# Mark Peake

Mark Peake is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e4396bfa-d22d-457e-b79a-f4bc36046a08

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e4396bfa-d22d-457e-b79a-f4bc36046a08 (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

Peake reported $384.9K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 193 donors and 1,179 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 92.0% (95.7%). 142 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 54 bills: 54 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 121. 90.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 21 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2032: Commending New London Academy. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2032/
- SR 2031: Commending Noreen Turyn. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2031/
- SR 143: Celebrating the life of Mildred Harlow Scott. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR143/
- SR 113: Commending Gary Dop. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR113/
- SR 85: Commending Abbey Johnston. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR85/
- SR 84: Commending Ronald G. Morford, MD. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR84/
- SR 72: Celebrating the life of John P. McSweeney, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR72/
- SR 50: Commending Linda D. Meloy, M.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR50/
- SR 51: Commending Amanda H. Ritter, M.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR51/
- SR 39: Commending Emily Barrows, M.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR39/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $384.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S105
- Campaign site: http://www.peakeforsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peakeforsenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peake_mark/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e4396bfa-d22d-457e-b79a-f4bc36046a08