# Luther Cifers

Luther Cifers is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2025-01-15
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e58b604d-0c92-489e-8d03-7d0126d07eeb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e58b604d-0c92-489e-8d03-7d0126d07eeb (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

100% of Cifers’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

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

17 classified statements: 17 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 | Cifers | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.9% | 2.3% | 45 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 11.8% | 37.3% | 325 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Finance and Financial Sector 50% (State Senate Republicans 1.4%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.54 (standard error 0.04), from 50 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,522 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 96.2% (95.7%). 98 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 156. 86.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 32 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2056: Commending Ricky L. Walker. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2056/
- SR 2010: Commending Caroline Patricia Ayres. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2010/
- SR 112: Celebrating the life of John Howard Hodges. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR112/
- SR 107: Celebrating the life of Ted D. Elliott. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR107/
- SJ 202: Commending Steve Hopkins. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ202/
- SJ 205: Commending Samuel E. Carter. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ205/
- SJ 206: Celebrating the life of William Edward Jamerson, Sr. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ206/
- SJ 175: Celebrating the life of K9 Ally. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ175/
- SB 787: Virginia National Guard TRICARE Reimbursement Fund; established. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB787/
- SB 821: Kratom; Virginia Sate Crime Commission to conduct an analysis of enforcement and regulation, report. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB821/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $120.2K (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.

- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/2098927074597593257
- 2026-03-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/2034143474006602049
- 2025-06-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/1935328485108568175
- 2025-04-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/1916279644455608661
- 2025-04-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/1909801011872694526
- 2025-04-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/1909050935554289951
- 2025-03-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/1905795310263144941
- 2025-03-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/1905986143172145538
- 2025-03-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/1905439343600169323
- 2025-03-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA/status/1905140847852605914

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S132
- Campaign site: https://luthercifers.com/
- X: https://x.com/LutherCifers_VA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luther.yakattack/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lcifers/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyHsXvTpoqU9goHdAYgfagA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luther-cifers-82a0627

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e58b604d-0c92-489e-8d03-7d0126d07eeb