# Glen Sturtevant

Glen Sturtevant is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/815f7b31-d344-481a-9922-ad77d16b808a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/815f7b31-d344-481a-9922-ad77d16b808a (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

24% of Sturtevant’s statements criticize a policy, 2.6 times the State Senate Republican average of 9.5%.

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

1,099 classified statements: 1,099 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Sturtevant | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.1% | 2.3% | 61 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 24.3% | 9.5% | 32 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 40.1% | 37.3% | 160 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.2% | 2.3% | 136 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 3.1% | 15.4% | 298 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 1.6% | 1.3% | 88 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 23% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Energy 16% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Immigration 12% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.51 (standard error 0.02), from 548 donors and 597 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 92.4% (95.7%). 149 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 55 bills: 55 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 148. 92.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 13 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2055: Celebrating the life of Knight. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2055/
- SR 2050: Commending the Matoaca High School softball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2050/
- SR 2049: Commending Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2049/
- SJ 142: Celebrating the life of Robert Elston Greene. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ142/
- SJ 126: Commending Jason Hasty. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ126/
- SJ 78: Commending Izaak Brown and Cole Lafors. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ78/
- SJ 75: Commending the Midlothian High School music program. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ75/
- SJ 76: Commending the Midlothian High School boys' tennis team. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ76/
- SJ 77: Commending the Midlothian High School softball team. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ77/
- SR 30: Commending the Cosby High School show choir program. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR30/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $151.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 96% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2114078232068891107
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2113077234059669760
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2112976156651659572
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2112587110406631485
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2112208680481673603
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2112209737055904106
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2112213885935816930
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2111806432962113680
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2111116359572619395
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/https://x.com/GlenSturtevant/status/2111208864066490415

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S99
- Campaign site: https://glensturtevant.com/
- X: https://x.com/GlenSturtevant
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlenSturtevantVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glen.sturtevant
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glensturtevant/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwrROPxwuwsgQ1RmbfJxmA?themeRefresh=1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glensturtevant/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/815f7b31-d344-481a-9922-ad77d16b808a