# Timmy French

Timmy French is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ba57d68e-01e5-46ed-b305-ec08dece665b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ba57d68e-01e5-46ed-b305-ec08dece665b (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

French missed 7.5% of 6,566 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Virginia Senate (average 97.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.58 (standard error 0.03), from 234 donors and 574 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 92.5% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 96.9% (95.7%). 63 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 35 bills: 35 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 111. 88.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 27 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2002: Commending the John Handley High School boys' basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2002/
- SR 2003: Commending the Clarke County High School girls' basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2003/
- SR 109: Celebrating the life of Nicholas Phillip Picerno. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR109/
- SJ 133: Celebrating the life of Evan Morgan Jewell. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ133/
- SB 800: Winchester Parking Authority Act; amends Act to grant Authority power to sell, etc. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB800/
- SB 773: Community Colleges, powers, State Board for; acquisition and improvement of certain property. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB773/
- SB 773: Community Colleges, State Board for; acquisition and improvement of certain property. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB773/
- SR 12: Celebrating the life of Tracey Lynn Jenkins. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR12/
- SR 8: Commending the Strasburg High School football team. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR8/
- SR 7: Celebrating the life of William Luther Bushong. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR7/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $148.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 72% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S121
- Campaign site: https://www.timmyfrench.com/
- X: https://x.com/timmyfrenchva
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timmyfrenchva
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timmyfrenchva/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ba57d68e-01e5-46ed-b305-ec08dece665b