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Virginia State Senate
Danny Diggs
State Senate — District 24
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
10
/ 100
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Raw: 10 of 16 dynamic max
· 8 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
8/ 70
🏛️ State First
2/ 30
National Rank
#4,543 of 8,957 · bottom 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 / born-again Christian; member of Water's Edge Church
Background: Republican VA State Senator, District 24 (York County, Poquoson, Williamsburg, parts of James City & Newport News); won a 2023 upset over the Democratic incumbent, sworn Jan 2024. Spent 45+ years in Peninsula law enforcement, including ~23 years (~5 terms) as elected Sheriff of York County/Poquoson and a term as President of the Virginia Sheriffs' Association.
VA State Senator, SD-24, sitting since Jan 2024; career sheriff (45+ yrs LE, ~23 yrs York/Poquoson Sheriff). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Solidly conservative record WITH one significant deviation. Pro-life voting: voted NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (both 2025 and 2026), NO on SB1098 (Reproductive & Gender-Affirming Care Act) and on contraception-mandate/abortion-shield bills; ChoiceTracker rates him 'Anti-Choice.' (Disclosure: his STATED personal position favors a 15-week limit with rape/incest/life exceptions, i.e. restrictionist rather than abolitionist — scored against the Durant precedent of consistent pro-life voting = sanctity q0 TRUE.) KEY DEVIATION: voted YES to advance the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment in BOTH the 2025 and 2026 sessions (one of ~5 Senate GOP crossovers) — biblical_marriage q0/q1 FALSE. Strongly supports school choice/vouchers/homeschooling and conscience exemptions for religious business owners (iVoterGuide). Career-defining pro-police record (qualified-immunity support; 'put violent criminals behind bars'; chief-patroned child-protection criminal bills SB55/SB399). NRA- and VCDL-endorsed, opposes new gun restrictions. Federal-overreach and several border/election specifics returned no record (NULL).
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
Diggs stated in his 2023 Senate campaign that he supports Governor Youngkin's 15-week abortion limit with exceptions for rape, incest, and the health of the mother — a position that accepts elective abortion through 15 weeks gestation and retains rape/incest exceptions, falling short of the rubric's personhood-from-conception and no-exception standard for this question.
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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
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
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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
FALSE (0)[2]
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
TRUE (+2)[4]
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)
TRUE (+2)[4]
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
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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
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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)
1 claim
Diggs, a 23-year York County Sheriff and gun owner, ran his 2023 Senate campaign on an explicit Second Amendment platform, pledging that 'the Second Amendment's rights shall not be infringed' and committing to defend those rights against gun-control legislation; as a senator he has voted with the Republican minority against the gun-restriction bills advanced by the Democratic majority in the 2024 and 2025 Virginia General Assembly sessions.
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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
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)
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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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Sources & Evidence
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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
Choice Tracker — Abortion VotesLeft Advocacy
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ivoterguide.com/candidate/75818/race/18911/election/...Right Advocacy
www.diggsforsenate.com/about-1Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Consistent pro-life voting: NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (2025 & 2026), NO on SB1098 and contraception-mandate/abortion-shield bills; ChoiceTracker 'Anti-Choice.' (Stated personal view is a 15-week limit with exceptions — restrictionist, not abolitionist; scored per the Durant consistent-pro-life-voting precedent.) Left Advocacy
Consistent pro-life voting: NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (2025 & 2026), NO on SB1098 and contraception-mandate/abortion-shield bills; ChoiceTracker 'Anti-Choice.' (Stated personal view is a 15-week limit with exceptions — restrictionist, not abolitionist; scored per the Durant consistent-pro-life-voting precedent.)
- [2]Consistent pro-life voting: NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (2025 & 2026), NO on SB1098 and contraception-mandate/abortion-shield bills; ChoiceTracker 'Anti-Choice.' (Stated personal view is a 15-week limit with exceptions — restrictionist, not abolitionist; scored per the Durant consistent-pro-life-voting precedent.) Lean Left
Consistent pro-life voting: NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (2025 & 2026), NO on SB1098 and contraception-mandate/abortion-shield bills; ChoiceTracker 'Anti-Choice.' (Stated personal view is a 15-week limit with exceptions — restrictionist, not abolitionist; scored per the Durant consistent-pro-life-voting precedent.)
- [3]KEY DEVIATION: voted YES to advance the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment in both 2025 and 2026 (one of ~5 Senate GOP crossovers) — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman. Center
KEY DEVIATION: voted YES to advance the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment in both 2025 and 2026 (one of ~5 Senate GOP crossovers) — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman.
- [4]iVoterGuide: strongly supports school choice including vouchers, charter schools, and homeschooling. Right Advocacy
iVoterGuide: strongly supports school choice including vouchers, charter schools, and homeschooling.
- [5]NRA- and VCDL-endorsed; backed a Second Amendment Sanctuary as sheriff; iVoterGuide: opposes restricting gun rights (enforce existing laws rather than add restrictions) — opposes red-flag/magazine/assault-weapon bans. Center
NRA- and VCDL-endorsed; backed a Second Amendment Sanctuary as sheriff; iVoterGuide: opposes restricting gun rights (enforce existing laws rather than add restrictions) — opposes red-flag/magazine/assault-weapon bans.
- [6]Career sheriff (45+ yrs LE, VA Sheriffs' Assoc. president); supports qualified immunity for police and campaigns to 'give police the tools they need' — affirmatively backs law enforcement. Unclassified
Career sheriff (45+ yrs LE, VA Sheriffs' Assoc. president); supports qualified immunity for police and campaigns to 'give police the tools they need' — affirmatively backs law enforcement.
- [7]Career sheriff (45+ yrs LE, VA Sheriffs' Assoc. president); supports qualified immunity for police and campaigns to 'give police the tools they need' — affirmatively backs law enforcement. Official
Career sheriff (45+ yrs LE, VA Sheriffs' Assoc. president); supports qualified immunity for police and campaigns to 'give police the tools they need' — affirmatively backs law enforcement.
- [8]Chief-patroned child-protection criminal bills SB55 and SB399 (barring convicted sex offenders from places they could contact children); platform to 'put violent criminals behind bars' — proportional punishment of evildoers. Reference
Chief-patroned child-protection criminal bills SB55 and SB399 (barring convicted sex offenders from places they could contact children); platform to 'put violent criminals behind bars' — proportional punishment of evildoers.
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