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Virginia State Senate
Glen Sturtevant
State Senate — District 12
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
18
/ 100
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Raw: 18 of 18 dynamic max
· 9 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
14/ 70
🏛️ State First
4/ 30
National Rank
#4,331 of 8,972 · top 48.3% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 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 publicly documented denomination (B.A. from The Catholic University of America is an education credential, not a stated church affiliation — not inferred)
Education: Law degree, University of Virginia
Background: VA State Senator for SD-12 (Colonial Heights + parts of Chesterfield County, Richmond suburbs); attorney and former prosecutor (Rawls Law Group). Served the old SD-10 2016-2020, lost in 2019, returned to the Senate in 2024 after winning the 2023 primary and general. He and his wife are raising four adopted children.
VA State Senator, SD-12 (returned to the Senate 2024; prior service 2016-2020). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Consistent Christian-conservative record. Life: self-described '100% pro-life,' graded F by ReproRising 2025, opposed the reproductive-freedom amendment with the GOP bloc. Marriage (VERIFIED, the key cell): voted NO on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (Senate 26-13, 01/16/2026) — the ONLY 5 Republican crossovers were DeSteph, Diggs, Durant, Jordan, and Suetterlein; Sturtevant was in the 13-member NO bloc, did NOT cross. Family: backs school choice ('money follows the child') and sponsored parental content-opt-out legislation. Elections: supports restoring photo voter ID. Immigration: restrictionist; sponsored an ICE-transfer bill for incarcerated persons. Guns: opposed the 2026 mandatory safe-storage bill and argued to repeal the red-flag law. ONE DOCUMENTED RECORD DEVIATION (noted, not scored): voted FOR red-flag legislation in 2019 but now favors repeal — his current position is opposition, which is what's scored. Cells with no public evidence (christian liberty, federal overreach, CBDC/ESG, death-penalty, a numeric Giffords grade) are left null, NOT scored from party.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
Introduced SB548 (2025 session), which would have required that born-alive infants — babies who survive an attempted abortion — receive the same medical treatment and care as any other live-born child, with criminal penalties for non-compliance. The Democrat-controlled Senate killed the bill in committee. Sturtevant publicly declared the Democrats' competing abortion constitutional amendment 'the most extreme abortion amendment in the nation' because it bars the state from regulating abortion in any way.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- osvnews.comUnclassified
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Voted NO on SJ247 (January 2025), the constitutional amendment to embed an unlimited 'right to reproductive freedom' in Virginia's constitution with no exceptions for gestational limits, parental consent, or health regulations. Sturtevant warned the amendment 'would protect' human traffickers and adults who impregnate minors by preventing prosecution if the victim obtains an abortion in Virginia.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- osvnews.comUnclassified
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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)
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
TRUE (+2)[5]
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
TRUE (+2)[6]
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
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)
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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
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
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
TRUE (+2)[5]
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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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)
TRUE (+2)[7]
1 claim
Voted NO on SB749 (2026), the Democrat-sponsored assault-firearms ban banning sale and purchase of 'assault firearms' and magazines over 15 rounds. Sturtevant joined all 18 other Senate Republicans in opposing the bill; the NRA and Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) both opposed the measure as unconstitutional.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- gunowners.orgUnclassified
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
Not yet verified
Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
Not yet verified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Self-described '100% pro-life' who 'has voted against every bill that does not uphold the right to life for the unborn'; graded F by ReproRising 2025 and opposed the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment. Unclassified
Self-described '100% pro-life' who 'has voted against every bill that does not uphold the right to life for the unborn'; graded F by ReproRising 2025 and opposed the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment.
- [2]Self-described '100% pro-life' who 'has voted against every bill that does not uphold the right to life for the unborn'; graded F by ReproRising 2025 and opposed the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment. Left Advocacy
Self-described '100% pro-life' who 'has voted against every bill that does not uphold the right to life for the unborn'; graded F by ReproRising 2025 and opposed the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment.
- [3]Voted NO on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (Senate 26-13, 01/16/2026); the only 5 GOP crossovers were DeSteph/Diggs/Durant/Jordan/Suetterlein — Sturtevant was in the NO bloc, affirming one-man/one-woman marriage. Local News
Voted NO on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (Senate 26-13, 01/16/2026); the only 5 GOP crossovers were DeSteph/Diggs/Durant/Jordan/Suetterlein — Sturtevant was in the NO bloc, affirming one-man/one-woman marriage.
- [4]Voted NO on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (Senate 26-13, 01/16/2026); the only 5 GOP crossovers were DeSteph/Diggs/Durant/Jordan/Suetterlein — Sturtevant was in the NO bloc, affirming one-man/one-woman marriage. Lean Left
Voted NO on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (Senate 26-13, 01/16/2026); the only 5 GOP crossovers were DeSteph/Diggs/Durant/Jordan/Suetterlein — Sturtevant was in the NO bloc, affirming one-man/one-woman marriage.
- [5]Backs school choice — per-pupil funding should follow the child to the parents' chosen school. Unclassified
Backs school choice — per-pupil funding should follow the child to the parents' chosen school.
- [6]Sponsored parental-rights legislation letting parents opt children out of certain educational content. Unclassified
Sponsored parental-rights legislation letting parents opt children out of certain educational content.
- [7]Opposed the 2026 mandatory safe-storage bill and argued to repeal Virginia's red-flag (substantial-risk order) law on due-process grounds. Lean Left
Opposed the 2026 mandatory safe-storage bill and argued to repeal Virginia's red-flag (substantial-risk order) law on due-process grounds.
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