# Adele McClure

Adele McClure is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 2.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 2
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d0de7acb-ce8d-4bb2-b6e5-99cefe5e76a6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0de7acb-ce8d-4bb2-b6e5-99cefe5e76a6 (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

57% of McClure’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

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

158 classified statements: 158 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 | McClure | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.6% | 2.5% | 354 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 1.9% | 10.4% | 607 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 35.4% | 39.2% | 450 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.2% | 2.9% | 249 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 18.4% | 14.4% | 262 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 36% (State House Democrats 15%); Labor and Employment 16% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 13% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Families 13% (State House Democrats 5.0%); Housing and Community Development 13% (State House Democrats 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.98 (standard error 0.03), from 291 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.2% (96.5%). 25 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 29 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 277. 94.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 15 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 248: Celebrating the life of John Caffrey Angell. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ248/
- HJ 127: Celebrating the life of Jaylen Martinez. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ127/
- HB 1498: Virginia Interagency Council on Homelessness; established. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1498/
- HB 1405: Social services, local dept. of social services allowed to pay reasonable funeral expense. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1405/
- HB 838: State plan for medical assistance services; adds provision related to doula care. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB838/
- HB 833: Land subdivision and development; optional provisions of a subdivision ordinance, etc. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB833/
- HB 527: Eviction Reduction Program; established, report. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB527/
- HB 837: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Program, eligibility. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB837/
- HB 834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB834/
- HB 839: Child custody proceedings; study, provisions to improve procedure for victims of family abuse, etc. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB839/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $114.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 57% 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.

- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2098924475257356344
- 2026-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2088656982173495689
- 2026-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2088662341327995080
- 2026-08-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2084637248780161182
- 2026-07-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2074918882721099923
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2073403497601503599
- 2026-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2068761942932496755
- 2026-06-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2068089353671254091
- 2026-06-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2067652036888322374
- 2026-06-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/twitter.com/adelemcclure_/status/2067652056257601879

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0375
- Campaign site: https://adeleforva.com
- X: https://x.com/adelemcclure_
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/adeleforVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getAdele
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/adeleforva
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCI821bcLJdJLxKgmVOAOw

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0de7acb-ce8d-4bb2-b6e5-99cefe5e76a6