# Kim Adams

Kim Adams is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 82.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 82
- Serving since: 2026-01-14
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9f8c35c8-2a50-407f-815a-603b9c9d8bad

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f8c35c8-2a50-407f-815a-603b9c9d8bad (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

Adams reported $3.7M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.24 (standard error 0.02), from 1,223 donors and 174 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 2.6% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,056 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.2% (96.5%). 8 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 66. 82.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 60 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2100: Celebrating the life of Tarun Mehta. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2100/
- HR 2007: Commending the Petersburg High School boys' basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2007/
- HR 2008: Commending Merrill Morgan. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2008/
- HR 322: Commending Melissa Rollins. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR322/
- HR 327: Commending the Town of Dendron. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR327/
- HR 142: Commending the Virginia State University women's soccer team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR142/
- HJ 144: Celebrating the life of Purcell G. Bailey. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ144/
- HR 118: Commending Surry County High School. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR118/
- HR 95: Commending Cameran Drew. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR95/
- HB 1448: Petersburg Parking Authority; created. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1448/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3.7M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 49% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f8c35c8-2a50-407f-815a-603b9c9d8bad