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#5,816 of 9,024 · bottom 35.5% 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: Jewish (grandson of Holocaust survivors; son of an Israeli father)
Background: VA Delegate, HD-10 (Fairfax County / Fairfax Station); in office since 2020 (old HD-40, to HD-10 since Jan 2024). West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, retired U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel (Iraq/Afghanistan/Korea). House Democratic Caucus Campaigns Chair. Now running for U.S. House in the newly drawn VA-7 (2026 Democratic primary).
VA Delegate HD-10 (Fairfax County); Army veteran (West Point, LTC, ret.); House Dem Caucus Campaigns Chair; running for Congress (VA-7, 2026). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] A leading progressive: CHIEF PATRON of HB217 (2026), the assault-weapons + >15-round-magazine ban now signed into law (Chapter 1106) — his quote: 'weapons similar to those I carried in Iraq and Afghanistan should not be trafficked in our commonwealth.' Multiply Giffords/Brady-endorsed. Co-patron of the reproductive-freedom amendment (HJ1) and the felon voting-rights amendment (HJ2), both headed to the Nov 2026 ballot; Planned Parenthood-endorsed. CORRECTION captured during research: an iVoterGuide-derived snippet suggesting he 'supports school choice' is a misread — he did NOT answer that questionnaire; not scored. DISCIPLINE NOTE: his individual same-sex-marriage roll call could not be confirmed (he is not a patron of the marriage amendment and LIS vote pages are JS-rendered), so biblical_marriage is left null rather than inferred from party. Christian-liberty, federal-overreach, family/child, and immigration cells had no confirmed Helmer-specific vote and are null.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
In his 2024 Democratic primary campaign for Virginia's 10th Congressional District, Helmer named 'expanding access to abortion' as a core policy priority alongside gun control. He has also supported the Virginia Legislature's 2025-2026 effort to enshrine a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom including abortion; the proposed amendment cleared both chambers of the General Assembly and will appear on the 2026 Virginia ballot.
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Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
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
FEC / state campaign-finance search found no abortion-industry PAC contributions for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns (as of the cited search date)
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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)
Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
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
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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
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
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
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) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
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 (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
1 claim
Chief patron of Virginia HB 217 (2026 Regular Session) — the most sweeping assault-firearms ban in Virginia history, signed and enacted May 14, 2026 — which makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, or transfer assault firearms, and bans magazines holding more than 15 rounds. Any person convicted is barred from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for three years. Helmer shepherded the bill through both chambers of the Democrat-controlled General Assembly; it takes effect July 1, 2026.
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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
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
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
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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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/Dan_HelmerEncyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
giffords.org/candidates/dan-helmer/Unclassified
danhelmer.com/Unclassified
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/Unclassified
vademocrats.org/Unclassified
vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structureUnclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Del. Dan Helmer (HD-10) (still listed / not disavowed). Campaign danhelmer.com HTTP 200: 'Standing Up for Reproductive Rights — Creating a constitutional right for every individual in Virginia to access abortion' and 'Championed Abortion Rights – Defending Reproductive Freedom.' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False. Left Advocacy
Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Del. Dan Helmer (HD-10) (still listed / not disavowed). Campaign danhelmer.com HTTP 200: 'Standing Up for Reproductive Rights — Creating a constitutional right for every individual in Virginia to access abortion' and 'Championed Abortion Rights – Defending Reproductive Freedom.' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False.
- [2]Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Del. Dan Helmer (HD-10) (still listed / not disavowed). Campaign danhelmer.com HTTP 200: 'Standing Up for Reproductive Rights — Creating a constitutional right for every individual in Virginia to access abortion' and 'Championed Abortion Rights – Defending Reproductive Freedom.' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False. Unclassified
Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Del. Dan Helmer (HD-10) (still listed / not disavowed). Campaign danhelmer.com HTTP 200: 'Standing Up for Reproductive Rights — Creating a constitutional right for every individual in Virginia to access abortion' and 'Championed Abortion Rights – Defending Reproductive Freedom.' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False.
- [3]Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Del. Dan Helmer (HD-10) (still listed / not disavowed). Campaign danhelmer.com HTTP 200: 'Standing Up for Reproductive Rights — Creating a constitutional right for every individual in Virginia to access abortion' and 'Championed Abortion Rights – Defending Reproductive Freedom.' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False. Center
Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Del. Dan Helmer (HD-10) (still listed / not disavowed). Campaign danhelmer.com HTTP 200: 'Standing Up for Reproductive Rights — Creating a constitutional right for every individual in Virginia to access abortion' and 'Championed Abortion Rights – Defending Reproductive Freedom.' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False.
- [4]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell.
- [5]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell.
- [6]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (biblical_marriage q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell.
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