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Virginia State Senate

Chris Head

State Senate — District 3
Republican
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
14 / 100 —
Raw: 14 of 14 dynamic max · 7 of 49 answered
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✝ God First 10/ 70
🏛️ State First 4/ 30
National Rank
#4,420 of 8,957 · top 49.3% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 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: Baptist — member and deacon, Bonsack Baptist Church (Roanoke)
Background: VA Senate District 3 since Jan 2024 (House of Delegates HD-17, 2012-2024). Small-business owner (in-home senior care franchise). Self-describes as 'stalwart defender of the unborn' and 'protector of the Second Amendment.'
VA State Senator, SD-3 (R), since Jan 2024 (prior Delegate 2012-2024). [2026-06 overnight refinement, state tier] Conservative record: NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (party-line); NO on the same-sex-marriage amendment (not a crossover) and, as a Delegate, chaired the 2022 House subcommittee that blocked a same-sex-marriage amendment; opposed the 2020 photo-voter-ID repeal (floor quote); NRA-endorsed + high VCDL rating, sponsored pro-gun bills and in the GOP bloc against the 2020 assault-weapons ban. Several dimensions returned no individually-cited vote — left null.

Category Breakdown

Sanctity of Life — State abortion law & funding

2/10
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1]
1 claim

  1. A Baptist deacon (Bonsack Baptist Church, Roanoke) and small-business owner who has described himself as a 'stalwart defender of the unborn' throughout his 12 years in the Virginia House of Delegates (2012-2024) and continuing in the State Senate; consistently votes against abortion-expanding legislation and opposed Virginia's reproductive freedom constitutional amendments.

    Verified 2026-06-23Dispute this claim
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
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
Not yet verified

Biblical Marriage — State family law

4/10
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
TRUE (+2)[1]
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

Family & Child Sovereignty — State parental rights

2/10
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. As a member of the Virginia Senate Education and Health Committee, Head has consistently backed parental rights legislation in the Commonwealth. During the 2024 session, the committee considered SB 37 ('Sage's Law'), which would have required school principals to notify parents if a student expressed gender incongruence and to obtain parental permission before implementing any school-based gender transition plan. Head, as a Republican committee member, voted in the minority in favor of the bill when the Democrat majority voted 9-6 to kill it. His continued committee service in the 2025-2026 sessions reflects ongoing advocacy for parental rights in public education.

    Verified 2026-07-21Dispute this claim
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

Christian Liberty — State religious-exemption code

0/10
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

Economic Stewardship — State budget & taxation

0/10
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

Election Integrity — State election law

2/10
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)[2]
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

Border & Immigration — State enforcement cooperation

0/10
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

Self-Defense & 2A — State firearm law

4/10 ✉️ Petition your reps
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. Sponsored legislation to establish uniform statewide firearms ordinances by clarifying their applicability to properties located across multiple localities — a measure aimed at preventing local jurisdictions from creating a patchwork of contradictory gun ordinances that create legal traps for law-abiding concealed-carry permit holders traveling across jurisdiction lines. This statewide preemption approach strengthens consistent carry rights for Virginians and aligns with constitutional carry principles by subordinating local gun restrictions to uniform state standards.

    Verified 2026-07-21Dispute this claim
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
TRUE (+2)[3]
1 claim

  1. Publicly identifies as 'pro-second amendment' and has consistently voted against gun-control measures introduced by Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly; cited Second Amendment protection as a core legislative priority when campaigning for the Senate seat in 2023.

    Verified 2026-06-23Dispute this claim
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

Public Justice — State courts & corrections

0/10
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
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

Refuse Federal Overreach

0/10
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

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irp.cdn-website.com/e9819c27/files/uploaded/gavr-202...Hosted File
freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
senatorchrishead.com/about/Unclassified
cardinalnews.org/2026/01/16/state-senate-passes-four...Local News
www.whsv.com/content/news/House-Democrats-vote-to-re...Unclassified
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References & footnotes

Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.

  1. [1]
    NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (party-line); self-describes as 'stalwart defender of the unborn.' Local News
    Cardinal News · accessed 2026-06-01 · Fetch Wayback archive
    NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (party-line); self-describes as 'stalwart defender of the unborn.'
  2. [2]
    Opposed the 2020 repeal of Virginia's photo voter-ID requirement (floor quote on ballot integrity). Unclassified
    WHSV · accessed 2026-06-01 · Fetch Wayback archive
    Opposed the 2020 repeal of Virginia's photo voter-ID requirement (floor quote on ballot integrity).
  3. [3]
    NRA-endorsed + high VCDL rating; sponsored pro-gun bills; in the GOP bloc opposing the assault-weapons ban. Unclassified
    senatorchrishead.com · accessed 2026-06-01 · Fetch Wayback archive
    NRA-endorsed + high VCDL rating; sponsored pro-gun bills; in the GOP bloc opposing the assault-weapons ban.
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