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Curtis Bashaw

U.S. Senate New Jersey (2026 R Candidate · 2024 R nominee · hotelier)
Republican
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
49 / 100 F
Raw: 36 of 74 dynamic max · 37 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First 20/ 60
🇺🇸 America First 16/ 40
National Rank
#4,062 of 8,966 · top 45.3% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
June 9, 2026
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Official Profile

Cape May hotelier (Congress Hall). 2024 R nominee for NJ U.S. Senate (lost to Andy Kim). Openly gay R candidate. Considering 2026 run vs Booker.

Category Breakdown

Sanctity of Life

6/10
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)
1 claim

  1. As the 2024 Republican Senate nominee in New Jersey, Bashaw stated he does not support a national abortion ban and believes reproductive decisions 'are best decided by a woman and her doctor, and not by the federal government' — explicitly rejecting any personhood-from-conception legislative standard.

    Verified 2026-06-03Dispute this claim
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
TRUE (+2)
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
TRUE (+2)

Biblical Marriage

2/10
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)
1 claim

  1. Bashaw is an openly gay man who has been married to his husband for over twenty years and is the first openly gay Republican from New Jersey to seek federal office. He has publicly stated 'I'm a gay married man, I'm pro-choice,' and commented that he is 'far less worried about my rights being taken away by Donald Trump or the Republicans than I am about our businesses being crushed by the Democrats.' He does not oppose same-sex marriage and participates in one, directly rejecting the rubric's one-man-one-woman definition of marriage.

    Verified 2026-07-02Dispute this claim
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
FALSE (0)
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
TRUE (+2)
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
Not yet verified

Family & Child Sovereignty

2/10
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
TRUE (+2)
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

Christian Liberty

2/10
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)
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

Economic Stewardship

2/10
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
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. During his 2024 New Jersey Senate campaign, Bashaw explicitly ran on fiscal discipline and deficit reduction: 'We can't just keep spending and expect to grow...We need to have fiscal discipline and not overspend, and that will help us grow back to prosperity.' As a Wharton-trained hotelier and small-government conservative, his anti-deficit, balanced-budget posture aligns directly with the rubric's economic stewardship standard on government spending restraint.

    Verified 2026-06-15Dispute this claim
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
FALSE (0)

Election Integrity

6/10
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. Bashaw's 2024 Senate campaign platform included a commitment to establishing uniform voter identification laws nationwide, positioning voter ID as a core election security plank and aligning with mainstream Republican election integrity proposals — placing him within the rubric's voter-ID standard.

    Verified 2026-07-02Dispute this claim
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
TRUE (+2)

Border & Immigration

10/10
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. Supports mandatory deportation of non-citizens who commit violent crimes or have terrorist connections, stating: 'anyone convicted of a violent crime or connected to a terrorist organization needs to be deported immediately' — aligning with the rubric's mandatory-deportation criterion.

    Verified 2026-06-03Dispute this claim
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
TRUE (+2)

Self-Defense & 2A

6/10 ✉️ Petition your reps
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
TRUE (+2)

Foreign Policy Restraint

0/10
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
FALSE (0)
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
FALSE (0)

Industry Capture & Sovereignty

0/10
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
FALSE (0)
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
FALSE (0)

Sources & Evidence

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