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Virginia State Missed
Votes Scorecard

3%
In Virginia, the average Senate missed 3% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
VA SD-38 R Travis Hackworth
17%
20 115 1
VA SD-27 R Jill Vogel
11%
311 2777 2
VA SD-28 R Richard Stuart
11%
305 2777 3
VA SD-34 D Chap Petersen
6%
176 2777 4
VA SD-40 R Todd Pillion
6%
159 2777 5
VA SD-12 R Siobhan Dunnavant
6%
158 2777 6
VA SD-25 D R. Creigh Deeds
4%
119 2777 7
VA SD-33 D Jennifer Boysko
4%
107 2777 8
VA SD-23 R Stephen Newman
4%
101 2777 9
VA SD-02 D Mamie Locke
4%
100 2777 10
VA SD-11 R Amanda Chase
3%
93 2777 11
VA SD-37 D Dave Marsden
3%
93 2777 11
VA SD-35 D Richard Saslaw
3%
92 2777 13
VA SD-01 D Monty Mason
3%
81 2777 14
VA SD-03 R Thomas Norment
3%
73 2777 15
VA SD-18 D L. Louise Lucas
2%
66 2777 16
VA SD-39 D George Barker
2%
61 2777 17
VA SD-19 R David Suetterlein
2%
61 2777 17
VA SD-17 R Bryce Reeves
2%
44 2777 19
VA SD-22 R Mark Peake
1%
41 2777 20
VA SD-08 R Bill DeSteph
1%
35 2777 21
VA SD-14 R John Cosgrove
1%
34 2777 22
VA SD-29 D Jeremy McPike
1%
28 2777 23
VA SD-05 D Lionell Spruill
1%
28 2777 23
VA SD-20 R William Stanley
1%
28 2777 23
VA SD-06 D Lynwood Lewis
1%
27 2777 26
VA SD-15 R Frank Ruff
1%
27 2777 26
VA SD-09 D Jennifer McClellan
1%
25 2777 28
VA SD-04 R Ryan McDougle
1%
23 2777 29
VA SD-30 D Adam Ebbin
1%
22 2777 30
VA SD-07 R Jennifer Kiggans
1%
19 2777 31
VA SD-26 R Mark Obenshain
1%
19 2777 31
VA SD-16 D Joseph Morrissey
0%
9 2777 33
VA SD-21 D John Edwards
0%
8 2777 34
VA SD-36 D Scott Surovell
0%
7 2777 35
VA SD-24 R Emmett Hanger
0%
5 2777 36
VA SD-13 D John Bell
0%
2 2777 37
VA SD-32 D Janet Howell
0%
2 2777 37
VA SD-31 D Barbara Favola
0%
0 2777 39
VA SD-10 D Ghazala Hashmi
0%
0 2777 39
Methodology

The 2021 Virginia Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – VIRGINIA 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Virginia’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 2,777 votes in the Virginia Senate and 1,517 votes in the Virginia House during the 2021 regular and special legislative sessions. The votes were cast from 1/13/2021 – 8/10/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes procedural votes like dispensing of the reading of a bill and cloture motions.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+). If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, or prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding. 

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