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United States House of Representatives
Gerry Connolly
U.S. Representative · (died in office · seat filled by special election)
Democrat
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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✝ God First
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🇺🇸 America First
0/ 40
National Rank
#8,745 of 9,024 · bottom 3.1% 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
Background: Longtime Northern Virginia Democrat; Fairfax County Board of Supervisors chairman before Congress. Ranking member House Oversight. Died in office 2025-05-21.
[2026-07-15 STATUS UPDATE · CID SRC-RC-0715-001 Batch 1] U.S. Rep. Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly (D–VA-11) died 2025-05-21 of esophageal cancer (family statement / Roll Call). Seat vacant until special election 2025-09-09; James Walkinshaw (D) elected and sworn thereafter. Historical RESOLUTE full evidence scoring not reconstructed in this hygiene batch — status/succession record only. Successor active card: james-walkinshaw.
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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FEC / OpenSecrets search found no Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
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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
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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
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
FALSE (0)[1]
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
FALSE (0)[1]
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
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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
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
FALSE (0)[1]
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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Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
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Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
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TrackAIPAC / FEC / OpenSecrets search found no AIPAC, pro-Israel-lobby, or foreign-linked PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
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Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
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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
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Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
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Sources & Evidence
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- [1]Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (sanctity_of_life q0) — vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia HTTP 200 this hop. Virginia Democrats follow the DNC platform. No individual statement found. Unclassified
Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (sanctity_of_life q0) — vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia HTTP 200 this hop. Virginia Democrats follow the DNC platform. No individual statement found.
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