# Karen Keys-Gamarra

Karen Keys-Gamarra is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 7.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 7
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7c045b50-e18d-422e-b87f-26eb7b61d651

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7c045b50-e18d-422e-b87f-26eb7b61d651 (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

6.4% of Keys-Gamarra’s statements contain a personal attack, 2.5 times the State House Democrat average of 2.5%.

## What Keys-Gamarra says (VA 2025–26 session)

297 classified statements: 297 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 | Keys-Gamarra | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.4% | 2.5% | 103 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 10.4% | 10.4% | 301 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 20.2% | 39.2% | 629 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 2.9% | 553 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 4.0% | 14.4% | 586 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.0% | 287 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 36% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Democrats 11%); Health 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 12% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.93 (standard error 0.04), from 150 donors and 588 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.6% (96.5%). 27 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 49 bills: 48 reached committee, 35 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 469. 89.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 29 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 479: Commending Beverly Cosham. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR479/
- HR 476: Commending Leila Gordon. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR476/
- HR 433: Commending Sheila Coates. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR433/
- HR 478: Commending Carlos Seward. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR478/
- HR 426: Commending Aldrin Elementary School. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR426/
- HR 475: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Norman Adkins Tate, Jr. (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR475/
- HR 474: Commending Kerrie Wilson. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR474/
- HR 473: Commending Kurt Rose. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR473/
- HR 434: Commending Warren M. Thompson. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR434/
- HR 431: Commending South Lakes High School. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR431/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $94.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 94% 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 · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2114542130974855285
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2112624195855155553
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2110093439169868027
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2107492784202568014
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2104638279023038936
- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2099931575718752428
- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2098617389893980239
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2095339799187992650
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2095174231482888193
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra/status/2095178191006540123

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0370
- Campaign site: https://www.karenkeysgamarra.com/
- X: https://x.com/Keys_Gamarra
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karen.keysgamarra
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Karen4Delegate
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/keys_gamarra/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgas4X9b5LiIE6WRoXSqDAQ
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/karen-keys-gamarra-311a57b3/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7c045b50-e18d-422e-b87f-26eb7b61d651