# Rip Sullivan

Rip Sullivan is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 6.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 6
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/658209cc-5e85-4c57-aa94-878089f3d816

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/658209cc-5e85-4c57-aa94-878089f3d816 (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

Sullivan reported $222.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.02), from 460 donors and 1,197 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.6% (96.5%). 13 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 70 bills: 70 reached committee, 52 passed one chamber, 37 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 176. 84.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 54 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 185: Celebrating the life of Jane Pasolli Edmondson. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ185/
- HJ 180: Commending the Friends of Pleasant Grove. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ180/
- HJ 184: Celebrating the life of Alan Merrill Schuman. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ184/
- HJ 182: Celebrating the life of Jane Kamps Strauss. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ182/
- HJ 181: Commending Melissa Purvis. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ181/
- HJ 186: Celebrating the life of Gerard Robert Langelier. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ186/
- HJ 183: Commending Lewinsville Retirement Residence. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ183/
- HJ 152: Commending the Pentagon Memorial Fund. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ152/
- HJ 128: Celebrating the life of Claudia Hantman Arko. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ128/
- HR 44: Celebrating the life of Deborah R. Jackson. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR44/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $222.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 76% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0269
- Campaign site: https://ripsullivan.com/
- X: https://x.com/RipSullivan48
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RipSullivanVA
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@delegateripsullivan7348
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rip-sullivan-917b0b33/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/658209cc-5e85-4c57-aa94-878089f3d816