# Betsy Carr

Betsy Carr is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 78.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 78
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a6f78488-1c78-4409-8c4a-bf0d0920e852

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a6f78488-1c78-4409-8c4a-bf0d0920e852 (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

94% of the 105 bills Carr sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Virginia House.

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

17 classified statements: 17 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 | Carr | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 47.1% | 39.2% | 268 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.9% | 2.9% | 119 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 5.9% | 14.4% | 543 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 25% (State House Democrats 11%); Emergency Management 25% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Energy 25% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Water Resources Development 25% (State House Democrats 1.3%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State House Democrats 8.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.02), from 417 donors and 1,160 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.1% (96.5%). 16 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 105 bills: 104 reached committee, 91 passed one chamber, 34 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 239. 94.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 16 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2174: Celebrating the life of Robert Avery Peay, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2174/
- HR 2177: Celebrating the life of Christopher Lansing Yates. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2177/
- HR 2173: Celebrating the life of Bernard L. Henderson, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2173/
- HR 2178: Celebrating the life of James Bryan Carlson. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2178/
- HR 2176: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Ovid Benjamin Sparks III. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2176/
- HR 2175: Celebrating the life of Romayne Elizabeth Marschak. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2175/
- HR 2050: Celebrating the life of Frances Aaronson Lewis. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2050/
- HR 2051: Commending Agecroft Hall. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2051/
- HR 2057: Celebrating the life of Frank Spencer Royal, Sr. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2057/
- HR 2048: Commending William H. Parrish IV. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2048/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $185.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% 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.

- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/2098123371577815486
- 2026-05-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/2059649914896806333
- 2026-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/2051310691726897496
- 2025-11-07 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/1986866034251309272
- 2025-11-07 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/1986866035992240294
- 2025-11-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/1986866038294577248
- 2025-11-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/1985762258253988102
- 2025-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/1977116819669631450
- 2025-08-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/1951368804128399686
- 2025-06-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/DelBetsyCarr/status/1935058023531299193

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0212
- Campaign site: https://betsycarr.org
- X: https://x.com/DelBetsyCarr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delegatebetsycarr

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a6f78488-1c78-4409-8c4a-bf0d0920e852