Virginia LCV releases 2025 Conservation Scorecard, ranking lawmakers on key votes on the environment

 

Youngkin again proves to be a barrier to environmental progress

 

For Immediate Release:
Friday, May 9, 2025

Contact:
Lee Francis | Chief Program and Communications Officer
Virginia League of Conservation Voters
(434) 989-3197 | lfrancis@valcv.org

 

RICHMOND – Today, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters released its 2025 Conservation Scorecard, which ranks all 140 members of the legislature based on their votes on key environmental legislation during this year’s General Assembly session.

The full 2025 Scorecard can be viewed and downloaded here.

The 2025 General Assembly saw lawmakers pass more than 50 pro-environmental measures, with very few of these becoming law this year due to an obstructionist Governor who vetoed hundreds of bills this year including measures that would have lowered energy bills, helped secure a clean, affordable energy transition, created good-paying jobs, reduced pollution, and protected clean water from toxic, forever chemicals.

“Rather than do the hard work to ensure we move forward with clean, affordable electricity, responsibly address Virginia’s unsustainable data center growth, and ensure a conservation legacy as most of his recent predecessors have done, our governor chose to play partisan politics and Virginia’s environment suffered,” said Michael Town, executive director of the Virginia League of Conservation Voters. “The legislature by and large did its job this year, passing a number of measures to lower Virginians’ electric bills and secure a healthier environment. It’s time for Virginia to have leadership that will get the job done instead of standing in the way of progress.”

Overall, this year’s Conservation Scorecard ranks lawmakers based on 18 key votes in the House of Delegates and 17 votes in the Senate across a wide array of issue areas, everything from energy and climate to water quality and democracy. This year’s Scorecard reflects deepened partisanship with Democrats in both chambers voting alongside Virginia LCV’s position 100% of the time. The House Republican Caucus averaged 30% with scores ranging from 6% to 59%; Senate Republicans averaged 23% with scores landing between 7% and 40%.

Seventy-two lawmakers, 21 Senators and 51 Delegates, scored a perfect 100-percent score in 2023, earning the designation of “Legislative Hero” for voting alongside Virginia LCV’s position on top conservation priorities every time this year.

Virginia LCV also recognized five lawmakers for their individual leadership this year on different environmental issues. These included Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico) and Delegates Katrina Callsen (D-Charlottesville), Josh Thomas (D-Prince William), Phil Hernandez (D-Norfolk), and Bonita Anthony (D-Norfolk).

 

2025 Legislative Heroes

Senator Lashrecse Aird

Senator Lamont Bagby

Senator Jennifer Boysko

Senator Jennifer Carroll Foy

Senator Creigh Deeds

Senator Adam Ebbin

Senator Barbara Favola

Senator Ghazala Hashmi

Senator Mamie Locke

Senator Louise Lucas

Senator Dave Marsden

Senator Jeremy McPike

Senator Stella Pekarsky

Senator Russet Perry

Senator Danica Roem

Senator Aaron Rouse

Senator Saddam Salim

Senator Kannan Srinivasan

Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell

Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg

Senator Angelia Williams Graves

Delegate Bonita Anthony

Delegate Alex Askew

Delegate Elizabeth Bennett-Parker

Delegate David Bulova

Delegate Katrina Callsen

Delegate Betsy Carr

Delegate Nadarius Clark

Delegate Laura Jane Cohen

Delegate Joshua Cole

Delegate Kelly Convirs-Fowler

Delegate Rae Cousins

Delegate Karrie Delaney

Delegate Michael Feggans

Delegate Debra Gardner

Delegate Jackie Glass

Delegate Cliff Hayes

Delegate Dan Helmer

Delegate Rozia Henson

Delegate Phil Hernandez

Delegate Charniele Herring

Delegate Patrick Hope

Delegate Michael Jones

Delegate Karen Keys-Gamara

Delegate Paul Krizek

Delegate Amy Laufer

Delegate Destiny LeVere Bolling

Delegate Alfonso Lopez

Delegate Michelle Maldonado

Delegate Marty Martinez

Delegate Adele McClure

Delegate Delores McQuinn

Delegate Candi Mundon King

Delegate Cia Price

Delegate Sam Rasoul

Delegate Atoosa Reaser

Delegate David Reid

House Speaker Don Scott

Delegate Holly Siebold

Delegate Briana Sewell

Delegate Irene Shin

Delegate Mark Sickles

Delegate Mark Simon

Delegate Shelly Simonds

Delegate JJ Singh

Delegate Rip Sullivan

Delegate Josh Thomas

Delegate Luke Torian

Delegate Kathy Tran

Delegate Jeion Ward

Delegate Vivian Watts

Delegate Rodney Willett

 

 

About us:
The Virginia League of Conservation Voters serves as the political voice of the state’s conservation community, working to make sure Virginia’s elected officials recognize that our natural heritage is an environmental and economic treasure for all. Virginia LCV works with conservation leaders across Virginia and strives for a conservation majority in state government. We secure good public policies on the state level and hold public officials accountable for their positions on environmental issues. For more information, visit www.valcv.org.

 

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