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Virginia State Senate
Aaron Rouse
State Senate — District 22
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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F
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· 28 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
0/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#5,800 of 9,024 · bottom 35.7% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 2027
General · Seat up at next election
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
State elections office: (804) 864-8901
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: No specific denomination publicly documented; biographical faith reference only (grandfather's rule to 'keep God first')
Education: Virginia Tech
Background: Democratic VA State Senator, District 22 (Virginia Beach); won a Jan 2023 special election, re-elected Nov 2023. Former Virginia Beach City Council member and NFL safety (Virginia Tech; Packers/Giants/Cardinals). Chairs the Senate Privileges & Elections Committee. Ran for Lieutenant Governor in 2025 and lost the June 2025 Democratic primary; retains his Senate seat.
VA State Senator, SD-22 (Virginia Beach), sitting since the Jan 2023 special election. Chairs Senate Privileges & Elections. Lost the June 2025 Democratic LG primary; remains the sitting senator. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Uniformly progressive HARD record. Graded A+/'Champion' by ReproRising; voted for the reproductive-freedom amendment (SJ247) and publicly calls himself 'the deciding vote to protect reproductive freedom.' Voted the Democratic line for the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (SJ249). Public-education advocate who opposes school-choice 'diversion' ('focused on ensuring every child can learn and thrive in public schools'); founder of the Rouse's House nonprofit for low-income public-school students. As P&E chair, opposed Youngkin's voter-roll/SAVE-citizenship-verification Executive Order 53 as 'voter suppression … disguised as election integrity' and said fraud is 'virtually nonexistent.' Giffords-endorsed; self-described 'common-sense gun safety' legislator; recorded with the 21-vote Democratic bloc on the 2026 assault-weapons ban (SB749). No conservative deviations (his skill-games bill SB661 was an intra-party gambling matter, vetoed by Gov. Spanberger). Dimensions with no public record (christian liberty, economic-stewardship cells, federal overreach, border, trans/school specifics) left NULL.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
Won a 2023 special election explicitly as 'the deciding vote to protect reproductive freedom in Virginia'; states he 'will not compromise when it comes to protecting abortion rights,' voted for the Right to Contraception Act, and supports keeping abortion decisions entirely outside legislative reach — rejecting any personhood-from-conception standard.
- rouseforsenate.comUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
FEC / state campaign-finance search found no abortion-industry PAC contributions for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns (as of the cited search date)
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
Not yet verified
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
1 claim
Supported gun-safety legislation including firearm storage requirements and expanded background checks; publicly cited the 2019 Virginia Beach mass shooting as personal motivation for enacting new firearm restrictions, and stated he worked 'alongside colleagues to pass common-sense gun safety legislation.'
- rouseforsenate.comUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
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Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
Not yet verified
Official has declined unconstitutional federal mandates or federal strings on the state
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Official has resisted federal overreach on guns, life, education, or religious liberty
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Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
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Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
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Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/Right Advocacy
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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
giffords.org/candidates/aaron-rouse-2/Unclassified
rouseforvirginia.com/Unclassified
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
vademocrats.org/Unclassified
vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure/Unclassified
democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Graded A+/'Champion' by ReproRising; publicly claims credit as 'the deciding vote to protect reproductive freedom' and voted for the Right to Contraception Act — does not affirm personhood from conception. Center
Graded A+/'Champion' by ReproRising; publicly claims credit as 'the deciding vote to protect reproductive freedom' and voted for the Right to Contraception Act — does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]Individual/affiliated override. Ballotpedia Aaron_Rouse HTTP 200 this hop quotes Rouse campaign: 'I believe in protecting reproductive freedom in Virginia... I will fight relentlessly to pass a constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom in Virginia’s Constitution and protects abortion access.' PPAV 2023 endorsement list still published / not disavowed names Aaron Rouse (SD-22). PPAV Dec 2022 special-election endorsement of Rouse still listed (Rouse: 'I will ensure these dangerous bans never become law'). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False. Left Advocacy
Individual/affiliated override. Ballotpedia Aaron_Rouse HTTP 200 this hop quotes Rouse campaign: 'I believe in protecting reproductive freedom in Virginia... I will fight relentlessly to pass a constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom in Virginia’s Constitution and protects abortion access.' PPAV 2023 endorsement list still published / not disavowed names Aaron Rouse (SD-22). PPAV Dec 2022 special-election endorsement of Rouse still listed (Rouse: 'I will ensure these dangerous bans never become law'). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False.
- [3]Individual/affiliated override. Ballotpedia Aaron_Rouse HTTP 200 this hop quotes Rouse campaign: 'I believe in protecting reproductive freedom in Virginia... I will fight relentlessly to pass a constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom in Virginia’s Constitution and protects abortion access.' PPAV 2023 endorsement list still published / not disavowed names Aaron Rouse (SD-22). PPAV Dec 2022 special-election endorsement of Rouse still listed (Rouse: 'I will ensure these dangerous bans never become law'). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False. Left Advocacy
Individual/affiliated override. Ballotpedia Aaron_Rouse HTTP 200 this hop quotes Rouse campaign: 'I believe in protecting reproductive freedom in Virginia... I will fight relentlessly to pass a constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom in Virginia’s Constitution and protects abortion access.' PPAV 2023 endorsement list still published / not disavowed names Aaron Rouse (SD-22). PPAV Dec 2022 special-election endorsement of Rouse still listed (Rouse: 'I will ensure these dangerous bans never become law'). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False.
- [4]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure/ HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem leftover plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. No individual statement found this hop. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure/ HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem leftover plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. No individual statement found this hop.
- [5]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure/ HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem leftover plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. No individual statement found this hop. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure/ HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem leftover plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. No individual statement found this hop.
- [6]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure/ HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem leftover plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. No individual statement found this hop. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure/ HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem leftover plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. No individual statement found this hop.
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