# Joe McNamara

Joe McNamara is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 40
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a0178eeb-c6bb-4e20-9024-f859d4780be6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a0178eeb-c6bb-4e20-9024-f859d4780be6 (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

44% of the 34 bills McNamara sponsored got out of committee, the lowest of 98 in the Virginia House.

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

5 classified statements: 5 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | McNamara | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 20.0% | 9.3% | 110 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 80.0% | 31.9% | 10 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 40.0% | 1.8% | 1 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 20.0% | 12.7% | 177 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 50% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (State House Republicans 18%); Commerce 25% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Economics and Public Finance 25% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 25% (State House Republicans 8.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 99 donors and 1,178 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 90% (96.5%). 223 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 34 bills: 33 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 81. 44.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 98 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 439: Celebrating the life of Mildred Harlow Scott. (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR439/
- HB 1455: School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1455/
- HB 1362: Retail Sales and Use Tax; sales through vending machines. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1362/
- HB 609: Income tax, corporate; sourcing of sales, other than sales of tangible personal property. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB609/
- HB 615: Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program, deficiency payments. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB615/
- HB 617: Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program, Phase I Utilities. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB617/
- HB 545: Motorcycle Driver Improvement Clinic Fund; created. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB545/
- HB 546: Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; funding, duties. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB546/
- HB 566: Tangible personal property tax relief; rate of taxation. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB566/
- HB 609: Income tax, corporate; sourcing of sales, other than sales of tangible personal property. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB609/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $239.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoeforVA/status/2105379355333374124
- 2026-08-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoeforVA/status/2085449692804993457
- 2026-07-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoeforVA/status/2076661457136013435
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoeforVA/status/2016861730278683087
- 2026-01-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/JoeforVA/status/2011876968892088662

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0308
- Campaign site: https://joeforva.com/
- X: https://x.com/JoeforVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoeForVA

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a0178eeb-c6bb-4e20-9024-f859d4780be6