DemocratIn office since Nov 2023

Angelia Graves

Virginia State Senator, District 21 since 2023. Next on the ballot in 2027.

Virginia State Senator, District 21

In office
2 yrs
Since 2023
Bills became law
28
71 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
0.1%
Chamber median 0.5%
With party
100%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+56.0
Won 2023
Next election
2027
Nov 2, 2027

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  • General Laws and Technology
  • Local Government
  • Privileges and Elections
  • Rehabilitation and Social Services

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 71 sponsored · 28 became law
BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw
SB 196 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds.
Became law Apr 2026
SB 84 Photo speed monitoring devices, etc.; placement and operation, civil penalty, report.
Became law Apr 2026
SB 173 Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.
Became law Apr 2026
SB 190 Certified student support agencies; DOE to assess impact of developing program for students.
Became law Apr 2026
SB 522 Forest Sustainability Fund; Office of Working Lands Preservation to manage.
Became law Apr 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Graves sits in the Virginia State Senate

Graves is closer to the center than 10% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianGravesMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Mamie Locke, Lashrecse Aird, Lamont Bagby

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:08 PM ET

With Graves’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats100%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills23%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Virginia State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Graves’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Graves was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMargin
2023Virginia State Senate, District 21WonD+56.0
2021Virginia House of Delegates, District 90WonD+29.2

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Graves has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Graves has run against

  • Giovanni G. "Gio" Dolmo (I) · 2023 general, won
  • Sylvia Marie Bryant (R) · 2021 general, won

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Graves

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET