# Creigh Deeds

Creigh Deeds is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 11
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ad107e73-7e1e-45dd-ab19-52005a0b948c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad107e73-7e1e-45dd-ab19-52005a0b948c (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

The policy areas Deeds talks about and legislates on agree at 0.37 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats.

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

174 classified statements: 174 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Deeds | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.6% | 2.4% | 55 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 4.0% | 10.3% | 221 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 14.4% | 42.9% | 302 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.1% | 3.4% | 224 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 1.7% | 16.1% | 304 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 36% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Education 16% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Commerce 12% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State Senate Democrats 14%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.02), from 615 donors and 1,194 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 98.4% (95.7%). 50 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 104 bills: 104 reached committee, 84 passed one chamber, 45 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 176. 92.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 15 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2078: Commending the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2078/
- SR 2059: Commending the Nelson County High School girls' soccer team. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2059/
- SR 2060: Commending the Western Albemarle High School boys' tennis team. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2060/
- SR 2058: Commending Charles Ridgeway Schuyler III. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2058/
- SR 2041: Celebrating the life of Robert Gordon Barton, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2041/
- SR 2042: Commending Chiles Family Orchards. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2042/
- SR 2033: Commending the Charlottesville Downtown Mall. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2033/
- SR 2034: Celebrating the life of Christopher Lansing Yates. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2034/
- SR 2023: Celebrating the life of Edward Olmsted Henneman. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2023/
- SR 2022: Commending the University of Virginia women's swimming and diving team. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2022/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $166.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 83% 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2113249745254678918
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2112877683961201017
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2112906797531214089
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2112531344517644441
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2109092525529329745
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2107804497107951924
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2105834169322328375
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2106143947928060236
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2104953120795340968
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/CreighDeeds/status/2103907941715960021

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S62
- Campaign site: https://www.senatordeeds.com/
- X: https://x.com/CreighDeeds
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creigh
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creighdeeds/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/creigh-deeds-b976621/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad107e73-7e1e-45dd-ab19-52005a0b948c