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Commonwealth of Virginia
Dave Beckwith
U.S. Representative VA-10 (2026 candidate)
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
95
/ 100
A
Raw: 40 of 42 dynamic max
· 21 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
32/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
8/ 40
National Rank
#3,887 of 9,024 · top 43.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 3, 2026
General · Seat up at next election
— until
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
Stub seeded 2026-07-24 for race pages (VA-10). Not evidence-scored.
Candidacy currency 2026-10-03: WON the Republican primary for VA-10 on 2026-08-04 with 13,388 votes (72.55%) and advances to the November 3, 2026 general election. Official certified results, Virginia Department of Elections (100% of units reporting, as of 2026-08-18): https://enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/public/virginia/elections/2026-August-Republican-Primary
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1]
1 claim
Beckwith states 'There is no freedom without life' as a core campaign principle. He supports the overturn of Roe v. Wade and leaving abortion regulation to the states. He fights for the Hyde Amendment — prohibiting federal funding for abortions — and opposes any federal, state, or local funding for Planned Parenthood or other abortion providers. His stated exception is narrow: only where 'clear and irrefutable medical evidence' shows the woman's life is at grave risk AND the fetus is nonviable (e.g. ectopic pregnancy). These documented positions align directly with the rubric's sanctity_of_life[0] standard recognizing human life from conception and opposing public funding for abortion.
- beckwithforcongress.comUnclassified
- iVoterGuideRight Advocacy
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
Not yet verified
FEC / OpenSecrets search found no Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
Not yet verified
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)[1]
1 claim
Beckwith states that 'religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.' He explicitly identifies government officials, progressive activists, educational institutions, and the media as threats to religious freedom and freedom of thought and speech, committing to fight any government or private-party effort to limit First Amendment free exercise rights. This documented commitment to religious freedom as a top-tier legal protection aligns with the rubric's christian_liberty[0] standard rewarding robust free exercise defense.
- iVoterGuideRight Advocacy
- beckwithforcongress.comUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
Not yet verified
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
Not yet verified
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
TRUE (+2)[1]
1 claim
Beckwith supports completing the border wall, fully funding border patrol, and denying federal and state funds to sanctuary jurisdictions — local governments that refuse to cooperate with ICE enforcement. He states that legal immigration 'should be limited to those who follow immigration procedures and protect American communities.' These documented positions — anti-sanctuary, full-enforcement, pro-border-infrastructure — align with the rubric's border_immigration[2] standard that rewards anti-sanctuary and full ICE-cooperation governance.
- beckwithforcongress.comUnclassified
- iVoterGuideRight Advocacy
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
Not yet verified
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
Not yet verified
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
Not yet verified
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
Not yet verified
TrackAIPAC / FEC / OpenSecrets search found no AIPAC, pro-Israel-lobby, or foreign-linked PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
Not yet verified
Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
2 Center1 Right1 Official8 Other
politics1.com/va.htmUnclassified
cardinalnews.org/virginia-voter-guide/Local News
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
ivoterguide.com/candidate/66779/race/6820/election/917Right Advocacy
www.beckwithforcongress.com/key-issuesUnclassified
www.beckwithforcongress.com/meet-daveUnclassified
www.beckwithforcongress.com/Unclassified
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdfUnclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Individual/affiliated override (leftover STATE sanctity_of_life q0). iVoterGuide HTTP 200 this turn (campaign sentence OK): 'There is no freedom without life'; Strongly Agree abortion providers including Planned Parenthood should not receive government funds; Hyde Amendment; unborn dignity in spiritual-beliefs answer. Named office U.S. House VA-10 2026. Ballotpedia HTTP 200 sitting 2026 R nominee after 8/4 primary. Right Advocacy
Individual/affiliated override (leftover STATE sanctity_of_life q0). iVoterGuide HTTP 200 this turn (campaign sentence OK): 'There is no freedom without life'; Strongly Agree abortion providers including Planned Parenthood should not receive government funds; Hyde Amendment; unborn dignity in spiritual-beliefs answer. Named office U.S. House VA-10 2026. Ballotpedia HTTP 200 sitting 2026 R nominee after 8/4 primary.
- [2]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican National Platform (leftover STATE biblical_marriage q0) — VA STATE leftover remainder this turn: virginia.gop/our-party/ HTTP 200 is leadership/Party Plan only (no leftover q-map); virginia.gop statement HTTP 200 endorses the 2024 RNC platform (not an independent leftover q-map). presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform HTTP 200; prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf HTTP 200. On-file leftover STATE map (data/party-platforms.json rnc-2024 state): biblical_marriage True. Individual/affiliated evidence overrides where cited on other leftover cells. No invented roll-calls. Blank > wrong. Named office U.S. Representative VA-10 2026 (Ballotpedia HTTP 200 won 8/4 R primary). Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican National Platform (leftover STATE biblical_marriage q0) — VA STATE leftover remainder this turn: virginia.gop/our-party/ HTTP 200 is leadership/Party Plan only (no leftover q-map); virginia.gop statement HTTP 200 endorses the 2024 RNC platform (not an independent leftover q-map). presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform HTTP 200; prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf HTTP 200. On-file leftover STATE map (data/party-platforms.json rnc-2024 state): biblical_marriage True. Individual/affiliated evidence overrides where cited on other leftover cells. No invented roll-calls. Blank > wrong. Named office U.S. Representative VA-10 2026 (Ballotpedia HTTP 200 won 8/4 R primary).
- [3]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican National Platform (leftover STATE biblical_marriage q0) — VA STATE leftover remainder this turn: virginia.gop/our-party/ HTTP 200 is leadership/Party Plan only (no leftover q-map); virginia.gop statement HTTP 200 endorses the 2024 RNC platform (not an independent leftover q-map). presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform HTTP 200; prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf HTTP 200. On-file leftover STATE map (data/party-platforms.json rnc-2024 state): biblical_marriage True. Individual/affiliated evidence overrides where cited on other leftover cells. No invented roll-calls. Blank > wrong. Named office U.S. Representative VA-10 2026 (Ballotpedia HTTP 200 won 8/4 R primary). Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Republican National Platform (leftover STATE biblical_marriage q0) — VA STATE leftover remainder this turn: virginia.gop/our-party/ HTTP 200 is leadership/Party Plan only (no leftover q-map); virginia.gop statement HTTP 200 endorses the 2024 RNC platform (not an independent leftover q-map). presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform HTTP 200; prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf HTTP 200. On-file leftover STATE map (data/party-platforms.json rnc-2024 state): biblical_marriage True. Individual/affiliated evidence overrides where cited on other leftover cells. No invented roll-calls. Blank > wrong. Named office U.S. Representative VA-10 2026 (Ballotpedia HTTP 200 won 8/4 R primary).
- [4]Individual/affiliated override (leftover STATE family_child_sovereignty q0). Campaign meet-dave HTTP 200: homeschooling all three children; iVoterGuide HTTP 200 HEARTS Lions (Homeschool Athletic League) affiliation — leftover school-choice/homeschool True. Unclassified
Individual/affiliated override (leftover STATE family_child_sovereignty q0). Campaign meet-dave HTTP 200: homeschooling all three children; iVoterGuide HTTP 200 HEARTS Lions (Homeschool Athletic League) affiliation — leftover school-choice/homeschool True.
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