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Commonwealth of Virginia
Abigail Spanberger
Governor (sitting · sworn Jan 17, 2026)
Democrat
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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/ 100
F
Raw: -15 of 56 dynamic max
· 28 of 49 answered
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-15
foreign-influence adjustment
State tier49 of 50 rubric questions apply at this office level — federal-only questions are marked N/A and excluded from the dynamic max. How tier grading works →
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✝ God First
0/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#8,843 of 8,944 · bottom 1.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.
Base score 0/100 → Adjusted -15/100
- CCP-linked / United Front-affiliated donors-15$50,000 from Pin Ni (CCP member, Wanxiang) in two $25,000 installments April + May 2025, supporting Virginia gubernatorial bid. Pin is named in Chinese state media 15 times as 'outstanding Communist Party member.'The CCP operates an explicit United Front Work Department to direct overseas members and proxies — including business executives such as Wanxiang Group's Pin Ni (named CCP member 15 times in Chinese state media) — to cultivate political relationships in the United States. Federal law (52 U.S.C. § 30121) prohibits foreign nationals including CCP members from donating to U.S. campaigns. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented contributions from CCP-member or United Front-affiliated donors as a failure on foreign_policy_restraint/q4 (the foreign-lobby question) AND applies a dollar-bracket adjustment to the total score.
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Next Election
November 6, 2029
General · Not up at next scheduled election
— until
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: Protestant (unspecified) — no specific congregation publicly stated
Education: University of Virginia (BA French Literature), Purdue/GISMA Business School (MBA)
Birthplace: Red Bank, New Jersey
Background: 75th Governor of Virginia (first woman); sworn in Jan 17, 2026. Former US Rep VA-07 (2019–2025, 3 terms; did not seek reelection 2024). Prior career: CIA case officer (counterterrorism); US Postal Inspector. Blue Dog Coalition + New Democrat + Problem Solvers Caucus member in the House.
Net Worth: ~$2 million
Previous Election Opponent: Winsome Earle-Sears (R) in 2025 Governor race
Next Election Year: 2029
X / Twitter: @AbigailSpanworthy
Governor of Virginia (D), sworn Jan 17, 2026 (75th Gov, first woman); won 2025 race ~57% over Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears. [2026-06 overnight refinement, state tier] Progressive on social/cultural issues with centrist-Dem posture on policing and a Blue Dog fiscal record. Heritage Action 5%. Pro-abortion: cosponsored + voted YES (twice) on the federal Women's Health Protection Act; signed SB449 Feb 6 2026 sending VA reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment to Nov 2026 ballot; signed contraceptive-access bills April 2026; endorsed by Planned Parenthood, EMILYs List, Reproductive Freedom for All. Pro-same-sex-marriage: voted YES on Respect for Marriage Act 2022 (twice); signed HB612 marriage-amendment ballot referral; original cosponsor Equality Act; HRC endorsement. Anti-school-choice: campaign platform 'oppose efforts that take public dollars out of public schools'; 'get culture wars out of our schools.' Pro-gun-control: cosponsored + voted YES on Assault Weapons Ban 2022 (HR1808); signed VA SB749/HB217 assault-weapons ban May 14–15 2026. Pro-mass-mail-in voting / opposes SAVE Act citizenship verification. Anti-sanctuary-cooperation: Executive Directive 1 (Feb 4 2026) terminated all VA 287(g) agreements (State Police, DOC, Wildlife Resources, Marine Resources); voted NO on HR2 Secure the Border Act 2023. CROSS-PARTY DEVIATION: famous Nov 2020 caucus-call quote 'No one should say defund the police ever again'; co-led bipartisan Invest to Protect Act for police funding (PolitiFact rated false the GOP claim she backs defunding); Iron Dome funding YES; bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act signed into law.
[2026-07-18 VA sprint] Web re-verified sitting Governor: sworn Jan 17, 2026 (Ballotpedia Governor of Virginia). 2025 general: Spanberger (D) 57.6% / 1,976,857 vs Earle-Sears (R) 42.2% / 1,449,586 (certified VA results via Ballotpedia + ELECT ENR). Website corrected from stale house.gov URL to governor.virginia.gov. Dens remains partial (21/49); no score changes this pass.
[2026-07-18 sprint] HARD: Signed Right to Contraception Act; June 2026 Dobbs anniversary statement defending reproductive rights (governor.virginia.gov). HARD: Signed bill placing Virginia Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment on Nov 3 2026 ballot (Ballotpedia; Planned Parenthood Action 2026-02-06). HARD (prior House): NAY Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act 2023 (clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023192) per Virginia Mercury 2025-09-09. SOFT: Mercury — would veto further abortion restrictions; opposes Youngkin bathroom/pronoun school policies; LGBTQ student rights.
Category Breakdown
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)
Not yet verified
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)
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
FALSE (0)[4]
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)[4]
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
FALSE (0)[4]
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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
Official has resisted federal overreach on guns, life, education, or religious liberty
Not yet verified
Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
Not yet verified
Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
6 Left6 Lean Left4 Center6 Right10 Official3 Other
governor.virginia.govOfficial
Official House PageOfficial
Heritage Action ScorecardRight Advocacy
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/Right Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2...Right Advocacy
freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
Heritage Action ScorecardRight Advocacy
Official House PageOfficial
Official House PageOfficial
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
www.governor.virginia.gov/Official
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
Official House PageOfficial
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
vademocrats.org/Unclassified
democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 this hop still lists Abigail Spanberger for Governor (not disavowed). PPAV May 2025 endorsement: Spanberger 'voted to protect the right to access abortion care' and supports a constitutional amendment to guarantee reproductive freedom. Ballotpedia Abigail_Spanberger HTTP 200: 'I support protecting women’s access to reproductive healthcare, including federal funding to Planned Parenthood.' Dual-office one slug: sitting Governor (prior U.S. House VA-07). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False. Left Advocacy
Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 this hop still lists Abigail Spanberger for Governor (not disavowed). PPAV May 2025 endorsement: Spanberger 'voted to protect the right to access abortion care' and supports a constitutional amendment to guarantee reproductive freedom. Ballotpedia Abigail_Spanberger HTTP 200: 'I support protecting women’s access to reproductive healthcare, including federal funding to Planned Parenthood.' Dual-office one slug: sitting Governor (prior U.S. House VA-07). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False.
- [2]Endorsed and funded by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia and EMILYs List in 2025 governor race. Left Advocacy
Endorsed and funded by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia and EMILYs List in 2025 governor race.
- [3]Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 this hop still lists Abigail Spanberger for Governor (not disavowed). PPAV May 2025 endorsement: Spanberger 'voted to protect the right to access abortion care' and supports a constitutional amendment to guarantee reproductive freedom. Ballotpedia Abigail_Spanberger HTTP 200: 'I support protecting women’s access to reproductive healthcare, including federal funding to Planned Parenthood.' Dual-office one slug: sitting Governor (prior U.S. House VA-07). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False. Left Advocacy
Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 this hop still lists Abigail Spanberger for Governor (not disavowed). PPAV May 2025 endorsement: Spanberger 'voted to protect the right to access abortion care' and supports a constitutional amendment to guarantee reproductive freedom. Ballotpedia Abigail_Spanberger HTTP 200: 'I support protecting women’s access to reproductive healthcare, including federal funding to Planned Parenthood.' Dual-office one slug: sitting Governor (prior U.S. House VA-07). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False.
- [4]Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 this hop still lists Abigail Spanberger for Governor (not disavowed). PPAV May 2025 endorsement: Spanberger 'voted to protect the right to access abortion care' and supports a constitutional amendment to guarantee reproductive freedom. Ballotpedia Abigail_Spanberger HTTP 200: 'I support protecting women’s access to reproductive healthcare, including federal funding to Planned Parenthood.' Dual-office one slug: sitting Governor (prior U.S. House VA-07). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False. Center
Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 this hop still lists Abigail Spanberger for Governor (not disavowed). PPAV May 2025 endorsement: Spanberger 'voted to protect the right to access abortion care' and supports a constitutional amendment to guarantee reproductive freedom. Ballotpedia Abigail_Spanberger HTTP 200: 'I support protecting women’s access to reproductive healthcare, including federal funding to Planned Parenthood.' Dual-office one slug: sitting Governor (prior U.S. House VA-07). Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False.
- [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.
- [7]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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