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Virginia House of Delegates
Don Scott
Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates (District 88)
Democrat
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
11
/ 100
F
Raw: 4 of 38 dynamic max
· 19 of 49 answered
State tier49 of 50 rubric questions apply at this office level — federal-only questions are marked N/A and excluded from the dynamic max. How tier grading works →
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✝ God First
4/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#4,697 of 9,024 · bottom 47.9% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Call804-698-1088Send MessageOfficial PageEmaildeldscott@house.virginia.govX / Twitter@SpeakerDonScott
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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: Episcopalian (per Ballotpedia profile aggregation; not a first-person statement)
Education: Texas A&M University (BS Agricultural Education), LSU (JD)
Birthplace: Houston, Texas
Background: Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and Delegate for District 88 (Portsmouth); in the House since 2020, elected Speaker Jan 2024 (first Black Speaker in Virginia history), re-elected Speaker after the 2025 Democratic majority. Portsmouth trial attorney and Navy veteran (LSU Law 1994).
X / Twitter: @SpeakerDonScott
VA House Speaker, HD-88 (Portsmouth); attorney, Navy veteran. [2026-06-02 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Progressive leadership record. As Speaker he presides and customarily does not cast floor votes, so the HARD evidence here is his public advocacy + the measures his majority advanced: publicly championed HJ1 (reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment, House 64-34, 01/2025) and named 'marriage equality' a top priority while HJ9 (same-sex-marriage amendment) passed 58-35 under his leadership; backed Gov. Spanberger's order ending state-police ICE cooperation; Giffords-endorsed and credited with championing the assault-weapons ban, universal background checks, one-handgun-a-month, and red-flag laws. School-choice/parental-rights, conscience, election-mechanics, and 10th-Amendment cells left NULL — no Scott-specific roll call or statement found (Speaker-abstention convention makes individual votes sparse).
sheriff-roy correction 2026-08-16: Speaker. HJR1 reproductive-freedom amendment. Life-abolition cell was blank; marriage cells already filled.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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As Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, presided over and championed passage of HJ1 (2026 Regular Session) placing a 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' constitutional amendment on Virginia's November 2026 ballot. The measure — approved 64-34 on a straight party-line vote — allows unrestricted abortion through the second trimester and broad health-ground exceptions in the third, explicitly rejecting any personhood-from-conception standard.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- BallotpediaCenter
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
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
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1 claim
Under Scott's speakership the Virginia House advanced HJ9 (2026 session) placing a constitutional amendment to enshrine same-sex and interracial marriage on the November 2026 ballot, effectively repealing the state's existing one-man-one-woman marriage definition. The measure advanced on party-line votes.
- BallotpediaCenter
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
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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
FALSE (0)[5]
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
FALSE (0)[5]
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
FALSE (0)[5]
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
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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
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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
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
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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
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
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 (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
Under Scott's speakership, the Democratic-controlled House passed a sweeping gun-control package in February 2026 over solid Republican opposition, including assault-weapon restrictions, expanded universal background-check requirements, magazine-capacity limits, and red-flag law enhancements — directly opposing the rubric's defense of unrestricted Second Amendment rights.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
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
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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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ivoterguide.com/candidate/58182/race/18990/election/...Right Advocacy
www.philscottva.com/meet-phil/Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
freedomindex.us/legislator/11584Right Advocacy
thefreedomindex.org/va/legislator/22995/Right Advocacy
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/Right Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/house-of-delegates-v...Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/voting-recordsRight Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2...Right Advocacy
freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
www.bbtrial.com/attorneys/don-scottUnclassified
bluevirginia.us/2025/01/133427/Unclassified
giffords.org/candidates/don-scott/Unclassified
www.donscott.com/aboutUnclassified
www.donscott.com/Unclassified
www.vavoterguide.com/candidate/don-scott/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: laws that limit access to fertility treatments like IVF; defending access to abortion including medication abortion. Not leftover opposition to embryonic research / IVF embryo discard. Individual overrides where present. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover sanctity_of_life q2) — DNC: laws that limit access to fertility treatments like IVF; defending access to abortion including medication abortion. Not leftover opposition to embryonic research / IVF embryo discard. Individual overrides where present.
- [2]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover sanctity_of_life q2) — DNC: laws that limit access to fertility treatments like IVF; defending access to abortion including medication abortion. Not leftover opposition to embryonic research / IVF embryo discard. Individual overrides where present. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover sanctity_of_life q2) — DNC: laws that limit access to fertility treatments like IVF; defending access to abortion including medication abortion. Not leftover opposition to embryonic research / IVF embryo discard. Individual overrides where present.
- [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 Don Scott. OpenSecrets HTML search HTTP 403 (Just a moment / challenge) this turn — 403 omit from src. Brave site:opensecrets.org quoted-name 0 leftover PAC/foreign-lobby hits. 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 Don Scott. OpenSecrets HTML search HTTP 403 (Just a moment / challenge) this turn — 403 omit from src. Brave site:opensecrets.org quoted-name 0 leftover PAC/foreign-lobby hits. Documented no-hit TRUE on leftover sanctity_of_life q4. No invented PAC contributions.
- [4]kind: individual. Campaign about page HTTP 200 still lists: progress toward securing constitutional amendments protecting abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and voting rights for returning citizens. VA Voter Guide still listed Q6 Transgender/Same-sex Marriage Amendment S3; Q9 O3; Q10 O3. Leftover biblical_marriage q2 False. Individual overrides platform. Endorsements still listed: LGBTQ+ Dems of Virginia, REPRO Rising, Planned Parenthood. Unclassified
kind: individual. Campaign about page HTTP 200 still lists: progress toward securing constitutional amendments protecting abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and voting rights for returning citizens. VA Voter Guide still listed Q6 Transgender/Same-sex Marriage Amendment S3; Q9 O3; Q10 O3. Leftover biblical_marriage q2 False. Individual overrides platform. Endorsements still listed: LGBTQ+ Dems of Virginia, REPRO Rising, Planned Parenthood.
- [5]kind: individual. Campaign about page HTTP 200 still lists: progress toward securing constitutional amendments protecting abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and voting rights for returning citizens. VA Voter Guide still listed Q6 Transgender/Same-sex Marriage Amendment S3; Q9 O3; Q10 O3. Leftover biblical_marriage q2 False. Individual overrides platform. Endorsements still listed: LGBTQ+ Dems of Virginia, REPRO Rising, Planned Parenthood. Unclassified
kind: individual. Campaign about page HTTP 200 still lists: progress toward securing constitutional amendments protecting abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and voting rights for returning citizens. VA Voter Guide still listed Q6 Transgender/Same-sex Marriage Amendment S3; Q9 O3; Q10 O3. Leftover biblical_marriage q2 False. Individual overrides platform. Endorsements still listed: LGBTQ+ Dems of Virginia, REPRO Rising, Planned Parenthood.
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