# Patrick Hope

Patrick Hope is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 1.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 1
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c10414ad-5251-4fba-8ad9-a541311f2b9f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c10414ad-5251-4fba-8ad9-a541311f2b9f (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

Hope reported $224.9K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

135 classified statements: 135 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 | Hope | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 5.2% | 10.4% | 474 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 45.9% | 39.2% | 287 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 30.4% | 14.4% | 81 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 24% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 11% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.88 (standard error 0.02), from 390 donors and 1,192 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.2% (96.5%). 18 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 75 bills: 75 reached committee, 63 passed one chamber, 36 passed both, 23 became law. Cosponsored 350. 88.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 42 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 241: Celebrating the life of Richard Edelin Crouch. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ241/
- HJ 242: Celebrating the life of the Honorable William T. Newman, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ242/
- HJ 206: Commending the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ206/
- HJ 204: Commending Stella D. Garcia. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ204/
- HJ 205: Commending the Arlington County Bar Association. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ205/
- HJ 220: Celebrating the life of Kitty Clark Stevenson. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ220/
- HJ 141: Celebrating the life of Vivian Margaris Kallen. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ141/
- HJ 130: Commending Team Aeroloco. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ130/
- HJ 131: Commending the Honorable S. Bernard Goodwyn. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ131/
- HJ 118: Celebrating the life of Lloyd G. Edwards, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ118/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $224.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 99% 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.

- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2102182289744568637
- 2026-08-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2091242630516486153
- 2026-08-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2089490144336224663
- 2026-08-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2083971128574276009
- 2026-07-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2082904464051290364
- 2026-07-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2081380916144877733
- 2026-07-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2079182478774792602
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2072383042807595248
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2071756399353200935
- 2026-06-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/HopeforVirginia/status/2070874901934690661

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0219
- Campaign site: https://www.hopeforvirginia.org/
- X: https://x.com/HopeforVirginia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hopeforvirginia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopeforvirginia/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hopepatrick/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c10414ad-5251-4fba-8ad9-a541311f2b9f