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Virginia State Senate
Creigh Deeds
State Senate — District 11
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
14
/ 100
F
Raw: 4 of 28 dynamic max
· 14 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
4/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#4,684 of 9,024 · bottom 48.1% 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: Presbyterian (member, Presbyterian Church)
Education: Concord College (BA, 1980), Wake Forest University School of Law (JD, 1984)
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia (raised in Bath County)
Background: VA State Senator since 2001 (House of Delegates 1992-2001); attorney, former Bath County Commonwealth's Attorney; 2005 AG nominee and 2009 Democratic gubernatorial nominee. SD-11 is a sprawling central/western VA district (Bath, Alleghany, Charlottesville/Albemarle area) after redistricting from the old SD-25. Virginia's leading mental-health-reform legislator following his son's 2013 death.
X / Twitter: @CreighDeeds
VA State Senator, SD-11 (sitting since 2001). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Long-tenured mainstream Senate Democrat. Pro-abortion-rights HARD record: named 2023 'Reproductive Freedom Champion' by ReproRising (formerly NARAL), endorsed by the group, in the Democratic majority advancing the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247/HJ1). Marriage: in the majority advancing the same-sex-marriage amendment (2025 & 2026 references) and publicly opposed Youngkin's transgender-student model policy. Opposed school choice/ESAs ('nonstarter… defund public schools') and voter ID (urged a 2012 veto). Economic: backs the $15 minimum wage. Public justice: sponsored bail reform (SB1266) and voted to abolish the death penalty (2021). Guns: sponsored an assault-weapons ban (SB1382), backed universal background checks/safe-storage; GIFFORDS-endorsed. CROSS-CURRENT (historical, noted not scored): in 2009 voted against in-state tuition/benefits for undocumented immigrants and for English-as-official-language — restrictionist votes atypical of his caucus, but 2009-era and not mapping to the current border cells. Several amendment roll-call lines are party-line-majority inferences (VPAP blocked automated read) but his alignment is independently corroborated by HARD endorsements/statements. No conservative deviations on the scored cells.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
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
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
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
Not yet verified
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
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
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
1 claim
Deeds introduced legislation in the Virginia Senate to make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any civilian to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an 'assault firearm' — one of the most sweeping anti-gun proposals in the Virginia legislature — reflecting his consistent record of opposing constitutional carry and civilian firearm ownership.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
Not yet verified
1 claim
Following the 2022 University of Virginia campus shooting, Deeds introduced SB 272 in successive sessions (2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026) to prohibit firearms in state-owned buildings including public university campuses, narrowing carry exemptions to only approved institutional activities; the bill has passed both chambers each session and is awaiting final action in 2026, representing an ongoing effort to restrict lawful carry rights.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
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
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Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
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giffords.org/candidates/creigh-deeds/Unclassified
vademocrats.org/your-party/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 + abortion access. Live q0/q1 already False (ReproRising). senatordeeds.com/priorities fetch empty this turn — unused. 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 + abortion access. Live q0/q1 already False (ReproRising). senatordeeds.com/priorities fetch empty this turn — unused. 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 + abortion access. Live q0/q1 already False (ReproRising). senatordeeds.com/priorities fetch empty this turn — unused. 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 + abortion access. Live q0/q1 already False (ReproRising). senatordeeds.com/priorities fetch empty this turn — unused. 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 Creigh Deeds. 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 Creigh Deeds. 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]Sponsored an assault-weapons ban (SB1382) and backed universal background checks/safe-storage; GIFFORDS-endorsed — supports red-flag/magazine/assault-weapon restrictions. Unclassified
Sponsored an assault-weapons ban (SB1382) and backed universal background checks/safe-storage; GIFFORDS-endorsed — supports red-flag/magazine/assault-weapon restrictions.
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