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Virginia House of Delegates
Gretchen Bulova
House of Delegates — District 11
Democrat
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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· 28 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
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🏛️ State First
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National Rank
#5,817 of 9,024 · bottom 35.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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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: Not publicly documented
Background: VA Delegate, HD-11 (City of Fairfax + part of Fairfax County). Sworn in Jan 14, 2026 after winning the Jan 13, 2026 special election (68.8%) to succeed her husband David Bulova (appointed Secretary of Natural & Historic Resources). Career museum/history administrator — Director of the Office of Historic Alexandria since 2019; no prior elected office. B.A. William & Mary; M.A. George Washington University.
VA Delegate HD-11 (City of Fairfax + part of Fairfax County); sworn in Jan 14, 2026 via special election to succeed her husband David Bulova; career museum administrator, no prior elected office. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Short but real 2026-session voting record, confirmed from individual LIS roll calls: YEA on HJ1 (reproductive-freedom amendment, 64-34), YEA on HJ3 (same-sex-marriage amendment, 67-31), YEA on HJ2 (felon voting-rights amendment, 65-33) — all on 01/14/2026 — and YEA on HB217 (assault-weapons + >15-round-magazine ban, 58-34) on 02/05/2026. Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of VA, REPRO Rising VA, and Moms Demand Action. On all four contested culture-war roll calls she voted with the Democratic majority; no cross-party deviation. (ROSTER FIX: she represents the City of Fairfax, not Alexandria, and was never 'Mayor of Alexandria' — she held no prior elective office.) Dimensions with no public record (Christian liberty, family/child, federal overreach, immigration, election-admin specifics) left null, not inferred.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)[1]
1 claim
Voted YES on HJR 1's second passage (64-34, party-line) in the 2026 Virginia General Assembly, placing a constitutional right to reproductive freedom including abortion care on the Nov. 2026 ballot. Bulova was sworn in Jan. 13, 2026, following a special election, and was present for the Jan. 16, 2026 House vote.
- 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
FALSE (0)[2]
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
FEC / state campaign-finance search found no abortion-industry PAC contributions for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns (as of the cited search date)
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)[1]
1 claim
Voted YES on HJ3 (2026), the second passage of the constitutional amendment repealing Virginia's one-man-one-woman marriage definition and requiring the state to recognize marriages without regard to sex or gender — passed the House on a party-line vote Jan. 16, 2026.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
FALSE (0)[2]
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
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
FALSE (0)[2]
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
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
FALSE (0)[2]
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
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
FALSE (0)[1]
1 claim
Voted YES on HB 217 (2026), Virginia's assault-style weapons ban (58-34 party-line, Feb. 5, 2026) prohibiting the sale, manufacture, purchase, and transfer of assault firearms and large-capacity magazines; signed into law by Gov. Spanberger.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
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
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
FALSE (0)[2]
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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Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_BulovaEncyclopedia
www.gretchenbulova.com/endorsementsUnclassified
www.gretchenbulova.com/issuesUnclassified
democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Individual/campaign override. gretchenbulova.com/issues HTTP 200 this hop still listed / not disavowed: Civil Liberties — 'the right to marriage equality, the right to reproductive choice, and the restoration of voting rights. Gretchen supports all of these 100% and will vote to pass them if elected to the House of Delegates.' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False. Unclassified
Individual/campaign override. gretchenbulova.com/issues HTTP 200 this hop still listed / not disavowed: Civil Liberties — 'the right to marriage equality, the right to reproductive choice, and the restoration of voting rights. Gretchen supports all of these 100% and will vote to pass them if elected to the House of Delegates.' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0 False.
- [2]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (sanctity_of_life q1) — leftover STATE fill. No individual leftover-q statement found this hop. DPVA vademocrats.org/your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan download only (no leftover q-text). Source: 2024 Democratic Party Platform (democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop redirected to 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (sanctity_of_life q1) — leftover STATE fill. No individual leftover-q statement found this hop. DPVA vademocrats.org/your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan download only (no leftover q-text). Source: 2024 Democratic Party Platform (democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop redirected to 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf).
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