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Virginia House of Delegates
Charniele Herring
House of Delegates — District 4
Democrat
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✝ God First
0/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#4,838 of 8,776 · bottom 44.9% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
June 15, 2027
Primary · Not up at next scheduled election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
Elections office: (804) 864-8901
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Listed simply as 'Christian' (Ballotpedia/VoteSmart); specific denomination not publicly stated.
Background: VA House of Delegates, District 4 (Alexandria + part of Fairfax); House Majority Leader; in the General Assembly since 2009 (formerly HD-46). First African-American woman elected to represent Northern Virginia in the GA. B.A. Economics, George Mason; J.D., Catholic University. Attorney.
VA Delegate HD-4 (Alexandria), House Majority Leader, sitting since 2009. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Chief-patron-level leadership on the two highest-salience culture-war items: CHIEF PATRON of HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment, and floor leader who carried the same-sex-marriage and felon-voting amendments through the House. Planned Parenthood + NARAL endorsed (100% NARAL scorecard). Justice: chief co-patron of death-penalty abolition; author of the automatic record-expungement law; co-sponsor of marijuana legalization. Guns: Giffords-endorsed, led the House on the 2024 assault-weapons ban, defended the Capitol gun ban. NO conservative deviation. Score 0/100. Genuine evidence gaps left null: family/child sovereignty (no school-choice/parental/curriculum vote isolated), Christian liberty, federal overreach, immigration (no Herring-specific recorded vote located), and most economic/election ballot-mechanic cells.
Category Breakdown
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
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)[4]
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
Not yet verified
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)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
Not yet verified
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
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)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
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
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
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)
FALSE (0)[7]
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
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Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
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Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
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Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/Right Advocacy
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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charniele_HerringEncyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
giffords.org/candidates/charniele-herring/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Chief patron of HJ1, the constitutional amendment guaranteeing a 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' (abortion) — does not affirm personhood from conception. Official
Chief patron of HJ1, the constitutional amendment guaranteeing a 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' (abortion) — does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]Chief patron of HJ1, the constitutional amendment guaranteeing a 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' (abortion) — does not affirm personhood from conception. Center
Chief patron of HJ1, the constitutional amendment guaranteeing a 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' (abortion) — does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [3]Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia (2025) and NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia (100% NARAL scorecard) — has accepted abortion-industry backing. Left Advocacy
Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia (2025) and NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia (100% NARAL scorecard) — has accepted abortion-industry backing.
- [4]As Majority Leader, led House Democrats in passing and voted for the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman. Unclassified
As Majority Leader, led House Democrats in passing and voted for the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman.
- [5]Giffords-endorsed ('crucial role passing gun safety bills'); led the House on the 2024 assault-weapons ban and defended the Capitol gun ban — supports assault-weapon and magazine restrictions. Unclassified
Giffords-endorsed ('crucial role passing gun safety bills'); led the House on the 2024 assault-weapons ban and defended the Capitol gun ban — supports assault-weapon and magazine restrictions.
- [6]Giffords-endorsed ('crucial role passing gun safety bills'); led the House on the 2024 assault-weapons ban and defended the Capitol gun ban — supports assault-weapon and magazine restrictions. Unclassified
Giffords-endorsed ('crucial role passing gun safety bills'); led the House on the 2024 assault-weapons ban and defended the Capitol gun ban — supports assault-weapon and magazine restrictions.
- [7]Chief co-patron of death-penalty abolition; author of the automatic record-expungement law; co-sponsor of marijuana legalization — decarceration/leniency orientation. Left Advocacy
Chief co-patron of death-penalty abolition; author of the automatic record-expungement law; co-sponsor of marijuana legalization — decarceration/leniency orientation.
- [8]Chief co-patron of death-penalty abolition; author of the automatic record-expungement law; co-sponsor of marijuana legalization — decarceration/leniency orientation. Unclassified
Chief co-patron of death-penalty abolition; author of the automatic record-expungement law; co-sponsor of marijuana legalization — decarceration/leniency orientation.
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