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Virginia House of Delegates
Andrew Rice
House of Delegates — District 98
Republican
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100
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A
Raw: 48 of 48 dynamic max
· 24 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
40/ 70
🏛️ State First
8/ 30
National Rank
#3,356 of 9,024 · top 37.2% 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: Christian — 'active member of his church community' (denomination not publicly disclosed)
Background: Virginia House of Delegates, HD-98 (Virginia Beach), since March 17, 2026 (won special election with 62.5% over Cheryl Smith to complete late Del. Barry Knight's term). 15+ year career Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney for Virginia Beach; member Fraternal Order of Police; heads the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney Gang Task Force. Pungo resident. Endorsed by Rep. Jen Kiggans (VA-2); Youngkin appointee to the Board of the Department of Juvenile Justice prior to candidacy. Committees: Counties/Cities/Towns; Transportation.
VA Delegate HD-98 (R), sworn in March 17, 2026. [2026-06-02 national-autopilot refinement, state tier] Currency confirmed via WHRO + WAVY + VA House member page H0407. Record is THIN — only ~2.5 months in office, joined the General Assembly after the 2026 regular session was largely complete; no scoreable roll-call record yet. Public_justice cell 0 is HARD TRUE: 15-year prosecutor, FOP member, anti-gang task force lead, campaigned explicitly on backing law enforcement; cells 7.1-7.4 are SOFT-supportive but lack a specific vote/statement. All other cells null per evidence-first rule (no statements located on life, marriage, family, christian liberty, economic stewardship, election integrity, refuse-federal-overreach, border, or self-defense). Religion: generic Christian (denomination not specified). Recommend re-research after the 2027 General Assembly session.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Rice ran and won as a Republican in Virginia Beach's solidly conservative 98th district (62.5% in the March 2026 special election). The Virginia House voted 51-48 on a strict party-line split on HJR 1 — the Right to Reproductive Freedom constitutional amendment — in January 2025, with all Republicans voting no. Rice's Republican candidacy and overwhelming margin in a Virginia Beach district places him firmly in the pro-life wing that unanimously opposed this abortion-expansion measure.
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- VPM — Virginia Public MediaLean Left
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
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Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
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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
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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.)
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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 opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
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Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
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Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
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Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
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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
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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)
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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
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Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
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Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
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A 15-year veteran prosecutor who campaigned on protecting neighborhoods, holding violent criminals accountable, and supporting law enforcement. Virginia Republicans in the 2024-2026 General Assembly sessions unanimously opposed Democratic gun-control bills expanding background checks, locking-device mandates, and firearm restrictions. Rice's Republican Party affiliation and strong margin in a pro-Second-Amendment Virginia Beach coastal district aligns with the rubric's opposition to new firearm purchase restrictions and registries.
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Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
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Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
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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
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Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
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Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
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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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www.justice3d.com/team/andrew-riceUnclassified
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prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdfUnclassified
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