Carlos J. Clanton

Superward 7 representative. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: Norfolk City Council, Superward 7 (citywide), sworn 1/1/2025; term to 12/31/2028 (NOT on Nov 2026 ballot). Prior service: Norfolk School Board Ward 3 since 7/1/2018, served as Vice Chair and Chair before resigning for council — that school-board record is where most of his scoreable policy footprint lives. HARD adverse evidence on biblical_marriage q2/q4 + family_child_sovereignty q2: as a school-board member, on May 2023 Clanton voted YES on Norfolk Public Schools' adoption of 'Get Real,' a Planned-Parenthood-developed comprehensive sex-ed curriculum for grades 6-10. Per WAVY/WTKR/13NewsNow coverage of the meeting, 'Get Real' content includes 'gender and sexual identity,' homosexuality, lesbianism, masturbation, abortion, condoms; the board passed it 6-1 (only Rodney Jordan dissented). Clanton was quoted on the record: 'I will be voting in support of this.' HARD adverse evidence on family_child_sovereignty q1: on the Youngkin 2023 transgender model policies (parental notification, biological-sex facilities) Clanton said: 'I support each student. I support the value of parental involvement, but at the end of the day as a member of the school board and education, I have to put children first.' That formulation explicitly subordinates parental rights to board judgment — directly adverse to the rubric's parental-notification/consent question. HARD positive public_justice q0 evidence: campaign-priorities page explicitly says 'Fully fund the Norfolk Police Department to ensure adequate resources'; he was also endorsed by Norfolk Sheriff Joe Baron — affirmative campaign-platform advocacy + sheriff endorsement clears the high bar. HARD adverse self_defense evidence: Moms Demand Action 'Gun Sense Candidate' designation in 2018, 2022, AND 2024 — MDA designates only candidates who have demonstrated they 'will support stronger gun laws' (per skill: an endorsement by a single-issue group is HARD evidence on that issue's cells). NO EVIDENCE FOUND on sanctity of life (no abortion stance separate from the curriculum vote), biblical_marriage q0 (no marriage-definition statement separate from the curriculum), family_child_sovereignty q0 (no school-choice position; he is a public-school-funding voice but has not explicitly opposed choice — left null), christian_liberty (any cell — Baptist choir membership is identity, not a policy stance), economic_stewardship q2 (no BBA/deficit framing — 'lower property tax rates by increasing revenue through economic development' is conventional municipal language), election_integrity (any cell), public_justice q1/q2/q3/q4, refuse_state_overreach (the 'children first' framing on Youngkin policy cuts AGAINST the rubric's conservative-local-control intent and is already used on family_child_sovereignty q1; the cell about local control against unconstitutional state mandates is generally about resisting LIBERAL state mandates and Clanton has not done that — left null), border_immigration (any cell). Counter-archetype context: faith-active Baptist + Sheriff Baron endorsement + 'Fully fund NPD' — yet voted YES on the Planned-Parenthood-authored sex-ed curriculum and triple-MDA Gun Sense designee. The school-board record dominates the cultural cells.