# Barbara Favola

Barbara Favola is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 40
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/72ecc30c-7175-4aef-9762-fda3ba5b451e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72ecc30c-7175-4aef-9762-fda3ba5b451e (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

100% of Favola’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats.

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

193 classified statements: 193 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 | Favola | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 12.4% | 10.3% | 108 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 64.8% | 42.9% | 36 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.7% | 3.4% | 85 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 29.5% | 16.1% | 45 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 0.8% | 100 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 42% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Education 21% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Families 20% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Crime and Law Enforcement 15% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.89 (standard error 0.02), from 359 donors and 1,202 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 99.3% (95.7%). 17 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 52 bills: 51 reached committee, 44 passed one chamber, 29 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 177. 90.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 23 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB844/
- SB 837: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of statements in cases. (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB837/
- SR 159: Commending Project PEACE. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR159/
- SJ 181: Commending Kathy Glazer. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ181/
- SR 86: Celebrating the life of Ola Parker Willoughby. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR86/
- SJ 81: Commending the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ81/
- SB 418: Therapeutic interchange; authorizes pharmacists to perform, adaptation of prescriptions. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB418/
- SB 296: County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB296/
- SB 296: County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB296/
- SB 332: Medical marijuana; administration to terminally ill patients. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB332/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $161.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2114770701517468029
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2113056638965862612
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2112687428733645238
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2107822087901446368
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2107466778892792059
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2105345949283618820
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2102859287970062351
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2098482193458667851
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2098147936815534556
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/BarbaraFavola/status/2097477254708088995

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S86
- Campaign site: https://barbarafavola.org/
- X: https://x.com/BarbaraFavola
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraFavola
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@senatorbarbarafavola
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-favola-037a6b20/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72ecc30c-7175-4aef-9762-fda3ba5b451e