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Marni von Wilpert
U.S. Representative CA-48 (2026 D general candidate, vs Desmond R · SD City Councilmember District 5)
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
13
/ 100
F
Raw: 4 of 30 dynamic max
· 15 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
0/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
4/ 40
National Rank
#4,904 of 8,966 · bottom 45.3% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 3, 2026
General · Seat up at next election
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-19
Early voting: 2026-10-06 – 2026-11-03 (All-mail state — ballots mailed to every voter)
Elections office: (916) 657-2166
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: California Secretary of State — Elections Division
Official Profile
Religion: NO EVIDENCE FOUND of personal faith identification; co-sponsored a 2026 state ask for $40M security funding for 'religious institutions and nonprofits' (religion-neutral)
Education: Scripps Ranch HS (2001); UC Berkeley BA Peace & Conflict Studies; Fordham Law (JD)
Background: San Diego City Councilmember District 5 since 2020-12-10 (re-elected unopposed 2024); chairs SD Council Public Safety Committee. Prior: SD Deputy City Attorney 2018-2020; NLRB attorney; House Education & Labor staffer for Rep. Bobby Scott; Economic Policy Institute; Peace Corps Botswana (HIV/AIDS). Born 1983 San Diego (Scripps Ranch). Openly LGBTQ+; engaged.
CA-48 (Issa open seat) 2026 D general candidate; advanced from 2026-06-02 top-two primary (D 19.5% / R Desmond 41.4%) to face Jim Desmond (R) on Nov 3 2026. Sitting SD City Councilmember District 5 since Dec 2020. [2026-06-05 evidence-finalize, federal tier] Conventional CA progressive Dem: explicit pro-Roe (federal Roe codification quote), authored 2022 SD Council 'Safe City for Reproductive Freedom' resolution, EMILYs List endorsed → sanctity_of_life FALSE; openly LGBTQ+ (engaged to girlfriend), Victory Fund + Equality CA endorsed, pushes Equality Act → biblical_marriage FALSE; co-authored 2026 SD Council anti-ICE resolution + supports pathways for Afghans/Dreamers → border_immigration FALSE; authored SD 'ENUF Ordinance' ghost-gun ban + Ira Sharp Firearm Dealer Accountability Act, Brady/Giffords/Moms Demand endorsed → self_defense FALSE. CROSS-PARTY DEVIATION (the high-value catch): explicit Article I war-powers stance on Iran ('opposing unilateral military action without congressional approval') + campaign-site bullet 'Oppose Trump's forever wars' → foreign_policy_restraint 0/1 TRUE. Counterweight: DMFI PAC endorsed + AIPAC Tracker logs 'unlimited weapons for Israel' stance + StandWithUs speaker → foreign_policy_restraint 3 FALSE (so the 'restraint' is partisan-selective, not principled isolationism). All other federal cells null pending direct evidence.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)[1]
1 claim
Has stated she 'protected abortion access' as chair of the San Diego City Council's Public Safety Committee; running as a publicly bisexual woman she has said she worries about 'losing my rights to equality under the law' under the Trump administration, signaling commitment to maintaining unrestricted reproductive and LGBTQ rights in federal law.
- emilyslist.orgUnclassified
- qvoicenews.comUnclassified
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
FALSE (0)[3]
1 claim
Endorsed by EMILY's List — the flagship fundraising vehicle for pro-abortion candidates — which calls her 'a champion for reproductive freedom' in the 2026 CA-48 race, placing her inside the abortion-industry endorsement network the rubric identifies as disqualifying.
- emilyslist.orgUnclassified
- emilyslist.orgUnclassified
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
Not yet verified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
Not yet verified
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
Not yet verified
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
Not yet verified
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
Not yet verified
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
Not yet verified
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
FALSE (0)[5]
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
Not yet verified
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
FALSE (0)[6]
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
FALSE (0)[1]
1 claim
As chair of the San Diego City Council's Public Safety Committee, von Wilpert introduced and shepherded the 'Eliminate Non-Serialized Untraceable Firearm' ordinance — banning ghost-gun kit sales in San Diego — and earned the endorsement of San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention (SD4GVP), building a documented record of restricting firearms access directly at odds with the rubric's defense of Second Amendment rights.
- fox5sandiego.comUnclassified
- sd4gvp.orgUnclassified
- kpbs.orgUnclassified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
Not yet verified
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
FALSE (0)[7]
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
TRUE (+2)[8]
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
FALSE (0)[9]
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
Not yet verified
Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
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Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
www.marnivonwilpert.com/Unclassified
www.marnivonwilpert.com/aboutUnclassified
www.marnivonwilpert.com/endorsementsUnclassified
www.eqca.org/von-wilpert-ca-48/Unclassified
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Stated goal: 'restore the rights of Roe v. Wade across this country and make it a national federal law.' Does not affirm personhood from conception. Unclassified
Stated goal: 'restore the rights of Roe v. Wade across this country and make it a national federal law.' Does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]Authored the 2022 SD City Council 'Safe City for Reproductive Freedom' resolution: 'the City of San Diego will not stand for an assault on women's rights.' Active pro-abortion-access posture, not abortion abolition. Unclassified
Authored the 2022 SD City Council 'Safe City for Reproductive Freedom' resolution: 'the City of San Diego will not stand for an assault on women's rights.' Active pro-abortion-access posture, not abortion abolition.
- [3]EMILYs List endorsement (abortion-industry money trigger per rubric). Also self-stated: 'make sure that Planned Parenthoods are funded' (East County Mag). Unclassified
EMILYs List endorsement (abortion-industry money trigger per rubric). Also self-stated: 'make sure that Planned Parenthoods are funded' (East County Mag).
- [4]LGBTQ+ Victory Fund + Equality California endorsements (Victory Fund endorses only out LGBTQ+ candidates committed to LGBTQ-rights advancement); engaged to same-sex partner. Hard evidence of same-sex marriage support. Unclassified
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund + Equality California endorsements (Victory Fund endorses only out LGBTQ+ candidates committed to LGBTQ-rights advancement); engaged to same-sex partner. Hard evidence of same-sex marriage support.
- [5]Co-sponsored and passed 2026-02-02 SD Council resolution opposing ICE enforcement tactics and authorizing the City Attorney to join lawsuits against Trump-admin ICE enforcement. Quote: 'ICE is not law enforcement, it's chaos.' Sanctuary-aligned posture. Unclassified
Co-sponsored and passed 2026-02-02 SD Council resolution opposing ICE enforcement tactics and authorizing the City Attorney to join lawsuits against Trump-admin ICE enforcement. Quote: 'ICE is not law enforcement, it's chaos.' Sanctuary-aligned posture.
- [6]Authored San Diego 'ENUF Ordinance' — California's first municipal ban on untraceable ghost guns. Directly opposed to permitless/constitutional carry frame. Unclassified
Authored San Diego 'ENUF Ordinance' — California's first municipal ban on untraceable ghost guns. Directly opposed to permitless/constitutional carry frame.
- [7]Endorsed by Brady PAC, Giffords PAC, and Moms Demand Action — full gun-control trifecta per rubric (HARD evidence trigger). Unclassified
Endorsed by Brady PAC, Giffords PAC, and Moms Demand Action — full gun-control trifecta per rubric (HARD evidence trigger).
- [8]CROSS-PARTY DEVIATION (partial / Trump-framed): campaign-site bullet 'Oppose Trump's forever wars.' Counterweight in cell 3 — full pro-Israel-arms posture — so the restraint is partisan-selective, not principled isolationism. Unclassified
CROSS-PARTY DEVIATION (partial / Trump-framed): campaign-site bullet 'Oppose Trump's forever wars.' Counterweight in cell 3 — full pro-Israel-arms posture — so the restraint is partisan-selective, not principled isolationism.
- [9]Endorsed by DMFI PAC (Democratic Majority for Israel) and on the StandWithUs speaker list; AIPAC Tracker (@TrackAIPAC) records 'supports unlimited weapons for Israel.' Stated: 'Israel's right to exist as a secure, Jewish democratic state and defend itself from the real threats it faces.' Foreign-government-aligned-PAC support per rubric trigger. Unclassified
Endorsed by DMFI PAC (Democratic Majority for Israel) and on the StandWithUs speaker list; AIPAC Tracker (@TrackAIPAC) records 'supports unlimited weapons for Israel.' Stated: 'Israel's right to exist as a secure, Jewish democratic state and defend itself from the real threats it faces.' Foreign-government-aligned-PAC support per rubric trigger.
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