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Virginia State Senate
Bryce Reeves
State Senate — District 28
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
90
/ 100
A
Raw: 38 of 42 dynamic max
· 21 of 49 answered
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
32/ 70
🏛️ State First
6/ 30
National Rank
#3,893 of 9,024 · top 43.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 2027
General · Seat up at next 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: Christian — Baptist; deacon and Bible-study leader at Spotswood Baptist Church, Fredericksburg; Gideons member
Education: Texas A&M University (BS), George Mason University (MPA), U.S. Army War College, Harvard Kennedy School
Birthplace: California
Background: Virginia State Senator, District 28 (Culpeper/Orange/Spotsylvania area); Senate Republican Whip. In the Senate since 2012 (SD-17, now SD-28). U.S. Army Ranger veteran and former narcotics task-force detective; insurance broker. Ran for Lt. Governor (2017) and U.S. House VA-7 (2022); announced then withdrew a 2026 U.S. Senate bid.
VA State Senator, SD-28; Senate Republican Whip; Army Ranger + former narcotics detective; Baptist deacon. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Strongly conservative HARD record; cross-party deviation check CLEARED (not among the 5 named GOP same-sex-marriage-amendment crossovers; NAY on the SJ247 reproductive-freedom amendment). Pro-life: advanced the 2012 HB1 'personhood' bill; self-described '100% pro-life.' Marriage/gender: sponsored SB1203 (2023) 'Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act' banning minor gender-transition procedures; voted against the LGBT hate-crimes expansion SB112 (2018). Family: sponsored SB1199 (parental educational transparency), SB908 (parental fundamental rights). 2A: NO on SB70 (UBC 2020), SB240 (red-flag 2020), HB1083 (safe-storage 2020); A+ NRA, NRA-PVF endorsed. Public justice: founded Virginia's first Veterans Treatment Court, first-responder caucus co-chair. Election-integrity, immigration, federalism, economic, and granular Christian-liberty cells left null — genuine NO EVIDENCE FOUND after multiple searches (recommend a manual VPAP roll-call pass to upgrade).
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
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)
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
TRUE (+2)[1]
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 (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
Not yet verified
1 claim
Campaign website: 'fought to protect our religious liberties and the rights of the unborn' | Voted NO on SJR249 (2025) — marriage equality amendment | Received NRA 'Defender of Freedom Award' | Family Foundation 100% (14/14, 2022-23).
- The Family Foundation of Virginia — Report CardRight Advocacy
- The Family Foundation of Virginia — Report CardRight Advocacy
- The Family Foundation of Virginia — Report CardRight Advocacy
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
TRUE (+2)[6]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
1 Lean Left2 Center11 Right5 Official2 Reference7 Other
www.brycereeves.com/issuesRight Advocacy
brycereeves.com/Right Advocacy
legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB2/2024Reference
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/Right Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/senate-voting-record/Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/voting-recordsRight Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2...Right Advocacy
freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_ReevesEncyclopedia
www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2023/sb1203/Unclassified
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
NRA Political Victory FundRight Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
brycereeves.com/issues/Right Advocacy
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References & footnotes
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- [1]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican Party Platform (leftover sanctity_of_life q1) — RNC: We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF. Late-term opposition is not leftover STATE abolition (heartbeat/total ban). Campaign brycereeves.com/issues HTTP 200 'rights of the unborn' already scored live q0 — not leftover abolition sponsorship (LegiScan HTML not scraped; no invented roll-calls). virginia.gop 2024 RPV statement HTTP 403 this turn — cannot quote as STATE platform; RNC 2024 presidency.ucsb.edu HTTP 200 used (kind+URL+year match). No contradictory leftover-q individual this cell unless noted. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican Party Platform (leftover sanctity_of_life q1) — RNC: We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF. Late-term opposition is not leftover STATE abolition (heartbeat/total ban). Campaign brycereeves.com/issues HTTP 200 'rights of the unborn' already scored live q0 — not leftover abolition sponsorship (LegiScan HTML not scraped; no invented roll-calls). virginia.gop 2024 RPV statement HTTP 403 this turn — cannot quote as STATE platform; RNC 2024 presidency.ucsb.edu HTTP 200 used (kind+URL+year match). No contradictory leftover-q individual this cell unless noted.
- [2]kind: fec_opensecrets_search. Affirmative this turn: FEC.gov candidate browse HTTP 200 (JS shell; name not in static HTML) + Brave site:fec.gov quoted-name 0 leftover Planned Parenthood/NARAL/EMILY's List PAC contribution hits for Bryce Reeves. OpenSecrets HTML search HTTP 403 (Just a moment / challenge) this turn — 403 omit from src. Brave site:opensecrets.org leftover PAC hits unused (wrong-person Terri Sewell / no named leftover PAC dollars). Documented no-hit TRUE on leftover sanctity_of_life q4. No invented PAC contributions. FEC candidate overview H2VA10216 REEVES, BRYCE HTTP 200 JS shell; 2026 VA Senate table also names REEVES, BRYCE challenger — leftover PP/NARAL/EMILY PAC dollars not in Brave quoted-name hits. Official
kind: fec_opensecrets_search. Affirmative this turn: FEC.gov candidate browse HTTP 200 (JS shell; name not in static HTML) + Brave site:fec.gov quoted-name 0 leftover Planned Parenthood/NARAL/EMILY's List PAC contribution hits for Bryce Reeves. OpenSecrets HTML search HTTP 403 (Just a moment / challenge) this turn — 403 omit from src. Brave site:opensecrets.org leftover PAC hits unused (wrong-person Terri Sewell / no named leftover PAC dollars). Documented no-hit TRUE on leftover sanctity_of_life q4. No invented PAC contributions. FEC candidate overview H2VA10216 REEVES, BRYCE HTTP 200 JS shell; 2026 VA Senate table also names REEVES, BRYCE challenger — leftover PP/NARAL/EMILY PAC dollars not in Brave quoted-name hits.
- [3]kind: fec_opensecrets_search. Affirmative this turn: FEC.gov candidate browse HTTP 200 (JS shell; name not in static HTML) + Brave site:fec.gov quoted-name 0 leftover Planned Parenthood/NARAL/EMILY's List PAC contribution hits for Bryce Reeves. OpenSecrets HTML search HTTP 403 (Just a moment / challenge) this turn — 403 omit from src. Brave site:opensecrets.org leftover PAC hits unused (wrong-person Terri Sewell / no named leftover PAC dollars). Documented no-hit TRUE on leftover sanctity_of_life q4. No invented PAC contributions. FEC candidate overview H2VA10216 REEVES, BRYCE HTTP 200 JS shell; 2026 VA Senate table also names REEVES, BRYCE challenger — leftover PP/NARAL/EMILY PAC dollars not in Brave quoted-name hits. Official
kind: fec_opensecrets_search. Affirmative this turn: FEC.gov candidate browse HTTP 200 (JS shell; name not in static HTML) + Brave site:fec.gov quoted-name 0 leftover Planned Parenthood/NARAL/EMILY's List PAC contribution hits for Bryce Reeves. OpenSecrets HTML search HTTP 403 (Just a moment / challenge) this turn — 403 omit from src. Brave site:opensecrets.org leftover PAC hits unused (wrong-person Terri Sewell / no named leftover PAC dollars). Documented no-hit TRUE on leftover sanctity_of_life q4. No invented PAC contributions. FEC candidate overview H2VA10216 REEVES, BRYCE HTTP 200 JS shell; 2026 VA Senate table also names REEVES, BRYCE challenger — leftover PP/NARAL/EMILY PAC dollars not in Brave quoted-name hits.
- [4]kind: individual. Campaign issues HTTP 200: An avid hunter and outdoorsman, Bryce ... will always defend our 2nd Amendment rights. He opposes new gun control measures that infringe on the rights of hunters and law abiding gun owners. Official Senate bio HTTP 200 memberships N.R.A.; Virginia Shooting Sports Association. Leftover self_defense q0 True. Dual-office one slug: sitting SD-28 (named) + 2026 U.S. Senate bid not split. Right Advocacy
kind: individual. Campaign issues HTTP 200: An avid hunter and outdoorsman, Bryce ... will always defend our 2nd Amendment rights. He opposes new gun control measures that infringe on the rights of hunters and law abiding gun owners. Official Senate bio HTTP 200 memberships N.R.A.; Virginia Shooting Sports Association. Leftover self_defense q0 True. Dual-office one slug: sitting SD-28 (named) + 2026 U.S. Senate bid not split.
- [5]kind: individual. Campaign issues HTTP 200: An avid hunter and outdoorsman, Bryce ... will always defend our 2nd Amendment rights. He opposes new gun control measures that infringe on the rights of hunters and law abiding gun owners. Official Senate bio HTTP 200 memberships N.R.A.; Virginia Shooting Sports Association. Leftover self_defense q0 True. Dual-office one slug: sitting SD-28 (named) + 2026 U.S. Senate bid not split. Official
kind: individual. Campaign issues HTTP 200: An avid hunter and outdoorsman, Bryce ... will always defend our 2nd Amendment rights. He opposes new gun control measures that infringe on the rights of hunters and law abiding gun owners. Official Senate bio HTTP 200 memberships N.R.A.; Virginia Shooting Sports Association. Leftover self_defense q0 True. Dual-office one slug: sitting SD-28 (named) + 2026 U.S. Senate bid not split.
- [6]kind: affiliated. Own words, https://brycereeves.com/issues/ fetched 2026-10-07, HTTP 200, section 'Supporting Our Veterans and Law Enforcement': 'Bryce works closely with our Law Enforcement community across the Commonwealth to ensure they have the tools and funds to keep Virginians safe and secure.' Maps to public_justice q0 (backed law enforcement / resources). The word 'defund' is not on the page — not claimed. q1 already true on the card — not restated. q3 and q4 not quoted. Right Advocacy
kind: affiliated. Own words, https://brycereeves.com/issues/ fetched 2026-10-07, HTTP 200, section 'Supporting Our Veterans and Law Enforcement': 'Bryce works closely with our Law Enforcement community across the Commonwealth to ensure they have the tools and funds to keep Virginians safe and secure.' Maps to public_justice q0 (backed law enforcement / resources). The word 'defund' is not on the page — not claimed. q1 already true on the card — not restated. q3 and q4 not quoted.
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