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Virginia House of Delegates
Delores Riley Oates
House of Delegates — District 31
Republican
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Raw: 34 of 34 dynamic max
· 17 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
30/ 70
🏛️ State First
4/ 30
National Rank
#4,385 of 8,776 · top 50.0% 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: No denomination publicly named; B.A. in Government from Regent University (a Christian university) and bio states she 'volunteers in various churches' — faith markers, not a stated affiliation.
Background: Delores Riley Oates, VA Delegate HD-31 (Warren/Clarke/Frederick, Shenandoah Valley); took office Jan 10, 2024, re-elected Nov 4, 2025. Born in Front Royal; Warren County resident. A.A.S. Lord Fairfax CC; B.A. Government, Regent University (2017). VP at Foxhound Federal / senior technical recruiter. Former Warren County Board of Supervisors (2019–2023).
VA Delegate HD-31 (Shenandoah Valley), sitting since Jan 2024. [2026-06-02 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Uniformly conservative HARD record verified from individual LIS roll-call vote records (her personal Yea/Nay codes, 2025 SessionID 57 + 2026 SessionID 59) plus chief-patron bills and direct statements. CROSS-PARTY CHECK: she did NOT cross over (unlike Tara Durant) — voted NAY on the same-sex-marriage amendment (HJ9 2025, HJ3 2026) and NAY on the reproductive-freedom amendment (HJ1 2025+2026). Pro-life ('human life begins at conception'); chief patron of women's-sports/biological-sex bills (HB1809/HB1242); supports school choice + homeschool tax credits; YEA on National Day of Prayer (SJ59) and religious accommodations (HB131); tax-relief and anti-minimum-wage votes; chief patron of voter-ID tightening (HB2402/HB1213); pro-police and anti-cashless-bail votes; opposed anti-ICE-cooperation bills (HB1441); consistent pro-2A NAY votes on the entire gun-control package. Thin cells (federal overreach, several sub-topics) left null — credit held to documented votes, not inferred from party.
Category Breakdown
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
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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
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
TRUE (+2)[4]
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
TRUE (+2)[4]
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
TRUE (+2)[1]
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 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)
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
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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
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
TRUE (+2)[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)
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)
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
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
TRUE (+2)[1]
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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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delores_Riley_OatesEncyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
deloresfordelegate.com/issues-1Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Direct statement: 'Human life begins at conception'; voted NAY on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (2025 first reference and 2026 second reference). Unclassified
Direct statement: 'Human life begins at conception'; voted NAY on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (2025 first reference and 2026 second reference).
- [2]Direct statement: 'Human life begins at conception'; voted NAY on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (2025 first reference and 2026 second reference). Official
Direct statement: 'Human life begins at conception'; voted NAY on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (2025 first reference and 2026 second reference).
- [3]Voted NAY on HJ9 (2025) / HJ3 (2026), the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment — among the GOP 'no' bloc, did NOT cross over. Official
Voted NAY on HJ9 (2025) / HJ3 (2026), the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment — among the GOP 'no' bloc, did NOT cross over.
- [4]Chief patron of HB1809 (2025)/HB1242 (2026) restricting K-12 and college women's-sports participation to biological sex — affirms immutable biological sex. Official
Chief patron of HB1809 (2025)/HB1242 (2026) restricting K-12 and college women's-sports participation to biological sex — affirms immutable biological sex.
- [5]Chief patron of HB2402 (2025)/HB1213 (2026) tightening voter-ID 'affirmation statement' rules; statement supporting 'common sense voter identification protections.' Official
Chief patron of HB2402 (2025)/HB1213 (2026) tightening voter-ID 'affirmation statement' rules; statement supporting 'common sense voter identification protections.'
- [6]Voted NAY on HB1441/SB783 (2026) restricting local law-enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities; statement opposing sanctuary-city policies and in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. Official
Voted NAY on HB1441/SB783 (2026) restricting local law-enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities; statement opposing sanctuary-city policies and in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants.
- [7]Consistent pro-2A record: voted NAY on assault-weapons/magazine bans (HB1607 2025; HB217 2026), waiting periods, red-flag/substantial-risk orders, and mandatory-storage bills; chief patron of CCW bill HB2414; statement opposing 'liberal gun grabbers.' Official
Consistent pro-2A record: voted NAY on assault-weapons/magazine bans (HB1607 2025; HB217 2026), waiting periods, red-flag/substantial-risk orders, and mandatory-storage bills; chief patron of CCW bill HB2414; statement opposing 'liberal gun grabbers.'
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