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Virginia House of Delegates
Charlie Schmidt
House of Delegates — District 77
Democrat
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
12
/ 100
F
Raw: 4 of 34 dynamic max
· 17 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
4/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#4,696 of 9,024 · bottom 48.0% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 2027
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
Religion: NO PUBLIC EVIDENCE FOUND (not documented; not inferred)
Background: VA Delegate, HD-77 (southern City of Richmond + northern Chesterfield); freshman, won a Jan 6 2026 special election 76.5%-23.4% and sworn in Jan 17 2026. Civil-rights attorney; former attorney/advocate with the ACLU of Virginia; union member (SEIU Local 512, United Campus Workers); self-described progressive Democrat.
VA Delegate, HD-77 (Richmond/Chesterfield); freshman seated Jan 17 2026. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] RECORD CAVEAT: Schmidt was sworn in Jan 17, ONE DAY AFTER the Jan 16 second-reference votes on HJ1 (reproductive freedom) and HJ3 (marriage) -- he has NO roll call on either. His scoring therefore rests on HARD documented public-position evidence: his campaign platform (protect reproductive 'shield laws,' support the marriage-equality amendment, protect trans youth, oppose school choice/charters/vouchers, ban assault weapons, prohibit cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement) and his chief-patron bills via Courts of Justice (limit qualified immunity, restrict civil/immigration-warrant enforcement in sensitive locations). Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia publicly welcomed his win. No roll-call or scorecard grade exists yet; cells without a documented position are null. No cross-party deviation -- platform is uniformly aligned with the Democratic caucus.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
1 claim
A progressive Democrat and former staff attorney for the ACLU of Virginia — an organization that has actively litigated to protect abortion access post-Dobbs and filed amicus briefs defending abortion rights in federal court. Schmidt ran without any pro-life platform or commitment; as a member of the VA House Democratic caucus he is aligned with a bloc that voted unanimously for HJR 1 (Right to Reproductive Freedom constitutional amendment) in both the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- BallotpediaCenter
- acluva.orgUnclassified
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
FEC / state campaign-finance search found no abortion-industry PAC contributions for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns (as of the cited search date)
TRUE (+2)[3]
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
1 claim
A former ACLU of Virginia attorney whose organization led landmark litigation in support of same-sex marriage recognition. Schmidt ran as a self-described progressive Democrat with no stated endorsement of one-man-one-woman marriage definitions; the VA House Democratic caucus of which he is a member voted 51-0 for HJR 9 (Marriage Equality constitutional amendment) on 14 January 2025, enshrining same-sex marriage in Virginia's constitution.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- VPM — Virginia Public MediaLean Left
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
Not yet verified
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
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
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
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
Not yet verified
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
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
Not yet verified
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 supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
FALSE (0)[4]
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
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
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 Left1 Center4 Right4 Official4 Reference5 Other
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/Right Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2...Right Advocacy
freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
www.charlie4va.com/Unclassified
democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover sanctity_of_life q2) — DNC IVF access + medication abortion. Campaign charlie4va.com HTTP 200 Support the Proposed Constitutional Amendments ... reproductive rights already live q0/q1 False — not rewritten. VA Democratic Party your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan org doc, not 2024 issue platform; STATE match fails so DNC 2024. No contradictory leftover-q individual this cell unless noted. Individual overrides elsewhere. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover sanctity_of_life q2) — DNC IVF access + medication abortion. Campaign charlie4va.com HTTP 200 Support the Proposed Constitutional Amendments ... reproductive rights already live q0/q1 False — not rewritten. VA Democratic Party your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan org doc, not 2024 issue platform; STATE match fails so DNC 2024. No contradictory leftover-q individual this cell unless noted. Individual overrides elsewhere.
- [2]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover sanctity_of_life q2) — DNC IVF access + medication abortion. Campaign charlie4va.com HTTP 200 Support the Proposed Constitutional Amendments ... reproductive rights already live q0/q1 False — not rewritten. VA Democratic Party your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan org doc, not 2024 issue platform; STATE match fails so DNC 2024. No contradictory leftover-q individual this cell unless noted. Individual overrides elsewhere. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover sanctity_of_life q2) — DNC IVF access + medication abortion. Campaign charlie4va.com HTTP 200 Support the Proposed Constitutional Amendments ... reproductive rights already live q0/q1 False — not rewritten. VA Democratic Party your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan org doc, not 2024 issue platform; STATE match fails so DNC 2024. No contradictory leftover-q individual this cell unless noted. Individual overrides elsewhere.
- [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 Charlie Schmidt Virginia. 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. 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 Charlie Schmidt Virginia. 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.
- [4]Campaign platform pledges to protect reproductive healthcare and enact 'shield laws' for abortion providers -> documented public position contrary to affirming personhood from conception. (Seated Jan 17, missed the Jan 16 HJ1 vote -> position from platform, not roll call.) Unclassified
Campaign platform pledges to protect reproductive healthcare and enact 'shield laws' for abortion providers -> documented public position contrary to affirming personhood from conception. (Seated Jan 17, missed the Jan 16 HJ1 vote -> position from platform, not roll call.)
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