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Former Democratic representative for Virginia’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Luria votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Luria’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Luria votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Luria’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+4.7% | 99.1% | +24.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Luria vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 64.4% | +35.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.3% | +24.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.4% | +25.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.5% | +27.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.8% | +25.2 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.5% | +18.5 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.7% | +28.3 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.8% | +11.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.8% | +22.2 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.1% | +24.9 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.8% | +13.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.5% | +33.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.8% | +39.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.2% | +28.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.2% | +22.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.2% | +28.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.0% | +27.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.7% | +13.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.3% | +30.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.0% | +23.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.6% | +28.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.7% | +30.3 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.6% | +30.4 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.1% | +30.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.8% | +16.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.5% | +31.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.3% | +35.7 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.6% | +27.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.6% | +28.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.6% | +28.4 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.3% | +29.7 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.1% | +30.9 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.9% | +29.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.7% | +32.3 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.5% | +23.5 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.5% | +22.5 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.1% | +26.9 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.2% | +28.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.2% | +8.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.5% | +38.5 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.3% | +34.7 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.6% | +30.4 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.1% | +28.9 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.3% | +30.7 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.1% | +29.9 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.5% | +25.5 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.1% | +26.9 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.3% | +23.7 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.6% | +15.4 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.9% | +25.1 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.7% | +32.3 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.4% | +20.6 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.2% | +23.8 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.7% | +10.3 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.4% | +31.6 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.6% | +29.4 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.5% | +19.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.0% | +30.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.7% | +30.3 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.4% | +29.6 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.2% | +44.8 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.4% | +25.6 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.7% | +26.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.4% | +24.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.9% | +32.1 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.6% | +30.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.1% | +28.9 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.1% | +28.9 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.1% | +28.9 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.7% | +23.3 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.3% | +31.7 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.2% | +26.8 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.6% | +22.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.9% | +18.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.3% | +15.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Elaine Luria's Vote: No | support | No |  | 75.1% | -75.1 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.1% | +47.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.5% | +21.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.5% | +9.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.3% | +31.7 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.0% | +27.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.4% | +20.6 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.0% | +27.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.5% | +21.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.8% | +23.2 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.0% | +28.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.5% | +24.5 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.6% | +25.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.1% | +35.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.1% | +31.9 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.7% | +25.3 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.3% | +24.7 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Elaine Luria's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.3% | +17.7 |
| Average | 99.1% | 74.6% | +24.5 | |||
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