# Christie Craig

Christie Craig is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 19
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f17d0fd9-266c-4192-af9b-2cf9a621867a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f17d0fd9-266c-4192-af9b-2cf9a621867a (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

63% of Craig’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 130 donors and 597 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 92.1% (95.7%). 100 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 54 bills: 51 reached committee, 31 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 188. 85.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 34 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2094: Commemorating the life and legacy of Captain Donald A. Sharer. (introduced, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2094/
- SR 2093: Celebrating the life of James Ransom Jackson, Jr. (introduced, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2093/
- SR 172: Commending Jared A. Cotton, Ed.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR172/
- SJ 135: Commending Patricia Y. King, M.D. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ135/
- SJ 134: Commending the Hampton Roads Chamber. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ134/
- SJ 105: Celebrating the life of Margaret Peters Stalnaker. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ105/
- SR 49: Commending the Bateman family. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR49/
- SB 659: Solar Interconnection Grant Program; established, report, sunset. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB659/
- SB 654: Virginia militia; officers of certain educational institutions. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB654/
- SB 419: Retirement systems; one additional year creditable service for certain individuals. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB419/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $287.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 63% 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=S118
- Campaign site: https://christienewcraig.com/
- X: https://x.com/NewCraigforVA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristieNewCraigForSenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Christie-New-Craig/pfbid02qVXCqpunp6pPHK2xhTH7bPhMUkDPnuMMGXEGJa5VTRKdSzZkcNaifh4b2A3q9SfSl/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christienewcraig/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christie-craig-4a362127/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f17d0fd9-266c-4192-af9b-2cf9a621867a