# Schuyler VanValkenburg

Schuyler VanValkenburg is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aec7ee58-7da0-41e1-88d0-5c9e68737a0f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aec7ee58-7da0-41e1-88d0-5c9e68737a0f (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

3.7% of VanValkenburg’s statements use an extreme label, 4.5 times the State Senate Democrat average of 0.8%.

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

1,742 classified statements: 1,742 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 | VanValkenburg | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.8% | 2.4% | 90 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 21.2% | 10.3% | 45 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 57.5% | 42.9% | 92 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.1% | 3.4% | 55 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 19.2% | 16.1% | 121 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 3.7% | 0.8% | 23 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 28% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Education 22% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Energy 17% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Health 15% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State Senate Democrats 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.70 (standard error 0.01), from 1,487 donors and 1,186 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 97.9% (95.7%). 40 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 73 bills: 73 reached committee, 55 passed one chamber, 41 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 148. 90.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 22 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2044: Celebrating the life of Bernard L. Henderson, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2044/
- SR 2045: Commending Reginald Davenport. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2045/
- SR 2015: Commending Robert F. Peck. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2015/
- SR 155: Celebrating the life of Tony D. Volley. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR155/
- SJ 195: Celebrating the life of Ronald William Buzzeo. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ195/
- SJ 194: Commending the Reverend Darryl G. Thompson. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ194/
- SJ 198: Commending Kathryn Holloway, M.D. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ198/
- SJ 179: Commending Donald L. Unger. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ179/
- SJ 170: Commending WRVA. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ170/
- SJ 160: Celebrating the life of Robert Blane Maxwell III. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ160/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $189.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 92% 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 · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2114662244378439747
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2114864763687916007
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2114470735016280461
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2114482845808816258
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2114491747568914914
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2114072662779813927
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2113608943637615019
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2112968470644376001
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2112969309102428423
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg/status/2113006378621309361

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S129
- Campaign site: https://vanvalkenburg4va.com/
- X: https://x.com/ScVanValkenburg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VanValkenburg4VA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schuylervanvalkenburg/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aec7ee58-7da0-41e1-88d0-5c9e68737a0f