# Cliff Hayes

Cliff Hayes is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 91.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 91
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/77b071e3-b8fa-4455-b2e6-3d487a8145c8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77b071e3-b8fa-4455-b2e6-3d487a8145c8 (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

Hayes reported $211.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

15 classified statements: 15 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 | Hayes | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 6.7% | 39.2% | 724 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 6.7% | 14.4% | 519 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 100% (State House Democrats 15%); Science, Technology, Communications 100% (State House Democrats 2.5%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.04), from 68 donors and 1,169 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 98.7% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.6% (96.5%). 8 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 86 bills: 83 reached committee, 75 passed one chamber, 28 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 172. 94.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 17 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2208: Celebrating the life of Rogers Brown. (introduced, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2208/
- HR 2208: Celebrating the life of Rogers Brown. (introduced, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HR2208/
- HR 2133: Celebrating the life of Daphne Rena Kenon. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2133/
- HR 459: Commending the Oscar F. Smith High School football team. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR459/
- HR 464: Commending the Reverend Dr. Carl N. Sherrill and Jacquelyn Sherrill. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR464/
- HR 463: Commending Roger Smith. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR463/
- HR 458: Commending Mount Zion Baptist Church of Norfolk. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR458/
- HR 462: Commending Travis Johnson. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR462/
- HR 461: Commending Vivian Stephenson. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR461/
- HR 460: Commending Chris Scott. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR460/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $211.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% 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.

- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/2105598444819693627
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/2099450128541085958
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/2095968860256215147
- 2026-08-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/2089436719825252678
- 2026-06-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/2067188200653680669
- 2026-05-31 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/2060981752210796920
- 2026-04-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/2044495697785872641
- 2026-02-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/2018026298589757502
- 2025-12-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/2002332698162217015
- 2025-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/CliffHayesJr/status/1981298963278905613

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0285
- Campaign site: https://cliffhayes.com/
- X: https://x.com/CliffHayesJr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CliffHayesJr
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Chayesjr/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliff-hayes-ccio-b5601a14/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77b071e3-b8fa-4455-b2e6-3d487a8145c8