# Marcus Simon

Marcus Simon is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 13.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 13
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ca122856-dfc5-4ba1-84bb-48fdcf7a36f5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ca122856-dfc5-4ba1-84bb-48fdcf7a36f5 (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

Simon sits at −0.99 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 90% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.99 (standard error 0.03), from 332 donors and 1,193 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 10% 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%). 44 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 73 bills: 73 reached committee, 60 passed one chamber, 32 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 121. 86.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 48 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2118: Celebrating the life of Chester W. De Long, Ph.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2118/
- HR 281: Commending Daniel J. Schlitt. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR281/
- HR 302: Celebrating the life of Justin Dolan. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR302/
- HR 198: Celebrating the life of Bruce Jones. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR198/
- HR 141: Celebrating the life of Edward A. Trott, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR141/
- HR 140: Commending Veronica Prince. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR140/
- HR 143: Commending Joe Carter. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR143/
- HJ 160: Commending Renee Bergmann Andrews. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ160/
- HB 1429: Alcoholic beverage control; definitions, designer and vintage spirit bottles. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1429/
- HB 1426: Judgments; limitations on enforcement, docketing of gen. district court judgments in circuit court. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1426/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $175.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0264
- Campaign site: https://www.marcussimon.com/
- X: https://x.com/marcussimon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelegateSimon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcussimon/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MarcusBSimon
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusbsimon/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ca122856-dfc5-4ba1-84bb-48fdcf7a36f5