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Commonwealth of Virginia

Arthur Purves

U.S. Representative VA-11 (2026 candidate)
Republican
Challenger
Currently running for U.S. House — Virginia District 11. Primary 2026-08-04 · General 2026-11-03. This race → Compare against other candidates →
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100 / 100 A
Raw: 40 of 40 dynamic max · 20 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First 32/ 60
🇺🇸 America First 8/ 40
National Rank
#3,888 of 9,024 · top 43.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Reach out directly. Your voice matters. Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.

Next Election
November 3, 2026
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

Stub seeded 2026-07-24 for race pages (VA-11). Not evidence-scored. Ballot currency 2026-10-03 (MBP-1003-NIGHT r2), official VA Dept of Elections ENR feed for the 2026-11-03 general (asOf 2026-10-02T19:17Z): ON the certified November ballot for VA-11 as Arthur G. Purves (R). Candidacy set to general_candidate; next election 2026-11-03.

Category Breakdown

Sanctity of Life

2/10
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
Not yet verified
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
FEC / OpenSecrets search found no Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
Not yet verified

Biblical Marriage

6/10
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
Not yet verified
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
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
TRUE (+2)[2,3]

Family & Child Sovereignty

10/10
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
TRUE (+2)[2,3]

Christian Liberty

8/10
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)[1]
1 claim

  1. Purves states on his campaign website that 'while the First Amendment prohibits a state church, the Founders expected government to foster Christianity,' and calls for reversing Supreme Court decisions (Engel v. Vitale; Abington School District v. Schempp) that removed the Lord's Prayer, Bible reading, and the Ten Commandments from public schools — arguing those rulings 'resulted in a deterioration of marriage and family' and are a root cause of gun violence and higher taxes.

    Verified 2026-07-28Dispute this claim
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
Not yet verified

Economic Stewardship

0/10
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
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
Not yet verified
1 claim

  1. Purves has served as president of the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance for 29 years — a citizen watchdog organization focused on limiting government spending and tax increases. His 2026 congressional campaign platform prioritizes stopping real estate tax increases that outpace household income and opposing unnecessary government spending programs, a documented multi-decade commitment to fiscal restraint consistent with the rubric's economic_stewardship[2] standard preferring anti-deficit and balanced-budget governance.

    Verified 2026-07-28Dispute 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
Not yet verified
1 claim

  1. Purves explicitly opposes spending 'tax dollars to make the county carbon neutral,' describing such programs as 'unaffordable and unnecessary' on his 2026 campaign platform. This documented rejection of ESG-style government climate mandates that use public funds to impose green energy policy aligns directly with the rubric's economic_stewardship[4] standard opposing WEF/ESG-driven government agendas and the Davos-style corporate-climate consensus.

    Verified 2026-07-28Dispute this claim

Election Integrity

6/10
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
Not yet verified
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
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
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
TRUE (+2)[2,3]

Border & Immigration

4/10
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
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

Self-Defense & 2A

4/10 ✉️ Petition your reps
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
TRUE (+2)[2,3]
1 claim

  1. Purves opposes gun-control legislation on cultural grounds, writing on his campaign website that 'complex gun laws turn law-abiding citizens into inadvertent felons' and that 'Fathers are the best form of gun control, and the Ten Commandments are the only gun control laws that ever worked.' He locates the cause of gun violence in absentee fatherhood and moral decline, not firearms access — rejecting new restrictions as misdiagnosing the problem.

    Verified 2026-07-28Dispute this claim
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
Not yet verified

Foreign Policy Restraint

0/10
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
Not yet verified
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
Not yet verified
TrackAIPAC / FEC / OpenSecrets search found no AIPAC, pro-Israel-lobby, or foreign-linked PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
Not yet verified

Industry Capture & Sovereignty

0/10
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

1 Center1 Official6 Other
politics1.com/va.htmUnclassified
cardinalnews.org/virginia-voter-guide/Local News
cardinalnews.org/2026/05/28/5th-district-will-have-b...Local News
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
www.votepurves.org/Unclassified
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-pa...Unclassified
prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdfUnclassified
enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/public/api/electi...Official

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References & footnotes

Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.

  1. [1]
    Individual override. Campaign votepurves.org HTTP 200 this hop: 'Abortion always takes a life. ... Ninety percent of abortions are performed on healthy mothers with healthy babies. Calling abortion the "Fundamental Right to Reproductive Freedom" is Orwellian. Abortion cancels reproduction. Call legal abortion what it is: "Permission to take a life."' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 True. SoL q1 omitted this hop — same page keeps abortion legal 'for those rare cases' to save the mother's life (blank > leftover q1 True). Unclassified
    votepurves.org · accessed 2026-08-29 · Fetch Wayback archive
    Individual override. Campaign votepurves.org HTTP 200 this hop: 'Abortion always takes a life. ... Ninety percent of abortions are performed on healthy mothers with healthy babies. Calling abortion the "Fundamental Right to Reproductive Freedom" is Orwellian. Abortion cancels reproduction. Call legal abortion what it is: "Permission to take a life."' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 True. SoL q1 omitted this hop — same page keeps abortion legal 'for those rare cases' to save the mother's life (blank > leftover q1 True).
  2. [2]
    kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform HTTP 200 this hop and prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf HTTP 200. gop.com/platform/ HTTP 200 redirected to about-our-party (not platform text). virginia.gop HTTP 403 Cloudflare this hop — not cited. No individual statement found this hop. Unclassified
    presidency.ucsb.edu · accessed 2026-08-29 · Fetch Wayback archive
    kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform HTTP 200 this hop and prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf HTTP 200. gop.com/platform/ HTTP 200 redirected to about-our-party (not platform text). virginia.gop HTTP 403 Cloudflare this hop — not cited. No individual statement found this hop.
  3. [3]
    kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform HTTP 200 this hop and prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf HTTP 200. gop.com/platform/ HTTP 200 redirected to about-our-party (not platform text). virginia.gop HTTP 403 Cloudflare this hop — not cited. No individual statement found this hop. Unclassified
    prod-static.gop.com · accessed 2026-08-29 · Fetch Wayback archive
    kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform HTTP 200 this hop and prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf HTTP 200. gop.com/platform/ HTTP 200 redirected to about-our-party (not platform text). virginia.gop HTTP 403 Cloudflare this hop — not cited. No individual statement found this hop.
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