# Jessica Anderson

Jessica Anderson is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 71.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 71
- Serving since: 2026-01-14
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f2a47eb9-0839-48e8-baf2-c2d638bf380b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f2a47eb9-0839-48e8-baf2-c2d638bf380b (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

Anderson sits at −1.34 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.34 (standard error 0.02), from 1,087 donors and 172 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.5% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,056 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 97.8% (96.5%). 17 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 11 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 67. 91.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 26 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 190: Commending the Williamsburg Bray School. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR190/
- HR 195: Commending the First Baptist Church of Williamsburg. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR195/
- HR 184: Commending Gwendolyn Davis-Holley, DDS. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR184/
- HR 161: Commending John Spiak. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR161/
- HR 146: Commending Sarah Ortego. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR146/
- HJ 123: Commending Real People Educating Others. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ123/
- HJ 122: Commending FaithWalkers. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ122/
- HJ 124: Celebrating the life of Edith Marie Kearney Heard. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ124/
- HJ 125: Commending the Virginia Capital Trail. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ125/
- HR 108: Commending John Spiak. (introduced, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR108/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2.8M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 68% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f2a47eb9-0839-48e8-baf2-c2d638bf380b