# Bonita Anthony

Bonita Anthony is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 92.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 92
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/725be36e-2485-4f9f-a15f-86c574cc8d4b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/725be36e-2485-4f9f-a15f-86c574cc8d4b (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

Anthony has 26 classified statements in the VA 2025–26 session.

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

26 classified statements: 26 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Anthony | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.9% | 10.4% | 530 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 19.2% | 39.2% | 641 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 23.1% | 14.4% | 178 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 40% (State House Democrats 11%); Armed Forces and National Security 20% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 20% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Energy 20% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.79 (standard error 0.04), from 105 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.8% (96.5%). 13 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 340. 80.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 64 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2179: Commending Grady James, Ph.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2179/
- HR 386: Commending The King's Daughters. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR386/
- HJ 170: Celebrating the life of Horace Christopher Belcher. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ170/
- HJ 171: Celebrating the life of Cecelia Taliaferro Tucker. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ171/
- HB 1451: Warehouse employers; required disclosures and recordkeeping, civil penalties. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1451/
- HB 1452: Medicaid; expedited review process for service authorization requests, report. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1452/
- HB 1451: Warehouse employers; required disclosures and recordkeeping, civil penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1451/
- HB 1332: Regional Care Compacts Pilot Program; established, report. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1332/
- HB 1332: Regional Care Compacts Pilot Program; established, report. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1332/
- HB 1310: Federal changes to graduate & prof. student loan prog. on in-state students; SCHEV to study impact. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1310/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $87.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 87% 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.

- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/2107468773603053731
- 2025-12-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/2003173979738226727
- 2025-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/1975953967223054659
- 2025-07-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/1948492530149965914
- 2025-06-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/1935369733173559738
- 2025-06-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/1932478322774065277
- 2025-06-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/1932478691155816578
- 2025-06-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/1929997925880607047
- 2025-05-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/1926048308994138519
- 2025-05-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/bonitaganthony/status/1922291174108172295

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0353
- Campaign site: https://bonitaforva.com/
- X: https://x.com/bonitaganthony
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonitaganthony
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonita.anthony.5
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonitaganthony/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jazzviolin757
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonitaanthony/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/725be36e-2485-4f9f-a15f-86c574cc8d4b