# Charniele Herring

Charniele Herring is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 4.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 4
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a0b9b444-ee25-48a1-ab61-cf0be462e89d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a0b9b444-ee25-48a1-ab61-cf0be462e89d (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

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

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

384 classified statements: 384 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 | Herring | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.5% | 10.4% | 660 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 42.7% | 39.2% | 335 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 2.9% | 392 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 20.3% | 14.4% | 231 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 24% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 12% (State House Democrats 15%); Energy 10% (State House Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.82 (standard error 0.02), from 521 donors and 1,193 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.2% (96.5%). 23 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 39 bills: 38 reached committee, 35 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 171. 94.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 13 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2058: Celebrating the life of Alice Irene Cohan. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2058/
- HR 2069: Limiting legislation to be considered by the 2026 Special Session I of the General Assembly and establishing a schedule for the conduct of business coming… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2069/
- HJ 4001: Limiting legislation to be considered by the 2026 Special Session I of the General Assembly and establishing a schedule for the conduct of business coming… (introduced, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HJ4001/
- HR 2059: Celebrating the life of Susan Bulkley Kellom. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2059/
- HJ 316: General Assembly; House Bill No. 30 to be carried over to a 2026 Special Session. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ316/
- HJ 317: General Assembly; Governor to call special session, establishing a schedule for conduct of business. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ317/
- HJ 116: Confirming appointment of the Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ116/
- HJ 38: General Assembly; notifying Governor of organization. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ38/
- HB 768: Custody and visitation arrangements for minor; custody evaluation, report. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB768/
- HB 770: Public utilities; water and sewerage companies, discounted rates for low-income customers. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB770/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.1M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 94% 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 · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2114773023048048785
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2114868445074292823
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2114364745704931336
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2113728908654772417
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2113365573644263712
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2112930699854643456
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2111499920092082661
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2110400244097732844
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2108568856184995934
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/C_Herring/status/2108598046397505954

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0208
- Campaign site: https://www.charnieleherring.com/
- X: https://x.com/C_Herring
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charnieleherring
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charniele.herring
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charniele/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a0b9b444-ee25-48a1-ab61-cf0be462e89d