# Venise Karris

Venise Karris is a Democratic member of the Nevada House for district 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Nevada House, district 10
- Serving since: 2024-11-06
- Current term: NV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c1af6bc9-bae5-4174-a2f1-6b4d3c5fc496

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1af6bc9-bae5-4174-a2f1-6b4d3c5fc496 (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

100% of Karris’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Nevada, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## What Karris says (NV 2025–26 session)

265 classified statements: 265 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 | Karris | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.8% | 10.4% | 656 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 30.2% | 39.2% | 526 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.8% | 2.9% | 547 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 9.1% | 14.4% | 457 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Labor and Employment 24% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 13% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Families 10% (State House Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.04), from 37 donors and 227 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NV 2025–26 session)

679 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Nevada House 99.0%). Party unity 99.2% (95.9%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (2nd Reprint) · SB 5 Makes revisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-32) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB5/
- 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 10 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 10-38) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB10/
- 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (2nd Reprint) · SB 4 Revises provisions relating to state financial and governmental administration. (BDR S-11) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB4/
- 2025-11-18 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 8 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-35) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB8/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 6 Revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act. (BDR S-12) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB6/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · SB 7 Revises provisions relating to occupational diseases. (BDR 53-36) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB7/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 2 Revises provisions relating to legislative affairs. (BDR 17-30) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB2/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · SB 1 Revises provisions governing the short-term lease of a passenger car. (BDR 43-26) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB1/
- 2025-11-16 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · AB 6 Revises provisions governing public safety. (BDR 43-23) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/AB6/
- 2025-11-16 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · AB 4 Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 15-31) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/AB4/

## Legislation (NV 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 27. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nevada House 61.6%; rank 28 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 426: Revises provisions relating to the organization of large school districts. (BDR 34-1048) (passed one chamber, 2025-05-17) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB426/
- AB 304: Establishing certain notification and reporting requirements concerning pilot programs that research transcranial magnetic stimulation or electromagnetic… (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB304/
- AB 317: Provides for the establishment of a program by a county or city to provide certain housing facilities to assist persons experiencing homelessness. (BDR 20-863) (in committee, 2025-04-12) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB317/
- AB 303: Revises provisions governing public works. (BDR 28-866) (passed one chamber, 2025-05-17) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB303/
- AB 200: Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-862) (in committee, 2025-04-12) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB200/
- AB 115: Authorizes certain state buildings to be used for certain purposes. (BDR 27-864) (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB115/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $140.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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 · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2113397718760714741
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2111558553425359334
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2111094812958974350
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2110687131093852288
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2110879644887245038
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2110324741378597261
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2110498383366352957
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2110498385958711470
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2110498386097119493
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VeniseKarris/status/2110498386818515059

## Links

- Official site: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Assembly/Current/10
- Campaign site: https://votekarris.com/
- X: https://x.com/VeniseKarris
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/venisekarris/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1af6bc9-bae5-4174-a2f1-6b4d3c5fc496