# Phil Hernandez

Phil Hernandez is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 94.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 94
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bbd31428-1b2b-48c6-aa76-cb785e91ca8f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bbd31428-1b2b-48c6-aa76-cb785e91ca8f (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

53% of Hernandez’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

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

195 classified statements: 195 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 | Hernandez | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.5% | 2.5% | 368 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 10.3% | 10.4% | 308 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 46.7% | 39.2% | 271 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.7% | 2.9% | 84 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 36.4% | 14.4% | 41 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 20% (State House Democrats 11%); Health 16% (State House Democrats 15%); Energy 14% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 11% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Labor and Employment 11% (State House Democrats 5.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.02), from 566 donors and 598 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.3% (96.5%). 18 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 47 bills: 46 reached committee, 39 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 176. 89.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 32 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2081: Commending Cova Brewing Company. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2081/
- HR 387: Celebrating the life of Bettie Minette Cooper. (introduced, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR387/
- HR 382: Commending the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR382/
- HB 1311: Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1311/
- HB 1111: Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1111/
- HB 1062: Electric utilities; pilot program for electric energy conservation, solar energy generation. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1062/
- HB 1084: Adults charged with criminal offenses punishable by incarceration; Va. Longitudinal Data System. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1084/
- HB 1065: Electric utilities; comprehensive assessments, surplus interconnection service. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1065/
- HB 1092: Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention, report. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1092/
- HB 1093: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, attorney fees capped. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1093/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $238.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 53% 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.

- 2026-08-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2085817403385037010
- 2026-08-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2085817404802609533
- 2026-08-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2085464711085051933
- 2026-08-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2085464713706500418
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2085045551532278200
- 2026-07-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2081043594421383557
- 2026-07-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2074660207741853957
- 2026-07-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2074673255395348832
- 2026-07-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2074626924127691030
- 2026-07-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/PhilforVirginia/status/2074203518617964933

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0366
- Campaign site: https://philforvirginia.com/
- X: https://x.com/PhilforVirginia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilforVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phil.hernandez.10004
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-hernandez-58937092/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bbd31428-1b2b-48c6-aa76-cb785e91ca8f