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Virginia House of Delegates
Cliff Hayes Jr.
House of Delegates — District 91
Democrat
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✝ God First
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🏛️ State First
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National Rank
#4,884 of 8,776 · bottom 44.3% 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: Baptist; past member and trustee of Mount Zion Baptist Church (Chesapeake) — per his campaign bio
Background: Democratic Delegate for District 91 (Chesapeake); in the House since Jan 2017 (HD-77 2017-2024, HD-91 since 2024); former Chesapeake City Council member. IT executive (former CIO roles); chairs the Communications, Technology & Innovation Committee and an Appropriations subcommittee.
VA Delegate, HD-91 (Chesapeake); IT executive; in the House since 2017; 99% Democratic-caucus voting unity (VPAP). [2026-06-02 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Despite a faith-oriented reputation, his floor record is uniformly progressive with no documented caucus deviation. HARD: voted YES on HJ1 (reproductive-freedom amendment) and HB6 (contraception) with a ReproRising A+ 'Champion' grade; voted YES on HJ3 (same-sex-marriage amendment, confirmed by name in the roll call); voted to expand absentee/provisional-ballot cure (SB582) and felon re-enfranchisement (HJ2); cast consistent criminal-justice-leniency votes (HB246/HB489/HB172/HB247/HB933); voted YES on HB650 prohibiting ICE arrests at courthouses/schools (a sanctuary-type protection); Giffords-endorsed and credited with leading the 2020 secure-storage law and a 72-hour gun-purchase waiting period. The 'moderate/faith' framing rests on persona and committee portfolio, not dissenting votes. School-choice/curriculum, conscience, economic-rubric, and 10th-Amendment cells left NULL (no clean-fit roll call; an HJ440 book-removal STUDY vote was too procedural to score).
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
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Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
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Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
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Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
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Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
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Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
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Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
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Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
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Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
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Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
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Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
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Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
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Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
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Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
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Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
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Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
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Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
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Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
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Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
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Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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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
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Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
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Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
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Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
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Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
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Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
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Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
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Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
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Official has declined unconstitutional federal mandates or federal strings on the state
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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
www.vcdl.org/Right Advocacy
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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Hayes_Jr.Encyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
www.cliffhayes.com/bioUnclassified
www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2026/hj3/291443/Unclassified
giffords.org/candidates/cliff-hayes-2/Unclassified
legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB650/2026Reference
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Voted YES on HJ1 (reproductive-freedom amendment, House 64-34, 2026); ReproRising 2025 grade A+ 'Champion'. Does not affirm personhood from conception. Reference
Voted YES on HJ1 (reproductive-freedom amendment, House 64-34, 2026); ReproRising 2025 grade A+ 'Champion'. Does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]Voted YES on HJ1 (reproductive-freedom amendment, House 64-34, 2026); ReproRising 2025 grade A+ 'Champion'. Does not affirm personhood from conception. Left Advocacy
Voted YES on HJ1 (reproductive-freedom amendment, House 64-34, 2026); ReproRising 2025 grade A+ 'Champion'. Does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [3]Voted YES on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (House 67-31, 2026) — confirmed by name in the roll-call 'Yes' list. Unclassified
Voted YES on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (House 67-31, 2026) — confirmed by name in the roll-call 'Yes' list.
- [4]Voted YES on HB650 (2026) prohibiting federal immigration (ICE) arrests at courthouses, polling places, schools and hospitals — a sanctuary-type protection. Reference
Voted YES on HB650 (2026) prohibiting federal immigration (ICE) arrests at courthouses, polling places, schools and hospitals — a sanctuary-type protection.
- [5]Giffords-endorsed; credited with leading the 2020 secure-firearm-storage law and a 72-hour gun-purchase waiting period, plus the 2025-26 gun-control slate (assault-firearms ban, red-flag SROs, industry liability). Unclassified
Giffords-endorsed; credited with leading the 2020 secure-firearm-storage law and a 72-hour gun-purchase waiting period, plus the 2025-26 gun-control slate (assault-firearms ban, red-flag SROs, industry liability).
- [6]Giffords-endorsed; credited with leading the 2020 secure-firearm-storage law and a 72-hour gun-purchase waiting period, plus the 2025-26 gun-control slate (assault-firearms ban, red-flag SROs, industry liability). Reference
Giffords-endorsed; credited with leading the 2020 secure-firearm-storage law and a 72-hour gun-purchase waiting period, plus the 2025-26 gun-control slate (assault-firearms ban, red-flag SROs, industry liability).
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