Josh Cole

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1,579 roll-call votes on record - 1,512 yes, 62 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 65 (Virginia) since Jan 2024. house.vga.virginia.gov ↗

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1,579

Roll-call votes on record.

1,579 votes · 1,512 yes · 62 no · 5 not voting. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Apr 22, 2026

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Judiciary1 vote · yes on 1, no on 0

Courts1 vote · yes on 1, no on 0

Elections1 vote · yes on 1, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESVirginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program and Fund; filing of claims.HB 1007 · Apr 22, 2026

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Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 86% of Virginia House of Delegates members

Details

Score−1.21 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.16 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−1.05)

Compared with347 members of Virginia House of Delegates members (1994–2022)

Covers2020–2021

● This person Democrats (164) Republicans (180)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 82% of 2022 Virginia House of Delegates candidates

Details

Score−0.91 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.02 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.89)

Compared with222 members of 2022 Virginia House of Delegates candidates

Covers2018–2022

● This person Democrats (110) Republicans (105) Independents (7)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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