# Louise Lucas

Louise Lucas is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 1992-01-08
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5be2e2f9-b644-4fb4-bfbf-d4c38e858ee2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5be2e2f9-b644-4fb4-bfbf-d4c38e858ee2 (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

Lucas reported $639.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

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

578 classified statements: 578 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 | Lucas | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.8% | 2.4% | 68 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 10.9% | 10.3% | 127 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 28.2% | 42.9% | 252 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.1% | 3.4% | 140 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 10.9% | 16.1% | 192 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 1.7% | 0.8% | 51 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 32% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Economics and Public Finance 24% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Education 18% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Taxation 18% (State Senate Democrats 3.1%); Health 9.2% (State Senate Democrats 17%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.03), from 310 donors and 1,199 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 99.0% (95.7%). 42 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 45 bills: 45 reached committee, 39 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 111. 91.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 17 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJ 138: Commending the Honorable Johnny E. Morrison. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ138/
- SB 835: Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund; established. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB835/
- SB 836: Transformer Manufacturing Expansion Grant Fund; established. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB836/
- SJ 122: Commending the Honorable Kenneth Ronald Melvin. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ122/
- SR 27: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Joe Billy Fleming. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR27/
- SR 28: Celebrating the life of Clyde Thomas Clark, Sr. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR28/
- SR 26: Commending the Honorable S. Bernard Goodwyn. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR26/
- SB 813: Sickle Cell Coordinated Access Network; established. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB813/
- SB 826: Marijuana; creates framework for retail sales. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB826/
- SB 769: Constitutional amendment; gen. approp. act, reapportionment, redistricting congressional districts. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB769/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $639.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 78% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2114137233104224707
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2112914421307904048
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2112652855408820358
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2110043046058319977
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2109771909328228847
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2109086603260182649
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2108578537599103000
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2108629473973461180
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2107627596137845140
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/2107500065090933152

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S19
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorlouiselucas.com/
- X: https://x.com/senlouiselucas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenLouiseLucas
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senator-l-louise-lucas-72880624/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5be2e2f9-b644-4fb4-bfbf-d4c38e858ee2