# Josh Cole

Josh Cole is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 65.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 65
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/986f0601-025b-4fa7-acda-b2d3c2280784

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/986f0601-025b-4fa7-acda-b2d3c2280784 (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

Cole reported $1.1M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

69 classified statements: 69 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 | Cole | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.2% | 2.5% | 86 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 1.5% | 39.2% | 745 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 2.9% | 453 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 2.9% | 14.4% | 626 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 100% (State House Democrats 15%); 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%); Commerce 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.87 (standard error 0.02), from 1,894 donors and 998 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 97.1% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 98.3% (96.5%). 42 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 92 bills: 91 reached committee, 71 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 398. 88.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 40 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2206: Commending the Virginia District of the United Holy Church of America, Inc. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2206/
- HR 2207: Commending the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2207/
- HR 2189: Commending Regester Chapel United Methodist Church. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2189/
- HR 2191: Celebrating the life of Lynne Kathleen McCay. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2191/
- HR 2190: Celebrating the life of Stephanie Danielle Myers. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2190/
- HR 2192: Commending Touch Hearts Christian Center. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2192/
- HR 2071: Farnsworth, Stephen J.; commending. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2071/
- HR 2062: Commending Domination and the 2Up 2Down Festival. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2062/
- HR 2038: Celebrating the life of Herbert Lawrence Green, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2038/
- HR 2002: Commending the University of Mary Washington men's basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2002/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.1M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 50% 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.

- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/2095652870242578567
- 2026-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/2066948167451422995
- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/2051709615411208668
- 2026-02-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/2022771416643293577
- 2026-01-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/2008751786446950789
- 2025-12-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/2004219636146225379
- 2025-11-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/1993890041324843119
- 2025-11-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/1993756774650794094
- 2025-11-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/1991571462801793099
- 2025-11-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoshuaCole/status/1988764781038227613

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0314
- Campaign site: https://jgcole.org/
- X: https://x.com/JoshuaCole
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jcole4VA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jcole4va/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@joshuacole5376
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-cole-a6632a123/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/986f0601-025b-4fa7-acda-b2d3c2280784