# Lamont Bagby

Lamont Bagby is a Democratic member of the Virginia Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fa49c701-d235-4f56-b9af-b772dec36d02

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fa49c701-d235-4f56-b9af-b772dec36d02 (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

98% of the 64 bills Bagby sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 40 in the Virginia Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.03), from 199 donors and 1,177 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 99.3% (95.7%). 31 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 64 bills: 64 reached committee, 58 passed one chamber, 45 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 210. 98.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 1 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2051: Commending Croaker's Spot. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2051/
- SR 2040: Commending Kathryn Thweatt Alferio. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2040/
- SJ 243: Commending Riverview Baptist Church. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ243/
- SJ 241: Celebrating the life of King Salim Khalfani. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ241/
- SJ 242: Commending Third Street Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ242/
- SJ 192: Celebrating the life of George Baskerville Lancaster, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ192/
- SJ 199: Commending Pilgrim Baptist Church. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ199/
- SJ 177: Celebrating the life of Barbara Radcliffe Grey. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ177/
- SJ 171: Commending the Boulevard Bridge. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ171/
- SJ 169: Commending the Richmond Free Press. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ169/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $168.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 83% 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=S114
- Campaign site: https://lamontbagby.org/
- X: https://x.com/delegatebagby
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lamont.bagby
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bagbyl/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamont-bagby-8648b327/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fa49c701-d235-4f56-b9af-b772dec36d02