# Tara Durant

Tara Durant is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 27
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e142c869-a7a9-411a-8d73-563403f6ddd4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e142c869-a7a9-411a-8d73-563403f6ddd4 (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

Durant missed 7.3% of 6,566 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Virginia Senate (average 97.8%).

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

117 classified statements: 117 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Durant | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.0% | 2.3% | 43 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 20.5% | 9.5% | 51 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 44.4% | 37.3% | 132 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.6% | 2.3% | 120 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 19.7% | 15.4% | 116 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 29% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Education 13% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Immigration 12% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 473 donors and 734 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 92.7% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 93.6% (95.7%). 87 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 58 bills: 58 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 130. 89.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 25 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2071: Commending Michael Sidebotham. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2071/
- SR 2005: Commending the University of Mary Washington men's basketball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2005/
- SJ 283: Celebrating the life of Robert Parrish Green. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ283/
- SJ 222: Commending Marceline Catlett, Ed.D. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ222/
- SJ 247: Commending the Mountain View High School competition cheer squad. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ247/
- SJ 280: Commending Jimmy and Dottie Dillard. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ280/
- SJ 281: Commending Elijah Sarratt. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ281/
- SJ 284: Celebrating the life of La Bravia J. Jenkins. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ284/
- SJ 279: Commending Lou Sorrentino. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ279/
- SJ 282: Commending Aiden Fisher. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ282/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $51.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2100246886594617610
- 2026-08-27 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2093038073462337833
- 2026-08-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2091289798354887149
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2085015012553162762
- 2026-07-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2079313833038950657
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2072057942673649705
- 2026-06-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2069177218429767770
- 2026-06-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2068065009989542012
- 2026-06-11 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2065161578488418621
- 2026-06-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/TaraDurantVA/status/2064736637083431229

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S120
- Campaign site: https://taradurant.com/
- X: https://x.com/TaraDurantVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaraDurantVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tara.n.durant/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/durantfordelegate/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e142c869-a7a9-411a-8d73-563403f6ddd4