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United States House of Representatives
Douglas Ollivant
U.S. Representative VA-07 (2026 R Candidate · former NSC Director for Iraq)
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
67
/ 100
D
Raw: 12 of 18 dynamic max
· 9 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
6/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
6/ 40
National Rank
#4,521 of 8,966 · bottom 49.6% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
August 4, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
Elections office: (804) 864-8901
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State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Likely Protestant Christian (Wheaton College undergraduate — evangelical Christian liberal arts; not explicitly self-stated)
Education: Wheaton College (BA); James Madison University; Indiana University (PhD)
Background: Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col.; two combat tours in Iraq; West Point instructor; Director for Iraq at the U.S. National Security Council under both Presidents George W. Bush AND Barack Obama; managing partner of Mantid International (anti-corruption consulting); Senior Fellow at New America Foundation; FPRI senior fellow; contributing editor at War on the Rocks. 2026 R primary candidate for U.S. House VA-07 (Stafford/Spotsylvania/Culpeper); resides in Culpeper County on the Rappahannock with wife Sabrina; 7 children, 2 grandchildren.
X / Twitter: @DouglasOllivant
Campaign Website: https://www.dougforvirginia.com
R primary candidate for U.S. House VA-07 (Stafford/Spotsylvania/Culpeper); retired Army Lt. Col., 2x Iraq combat tours, West Point instructor; Director for Iraq at the NSC under BOTH Bush 43 AND Obama; New America Foundation / FPRI senior fellow; Wheaton College undergrad. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, federal tier — national autopilot] Scored on the social-media + prior-publication protocol. Campaign issues page is conspicuously silent on EVERY social/cultural cell (abortion, marriage, religious liberty, 2A, election integrity, free speech) — those are scored NULL (no inference from party). HARD TRUEs from cited self-statements: 'I support strong enforcement of our immigration laws to stop unlawful entry and deter those who exploit our system' → border_immigration q1; 'Protecting parental rights' and protecting fairness/privacy in girls' sports → family_child_sovereignty q1 + biblical_marriage q2. DOCUMENTED CONSERVATIVE-DIRECTION DEVIATIONS FROM MAGA AMERICA-FIRST scored FALSE on foreign_policy_restraint dimension: as a published national-security expert he has been an outspoken NATO-supportive Atlanticist (e.g., 'Radically Rethinking NATO and European Security,' War on the Rocks 2016) and argued (2023, 'Getting Serious About Security Cooperation') that the U.S. must out-produce Russia/China in weapons transfers to allies — an establishment-hawkish posture that diverges from the rubric's withdrawal-from-foreign-entanglements direction. Campaign frames 'Peace through Strength.' Energy posture is 'all of the above' (small-modular nuclear + natural gas BUT ALSO wind/rooftop solar/hydropower/carbon capture) — softer than MAGA energy line but does not map to the rubric's industry/economic cells. NO AIPAC tracker hit → q3 null. NO EVIDENCE FOUND on CBDC, sound money, balanced-budget, embryonic stem cell, no-fault divorce, age-verification, faith-based adoption, abortion, religious liberty, 2A, election integrity, pharma/Big Ag/raw milk — all null. Promotes local food sourcing + consumer labeling (unusual GOP angle) but does not meet the threshold for industry_capture cells. Flag: an R who served at Obama's NSC + Atlanticist publications = the high-value cross-party catch on the establishment-hawk axis.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
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Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
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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
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
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Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
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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
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Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
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Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
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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 supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
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Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
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Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
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Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
A central campaign plank is 'cutting government spending' and 'promoting a leaner, more efficient government that works for taxpayers' — directly aligned with the rubric's anti-deficit, balanced-budget standard.
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- thecentersquare.comUnclassified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
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Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
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Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
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Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
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Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
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Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
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Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
'Securing the border' is listed as a top campaign priority alongside strengthening the military — consistent with the wall-plus-military posture the rubric requires.
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- Potomac Local NewsLocal News
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
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
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Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
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Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
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Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
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Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
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Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
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1 claim
Ollivant's career record directly contradicts the rubric's Article I war-powers ideal: he served two combat tours in Iraq (authorized by the 2001 AUMF under executive branch direction), advised coalition forces in Afghanistan as a senior military officer and NSC Director for Iraq, and campaigns on 'Peace Through Strength — ensuring America's military remains the strongest in the world to deter adversaries and protect our freedoms' (dougforvirginia.com/issues/). His 21-year Army career and post-military work as managing partner of Mantid International (an international consulting firm) reflect a consistent embrace of executive-led U.S. military power projection rather than the Congressional-authorization-first restraint the rubric supports.
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- dougforvirginia.comUnclassified
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
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1 claim
Career reflects sustained commitment to American military engagement abroad: served as NSC Director for Iraq under both Presidents Bush and Obama; is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI); and founded Mantid International, a consulting firm with active offices in Baghdad and Beirut — squarely counter to the rubric's call to wind down foreign military entanglements.
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
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Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
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Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
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Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
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Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
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Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Ollivant's campaign issues page (dougforvirginia.com/issues/) lists 'Food as a Keystone to Health' as one of his five top priorities: 'Increasing access to healthy and wholesome foods that promote wellness, are minimally processed, and are grown locally when possible.' This explicit preference for local, minimally processed food over industrial food production places him in alignment with the rubric's small-farm and raw-milk/local-food ideal — supporting a food system built around family farms and direct-to-consumer access rather than Big Ag processed-food supply chains.
- dougforvirginia.comUnclassified
- dougforvirginia.comUnclassified
Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
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Sources & Evidence
3 Center8 Other
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
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www.dougforvirginia.com/issues/Unclassified
www.dougforvirginia.com/about/Unclassified
www.newamerica.org/our-people/douglas-ollivant/Unclassified
warontherocks.com/author/douglas-ollivant/Unclassified
douglasollivant.substack.com/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]'Protecting Girls in Sports and Spaces' plank supports keeping girls' sports/private spaces female-only (biological-sex basis), though framed in moderate language. Unclassified
'Protecting Girls in Sports and Spaces' plank supports keeping girls' sports/private spaces female-only (biological-sex basis), though framed in moderate language.
- [2]Campaigns on restoring fiscal responsibility and reducing wasteful spending so Virginians keep more of what they earn — opposes deficit spending (no explicit balanced-budget-amendment statement). Unclassified
Campaigns on restoring fiscal responsibility and reducing wasteful spending so Virginians keep more of what they earn — opposes deficit spending (no explicit balanced-budget-amendment statement).
- [3]Published national-security commentary (e.g., 'Radically Rethinking NATO and European Security' War on the Rocks 2016; 'Getting Serious About Security Cooperation' 2023) argues for sustained NATO commitment and U.S. out-producing Russia/China in weapons transfers to allies — an establishment-Atlanticist posture contrary to withdrawing from foreign entanglements / repealing standing AUMFs. Unclassified
Published national-security commentary (e.g., 'Radically Rethinking NATO and European Security' War on the Rocks 2016; 'Getting Serious About Security Cooperation' 2023) argues for sustained NATO commitment and U.S. out-producing Russia/China in weapons transfers to allies — an establishment-Atlanticist posture contrary to withdrawing from foreign entanglements / repealing standing AUMFs.
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