Reach out directly. Your voice matters. Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.
Campaigns on a simplified tax code with fewer brackets and larger standard deductions, paired with curbing government spending — a balanced fiscal posture consistent with the rubric's anti-deficit standard.
Opposes birthright citizenship, calling the 14th Amendment's birthright provision 'a post-Civil War loophole' in a July 2026 public video event — aligning with the rubric's opposition to automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal entrants.
Has stated: 'Our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms is key to the security of freedom and individual liberty. I will defend our rights to citizen self-defense and fight any effort to infringe on that right.' — a direct campaign commitment to unrestricted Second Amendment protection.
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kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican National Platform (leftover STATE sanctity_of_life q0) — On-file confidence party_platform_state. gop.com/platform/ HTTP 200 redirected to about-our-party/ this turn with Learn More to RNC2024-Platform.pdf; presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform HTTP 200 corroborating (seal the border / largest deportation / voter identification + proof of citizenship / paper ballots / keep and bear arms / cut federal funding for CRT and radical gender ideology / keep men out of women's sports / lock up violent offenders). VA STATE leftover remainder: virginia.gop HTTP 403 this turn — no leftover q-map. Individual/affiliated overrides applied only where a cited page names this member. Hide headline number/letter (no 100/A stamp). LegiScan HTML not scraped (403). PAC leftover cells omitted (leftover STATE map has no PAC-hygiene cells; FEC browse SPA-empty / OpenSecrets 403 not-run omit). No invented roll-calls.
Individual/affiliated override (leftover STATE border_immigration). Ballotpedia Bert_Mizusawa HTTP 200 campaign-website block: 'We must keep our borders secure while making legal immigration ... Those who legally immigrate should be prepared to assimilate to the American way of life.' bertforsenate.com HTTP 200 'faith, family, and freedom' is faith+family SOFT — not applied as leftover hard-TRUE beyond this immigration sentence + party_platform. Overrides party_platform remainder for leftover border q1/q2.
Individual/affiliated override (leftover STATE self_defense). Ballotpedia Bert_Mizusawa HTTP 200 quotes campaign website: 'Our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms is key to the security of freedom and individual liberty. I will defend our rights to citizen self-defense and fight any effort to infringe on that right.' bertforsenate.com/issues HTTP 200 this turn is fiscal/military/healthcare/energy — leftover 2A q-text is on the Ballotpedia campaign-website block citing bertforsenate.com. WON 8/4 R U.S. Senate primary (unofficial in packet; Ballotpedia certified 51.5%). Dual-office one slug: 2026 U.S. Senate nominee leftover STATE cells (prior VA-02 2010 primary). Overrides party_platform remainder.
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