# Anita Bonds

Anita Bonds is a Democratic member of the District of Columbia Legislature for district At-Large.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: District of Columbia Legislature, district At-Large
- Serving since: 2012-12-11
- Current term: DC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/860fa95b-c737-43bd-948d-1dd6dc1b734e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/860fa95b-c737-43bd-948d-1dd6dc1b734e (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

Bonds sits at −1.23 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of Unicameral-legislature Democrats.

## What Bonds says (DC 2025–26 session)

196 classified statements: 196 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the Unicameral-legislature Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bonds | Unicameral-legislature Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 0.4% | 7 of 10 |
| Policy criticism | 2.5% | 7.7% | 9 of 10 |
| Policy discussion | 25.5% | 46.6% | 10 of 10 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.6% | 1.3% | 1 of 10 |
| Credit claiming | 4.1% | 13.9% | 9 of 10 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.1% | 7 of 10 |

Most discussed policy areas: Labor and Employment 20% (Unicameral-legislature Democrats 7.8%); Housing and Community Development 18% (Unicameral-legislature Democrats 24%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (Unicameral-legislature Democrats 21%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (Unicameral-legislature Democrats 14%); Emergency Management 12% (Unicameral-legislature Democrats 6.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.23 (standard error 0.03), from 716 donors and 475 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.5% of Unicameral-legislature Democrats score lower.

## Votes (DC 2025–26 session)

1,680 roll calls. Attendance 95.5% (District of Columbia Legislature 97.8%).

## Legislation (DC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 51 bills: 49 reached committee, 40 passed one chamber, 40 passed both, 39 became law. Cosponsored 0. 78.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (District of Columbia Legislature 62.0%; rank 2 of 12).

Recent sponsored bills:

- CER 26-0220: Bernice Fonteneau Senior Wellness Center Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0220/
- CER 26-0215: Lindsey Parker Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0215/
- CER 26-0217: Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0217/
- CER 26-0212: Battle’s Transportation, Inc. Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0212/
- CER 26-0219: Iona Senior Services Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0219/
- CER 26-0224: Vida Senior Services Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0224/
- CER 26-0214: Capital Queens Women’s Sports Week Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0214/
- CER 26-0218: Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0218/
- CER 26-0223: Model Cities Senior Wellness Center Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0223/
- CER 26-0216: Kevin Donahue Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0216/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $63.3K (Unicameral-legislature Democrats median $58.8K). 81% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2112699688793096535
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2111877450665738725
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2109749253354754528
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2108891605381829089
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2108977467662680300
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2105810353770652112
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2100643785327714807
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2096987909098181080
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2097085506756493395
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC/status/2095669028597481488

## Links

- Official site: https://dccouncil.gov/council/anita-bonds/
- Campaign site: https://www.anitabonds2022.com/
- X: https://x.com/AnitaBondsDC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anitabondsdc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitabondsdc

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/860fa95b-c737-43bd-948d-1dd6dc1b734e