# Saddam Salim

Saddam Salim is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 37.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 37
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8a50ceeb-1ded-4586-a04a-19115fddc3c5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a50ceeb-1ded-4586-a04a-19115fddc3c5 (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

4.8% of Salim’s statements contain a personal attack, 2.0 times the State Senate Democrat average of 2.4%.

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

521 classified statements: 521 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 | Salim | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.8% | 2.4% | 54 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 17.3% | 10.3% | 74 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 53.5% | 42.9% | 110 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 3.4% | 213 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 11.9% | 16.1% | 181 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 1.7% | 0.8% | 52 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 21% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Crime and Law Enforcement 15% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Health 9.8% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Immigration 9.8% (State Senate Democrats 4.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.85 (standard error 0.03), from 321 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 99.8% (95.7%). 9 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 66 bills: 66 reached committee, 50 passed one chamber, 33 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 299. 90.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 18 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2061: Commending Wyatt Shields. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2061/
- SR 2052: Commending JR Real Estate Group. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2052/
- SR 2043: Commending Georgina Aye. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2043/
- SR 2020: Commending the Eden Center. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2020/
- SR 2018: Commending the Formosan Association for Public Affairs. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2018/
- SR 165: Commending the Oakton High School girls' wrestling team. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR165/
- SR 164: Commending the Bangla Literature Festival. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR164/
- SR 103: Commending James A. Morris. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR103/
- SB 782: Corporations; limited liability decentralized autonomous organizations (LLDs). (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB782/
- SB 783: Law-enforcement agencies; agreements with federal authority for immigration enforcement. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB783/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $95.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 88% 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/SalimVASenate/status/2114740307451617645
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/https://x.com/SalimVASenate/status/2113798557497184375
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/SalimVASenate/status/2114017693678408135
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/SalimVASenate/status/2113374498993111490
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/SalimVASenate/status/2112334310355448190
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/SalimVASenate/status/2112615813811458439
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/SalimVASenate/status/2111473691334775100
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/SalimVASenate/status/2110940619250024784
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/SalimVASenate/status/2110033897698336851
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/SalimVASenate/status/2109654805371314372

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S127
- Campaign site: https://www.salimforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/SalimVASenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VASenateSalim/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saddam.azlan.salim
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salimvasenate/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SalimVASenate
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saddam-azlan-salim/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a50ceeb-1ded-4586-a04a-19115fddc3c5