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City of Hampton
Carolyn Campbell
City Council
Nonpartisan
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100
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A
Raw: 4 of 4 dynamic max
· 2 of 30 answered
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✝ God First
4/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#4,733 of 8,776 · bottom 46.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Religion: Member, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (Hampton) since 1996; served as church council president 2012–2015; Sunday School teacher
Education: Associate's degree, Virginia Peninsula Community College (1984); B.S. Computer Science, Virginia Tech (1986)
Background: Hampton native; Hampton-police-officer's daughter. IT/software career — Newport News Shipbuilding, Wyle Labs, SAIC — before founding Cornerstone Investors Inc. (real-estate investment firm) in 2007. Married John Campbell 1987; two adult sons. Member, Lafayette Gun Club Inc. Civic: Habitat for Humanity volunteer since 1996, Youth Sailing VA, Impact 100 Greater Peninsula, Hampton Yacht Club, Boy Scouts youth leader. Signed up as Officer of Election and joined Hampton's Election Integrity Task Force in 2022 (two years before her first run). Elected At-Large to Hampton City Council Nov 5, 2024 with ~14.81% (3rd of 9 candidates for 3 seats); sworn in Jan 2025; 4-year term ends Dec 31, 2028. Hampton council is officially nonpartisan; Campbell is listed on the Hampton GOP 'Elected Officials' page (hamptongop.org/elected-officials). Campaign self-funded ~74% by spousal loan (~$18k of $24.3k).
1st Term: Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2028. Newly elected.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: At-Large Hampton City Council member, elected Nov 5, 2024 (~14.81%, 3rd of 9 for 3 seats), sworn in Jan 2025, term ends Dec 31, 2028. Hampton council is officially nonpartisan; Campbell is publicly listed on the Hampton GOP 'Elected Officials' page (party-in-practice Republican-aligned). HARD evidence: (1) LONE NO vote on the May 2025 FY26 Hampton budget — she dissented because the 1-cent real-estate-tax-rate cut to $1.14/$100 didn't go far enough; quote: 'we just have to balance that out with what the people can stomach'; campaign platform explicitly opposes 'unnecessary taxes and fees' — economic_stewardship q2 TRUE (fiscal-restraint posture documented by a roll-call dissent in the tax-cutting direction); (2) explicit campaign-platform statement: 'Hampton must support the parents' right to voice their concerns, allow an open forum for suggestions, and ensure parents that their children are safe...' Daughter of a Hampton police officer; platform states 'Carolyn supports the integrity of the police officers to keep law and order' and 'Policing in our community needs to be supported with full staffing and resources'; voted YES on April 2026 Hampton ordinance banning camping/sleeping on public property (5-2 majority), saying 'I know this ordinance is not perfect, but it's a start' — public_justice q0 TRUE (affirmative pro-LE advocacy bar met with explicit platform + family LE tie + roll-call vote on a public-order ordinance). NULL on family_child_sovereignty q1 — her 'parents' right to voice their concerns' is general parental-voice language, NOT the specific parental notification/consent on medical/mental-health/gender interventions the rubric q1 requires (per the FXBG high-bar discipline: vague slogans → null). NULL on self_defense q0/q1 — Lafayette Gun Club membership + 'law-abiding citizens' rights to self-defense' is supportive 2A rhetoric but not specifically constitutional-carry-without-permit and not specifically opposition to red-flag/mag-limit/AWB/registries (no Moms Demand / Gun Sense endorsement either; that would have been a hard FALSE — she has neither). NULL on election_integrity q1/q4 — Election Integrity Task Force membership and Officer of Election service are activist signals but do not map to specific photo-ID-with-citizenship-verification or anti-Zuckerbucks rubric cells without a direct citable statement. NO EVIDENCE FOUND on sanctity_of_life, biblical_marriage (Hampton has an LGBTQ+ liaison page and sponsors Phabulous Phoebus Pride but no Campbell-personal vote/statement on a Pride proclamation or marriage), christian_liberty (active Lutheran church involvement is identity, not a specific public-square Christian-symbols / prayer / Sabbath / conscience-rights statement per the high-bar rule), public_justice q1/q2/q3/q4 (no bail-reform / restitution / public-health-framing / sword-of-state statement), refuse_state_overreach (no Dillon-Rule pushback or state-mandate-resistance vote during tenure located), border_immigration (Hampton formally rejected sanctuary label and cooperates with ICE, but that was Mayor Gray's public statement, not Campbell's). Distinguished from Karolyn Campbell (NC, unrelated) and a separate 'Carolyn C. Campbell' candidate elsewhere.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
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
Not yet verified
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
Not yet verified
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 asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
Not yet verified
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
2 Lean Left3 Official1 Reference7 Other
www.hampton.gov/222/City-CouncilOfficial
hamptongop.org/elected-officialsUnclassified
friendsofcarolyncampbell.com/platform/Unclassified
friendsofcarolyncampbell.com/about/Unclassified
friendsofcarolyncampbell.com/testing-post/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]LONE NO vote on the May 2025 FY26 Hampton budget because the 1-cent real-estate-tax-rate cut to $1.14/$100 didn't go far enough; quote: 'we just have to balance that out with what the people can stomach.' Campaign platform explicitly opposes 'unnecessary taxes and fees' — affirmative fiscal-restraint dissent in the tax-cutting direction. Lean Left
LONE NO vote on the May 2025 FY26 Hampton budget because the 1-cent real-estate-tax-rate cut to $1.14/$100 didn't go far enough; quote: 'we just have to balance that out with what the people can stomach.' Campaign platform explicitly opposes 'unnecessary taxes and fees' — affirmative fiscal-restraint dissent in the tax-cutting direction.
- [2]LONE NO vote on the May 2025 FY26 Hampton budget because the 1-cent real-estate-tax-rate cut to $1.14/$100 didn't go far enough; quote: 'we just have to balance that out with what the people can stomach.' Campaign platform explicitly opposes 'unnecessary taxes and fees' — affirmative fiscal-restraint dissent in the tax-cutting direction. Unclassified
LONE NO vote on the May 2025 FY26 Hampton budget because the 1-cent real-estate-tax-rate cut to $1.14/$100 didn't go far enough; quote: 'we just have to balance that out with what the people can stomach.' Campaign platform explicitly opposes 'unnecessary taxes and fees' — affirmative fiscal-restraint dissent in the tax-cutting direction.
- [3]Daughter of a Hampton police officer; campaign platform: 'Carolyn supports the integrity of the police officers to keep law and order' and 'Policing in our community needs to be supported with full staffing and resources'; voted YES on April 2026 Hampton ordinance banning camping/sleeping on public property (5-2). Affirmative pro-LE advocacy with concrete platform + roll-call vote. Lean Left
Daughter of a Hampton police officer; campaign platform: 'Carolyn supports the integrity of the police officers to keep law and order' and 'Policing in our community needs to be supported with full staffing and resources'; voted YES on April 2026 Hampton ordinance banning camping/sleeping on public property (5-2). Affirmative pro-LE advocacy with concrete platform + roll-call vote.
- [4]Daughter of a Hampton police officer; campaign platform: 'Carolyn supports the integrity of the police officers to keep law and order' and 'Policing in our community needs to be supported with full staffing and resources'; voted YES on April 2026 Hampton ordinance banning camping/sleeping on public property (5-2). Affirmative pro-LE advocacy with concrete platform + roll-call vote. Unclassified
Daughter of a Hampton police officer; campaign platform: 'Carolyn supports the integrity of the police officers to keep law and order' and 'Policing in our community needs to be supported with full staffing and resources'; voted YES on April 2026 Hampton ordinance banning camping/sleeping on public property (5-2). Affirmative pro-LE advocacy with concrete platform + roll-call vote.
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