{"title": "Senator", "district": 2, "division_id": "ocd-division/country:us/state:va/sldu:2", "org_classification": "upper"} · state

Mark Obenshain

{"title": "Senator", "district": 2, "division_id": "ocd-division/country:us/state:va/sldu:2", "org_classification": "upper"} since — · re-elected
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Mark Dudley Obenshain is an American attorney and politician. He is currently serving as a member of the Senate of Virginia from Harrisonburg. He is a member of the Republican Party. He took office in 2004. At the 2013 state Republican convention he became the Republican nominee in the 2013 election for Attorney General of Virginia.

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Attendance
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Section · Voting record
20 recent votes
Each vote distinguished: cast / abstained / missed.
Attended
21870/ 22579
Missed
709/ 22579
Abstained
37/ 22579
Attendance
97%
With Party
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Recent votes
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Commending the John Handley High School boys' basketball team.
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2026 Special Session I operating resolution.
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Celebrating the life of the Honorable Marian Van Landingham.
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2026 Special Session I operating resolution.
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Section · Campaign finance
Funding breakdown
Campaign contributions by source type. Data from FEC and state disclosures.
$0.0M
Total raised
Top: Unknown
Individual 100%
Individual
Corporate/PAC
No election data
Section · Committees & bodies
Where they sit
Committee and chamber memberships as recorded by Open States. Ended memberships are shown as ended, never as current.

  • Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resourcesmember · current
  • Commerce and Labormember · current
  • Courts of Justicemember · current
  • Finance and Appropriationsmember · current
  • RepublicanMember · current
  • SenateMember · since 2024-01-10
  • SenateMember · ended 2024-01-08
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About this page

Public records on Mark Obenshain — votes, promises, funding, legal cases. Every datapoint cites its source.

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Editorial note

Algorithmic stance and sentiment models exist but are not displayed on public profiles. Interpretation is attribution; only public-record facts are shown. See our methodology.

Profile · Contact

Contact & Digital Presence

✉ No contact info

Official Contact

Contact information not yet available.
Section · ML signals

Position & sentiment, modelled

Derived from article analysis, vote records, and public statements. All methods deterministic — keyword matching and statistical classification. No LLM inference.
Sentiment forecast

Improving · ↑0.00 over 30d

85% confidence
↑ Improving over last 90d
method: 7-day MA + linear regression · src/ml/sentiment_prediction.rs
Stance · Housing

Neutral

92% confidence
opposedneutralpro
Based on keyword analysis of public statements and voting records. Consistency: 89% across 312 votes.
method: keyword stance scoring · src/ml/stance_classification.rs
Topics discussed most

Housing dominant · 38%

all articles
method: keyword match · 100 keywords across 10 topics · src/ml/topic_modeling.rs
Profile · Staff

Key Staff & Team

Staff directory not yet available for this official.
Profile · Voting History

Complete Voting Record

Every recorded vote with multi-lens analysis — media coverage, public response, and the official record
All VotesYeaNayAbsent0 votes
Voting records are being compiled. Check back soon.
Profile · Endorsements

Endorsements & Support

Endorsements Received

No endorsements recorded yet.

Endorsements Given

No endorsements given yet.
Profile · Stock Act

Stock Trade Disclosures

Mandatory disclosures under the STOCK Act (2012)
No stock trade disclosures on file.
Profile · Lobbying

Lobbying Activity

Lobbying disclosures targeting this official (LDA data)
No lobbying records targeting this official.
Profile · Network

Co-sponsorship Network

Frequently co-sponsors legislation with these colleagues
No co-sponsorship data available.