This week The Roanoke Times published the results of a well known model for ranking our legislators in Richmond from the most liberal to the most conservative. I’m proud to say my Delegate, Dave LaRock, was listed as the most conservative. Delegate Lachrecse Aird is the most liberal. The most conservative state senator is Amanda Chase. The most liberal is Mamie Locke.
Top five most conservative Delegates:
- Dave LaRock
- Nick Freitas
- Todd Gilbert
- Thomas Wright
- Mark Cole
Top five most conservative Senators:
- Amanda Chase
- Mark Obenshain
- Stephen Newman
- David Suetterlein
- Bill DeSeph
On the other side of the aisle, the 5 most liberal delegates are:
- Lachrecse Aird
- Luke Torian
- Marcia Price
- Jerrauld Jones
- Kathy Tran
The top 5 most liberal senators:
- Mamie Locke
- Adam Lebbin
- Ghazala Hashmi
- Jennifer McClellan
- Jennifer Boysko
Rankings for all members of the House of Delegates here, and all of the state Senate here.
Also this week, the Club For Growth announced its Defender of Economic Freedom awards for Virginia state legislators.
“The Club for Growth recognizes elected officials who, on the Foundation’s scorecard, score 90% or better in a given calendar year and maintain lifetime scores of 90% or better as Defenders of Economic Freedom”. The following Virginia state lawmakers won the award:
- Del. Nick Freitas (HD-30) – 100%
- Del. Mark Cole (HD-88) – 99%
- Del. Dave LaRock (HD-33) – 98%
- Del. Todd Gilbert (HD-15) – 97%
- Del. Amanda Batten (HD-96) – 93%
“Virginia has over 60 Republican lawmakers in the state legislature, but only five of those lawmakers are true defenders of economic freedom. It is especially concerning to see that no Republican in the state senate consistently voted to protect economic freedom. Members of the Virginia General Assembly can and should do better if they want to deliver economic growth and freedom to their citizens,” said Club for Growth President David McIntosh.
Key Takeaways on Virginia’s 2021 Economic Scorecard:
Virginia Senate
- Average Republican Score: 69%
- Average Democrat Score: 16%
- Highest-Rated Republican: Sen. David Suetterlein (SD-19) – 89%
- Highest-Rated Democrats: Sen. Jeremy McPike (SD-29) and Sen. Chap Petersen (SD-34) – 28%
- Lowest-Rated Republican: Sen. Jill Vogel (SD-27) – 33%
- Lowest-Rated Democrat: Sen. Mamie Locke (SD-02) – 0%
Virginia House of Delegates
- Average Republican Score: 80%
- Average Democrat Score: 16%
- Highest-Rated Republican: Del. Nick Freitas (HD-30) – 100%
- Highest-Rated Democrats: Del. Hala Ayala (HD-51) and Del. David Bulova (HD-37) – 22%
- Lowest-Rated Republican: Del. James Morefield (HD-03) – 69%
- Lowest-Rated Democrats:
- Del. Lashrecse Arid (HD-63) – 0%
- Del. Mark Levine (HD-45) – 0%
- Del. Jeion Ward (HD-92) – 0%
More details on the Club for Growth Virginia scorecards here.
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“Lowest-Rated Republican: Sen. Jill Vogel (SD-27) – 33%” And let’s not forget it.
Agreed on Vogel. That is not her only misstep Chris.
Notice how your most conservative legislator is incapable of legislating? Larock has a career legislative batting average of about 0.09. Truly abysmal…
That is completely false. Dave is also YOUR conservative legislator. It must gall you to be represented by the most conservative legislator in Richmond.
That is not false at all. In his entire career as a legislator he has only passed 9.6% of the bills he has introduced – a batting average of .096 – maybe you round up. Extra credit: How many of the 42 bills he introduced in the last session did he get passed? Hint: the same number he has gotten passed since the last election cycle. So, yeah. it does gall me that my Conservative representative is incapable of passing ANY legislation whatsoever. He is great at using culture war wedge issue to rev up his base though… gotta hand that to him.
The state legislature is the most liberal it has ever been in history. If the most conservative Delegate wants to pass more legislation, then he’d have to move to the Left with the crowd. I hope he doesn’t budge. Once the next election moves the legislature to the Right, I’m sure his batting average will improve.
You wanna make a friendly wager on that? LaRock has been in a R controlled legislature before and has done no better. His bills are and have always been nothing but red meat for his base and he gas no interest in actually DOING anything. We citizens of his district deserve better.
I did notice how Democrats, Liberals and the misleading media have went after Republican Florida Governor for not implementing a mask mandate but are complete failures in calling out Democrat Governor Northam neither has the Democrat Gubernatorial Nominee called for a mask mandate.
Democrats truly talk out both sides of their mouth just to get elected then fail at every turn in policy.
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Vogel… Both to expand Obamacare votes for the ERA… It’s time for a new state senator.