legislation (PA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 73 bills: 73 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 404. 4.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania Senate 24.3%; rank 45 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 295: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in certification of teachers, further providing for State… (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB295/
- SB 294: An Act amending the act of February 9, 1999 (P.L.1, No.1), known as the Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act, in capital facilities, further providing for… (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB294/
- SB 1175: An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Innovate in PA Tax Credit, further providing for legislative… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1175/
- SB 1168: An Act making appropriations from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund and from Federal augmentation funds to the Pennsylvania Public Utility… (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1168/
- SB 1174: An Act providing for the capital budget for fiscal year 2026-2027; itemizing public improvement projects, furniture and equipment projects, transportation… (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1174/
- SB 1165: An Act making appropriations from the Public School Employees' Retirement Fund and from the PSERS Defined Contribution Fund to provide for expenses of the… (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1165/
- SB 1170: An Act making appropriations from the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account and from restricted revenue accounts within the General Fund to the… (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1170/
- SB 1167: An Act making appropriations from the Philadelphia Taxicab and Limousine Regulatory Fund to the Philadelphia Parking Authority for the fiscal year July 1,… (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1167/
- SB 1169: An Act making appropriations from the restricted revenue accounts within the State Gaming Fund and from the restricted revenue accounts within the Fantasy… (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1169/
- SB 1172: An Act making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/SB1172/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.6M (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 88% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2113009194685145130
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2113009660492185762
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2113009874464653579
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2112555126233743467
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2112588335977779432
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2111122364608184717
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2110062095790207303
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2109019498468491406
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2107896266747502783
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHughesOffice SenatorHughes/status/2107160278014349450

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senatorhughes.com/
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorhughes.com
- X: https://x.com/SenHughesOffice
- X: https://x.com/SenatorHughes
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vincent.hughes.7
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senhughesoffice/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senvincenthughes/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-hughes-6602286/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/53a598e0-3595-4b19-8f65-4a538bdc7a74