# Kathy Tran

Kathy Tran is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 18
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ddba8b1b-8a1d-42c2-aba5-adc1331ee6f1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ddba8b1b-8a1d-42c2-aba5-adc1331ee6f1 (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

Tran sits at −1.10 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 94% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.10 (standard error 0.02), from 778 donors and 1,199 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.6% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 98.7% (96.5%). 59 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 74 bills: 73 reached committee, 55 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 341. 91.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 24 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2184: Commending Jason Christopher Scott Huggins. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2184/
- HR 2183: Commending David A. Hunn. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2183/
- HR 2182: Commending Eddie Garretson. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2182/
- HR 2181: Commending Edith Smith. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2181/
- HR 2180: Commending Stephen Shook. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2180/
- HR 2117: Commending the Northern Virginia Chorale. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2117/
- HR 2060: Commending The Omni Homestead Resort & Spa. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2060/
- HR 2053: Commending Ellen Colter. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2053/
- HR 482: Commending Wendy Henley. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR482/
- HR 449: Commending Linda Peace. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR449/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $405.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0305
- Campaign site: https://www.kathyfordelegate.com/
- X: https://x.com/KathyKLTran
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathyForDelegate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathykltran/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ddba8b1b-8a1d-42c2-aba5-adc1331ee6f1