# Angelia Graves

Angelia Graves is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f747c790-f609-4da1-b125-73f1807e1430

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f747c790-f609-4da1-b125-73f1807e1430 (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

Graves reported $272.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

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

178 classified statements: 178 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Graves | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.9% | 2.4% | 66 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 1.7% | 10.3% | 260 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 6.2% | 42.9% | 318 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.1% | 3.4% | 225 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 5.1% | 16.1% | 262 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 0.8% | 96 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 45% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Agriculture and Food 18% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Commerce 9.1% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%); Crime and Law Enforcement 9.1% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Families 9.1% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.77 (standard error 0.02), from 266 donors and 860 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 99.4% (95.7%). 25 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 72 bills: 71 reached committee, 53 passed one chamber, 34 passed both, 24 became law. Cosponsored 168. 90.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 24 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2092: Commending the Delta Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (introduced, 2026-10-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2092/
- SR 2090: Commending Lindsey Brothers, Inc. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2090/
- SR 83: Commending Bishop C. Vernie Russell, Jr., and Pastor Ronda H. Russell. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR83/
- SJ 115: Commending the NAC Save Our Youth Foundation, Inc. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ115/
- SR 53: Commending the YMCA of South Hampton Roads. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR53/
- SR 45: Commending Envision Lead Grow, Inc. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR45/
- SJ 98: Celebrating the life of Bettie Minette Cooper. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ98/
- SR 40: Celebrating the life of Raymond Rafael Colston. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR40/
- SR 35: Commending Bernard A. Pishko. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR35/
- SB 806: Norfolk, City of; amending charter, conformity with zoning ordinance. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB806/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $272.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% 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.

- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2110523549463331003
- 2026-07-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2074490997854158949
- 2026-05-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2060198392307859571
- 2026-04-22 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2046765702640554254
- 2026-04-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2046577786698052051
- 2026-04-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2045525212775543183
- 2026-03-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2035474752882594278
- 2026-03-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2035475346204598391
- 2026-03-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2034601340773568515
- 2026-03-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/AWGNorfolk/status/2033595161586921888

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S130
- Campaign site: https://angeliawilliamsgraves.com/
- X: https://x.com/AWGNorfolk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/awgnorfolk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AWG_Norfolk/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/homesbyangelia/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f747c790-f609-4da1-b125-73f1807e1430