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Hillary Pugh Kent
Virginia House of Delegates

Hillary Pugh Kent

House of Delegates — District 67
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100 / 100 A
Raw: 14 of 14 dynamic max · 7 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 12/ 70
🏛️ State First 2/ 30
National Rank
#4,598 of 8,776 · bottom 47.6% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
June 15, 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: Lifelong member of Cobham Park Baptist Church, where she serves as a youth group leader
Background: VA Delegate HD-67 (Northern Neck: King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, part of Caroline); incumbent since Jan 2024, re-elected Nov 2025. Businesswoman (VP of family beverage distributor Al Pugh Distributing); Randolph-Macon College + MPA from VCU. Co-founded the Warsaw-Richmond County Main Street Program. Wife and mother of three boys.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Incumbent R with a 2024-2026 record + a documented Virginia Voter Guide questionnaire. HARD/documented: voted NO (GOP bloc) on HJ1 (2026 repro amendment; every R opposed) and on HJ3 (marriage amendment; not among the 3 R crossovers); Voter Guide records her opposing the unrestricted abortion amendment, supporting Born-Alive protection, opposing repeal of parental consent for minors' abortions, opposing the same-sex-marriage amendment, supporting a ban on minor gender-reassignment treatments, and supporting protection of female sports. Supports more education options (school choice) and opposes sexually explicit materials in public schools (Voter Guide). Public justice: campaign priority of 'funding law enforcement' + patroned HB1592 extending State Police retirement benefits to conservation police officers (affirmative pro-LE sponsorship). 2A: VCDL PAC endorsed (its endorsed House candidates 'earned a VERY PRO-GUN grade'). Election integrity, federal overreach, border, economic-specifics: thin/no documented record -> null. q4 sanctity (PP money) left null (no donor data).

Category Breakdown

Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1,2]
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
TRUE (+2)[1,3]
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
TRUE (+2)[1]
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)[1]
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)[1]
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
Not yet verified
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
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 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)[4]
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
TRUE (+2)[5,6]
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. [1]
    Voted NO (with the unanimous R bloc) on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (HJ1); Virginia Voter Guide records her opposing the unrestricted abortion amendment, supporting Born-Alive Infant Protection, and opposing repeal of parental consent for minors' abortions. Unclassified
    vavoterguide.com · accessed 2026-06-02 · Fetch Wayback archive
    Voted NO (with the unanimous R bloc) on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (HJ1); Virginia Voter Guide records her opposing the unrestricted abortion amendment, supporting Born-Alive Infant Protection, and opposing repeal of parental consent for minors' abortions.
  2. [2]
    Voted NO (with the unanimous R bloc) on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (HJ1); Virginia Voter Guide records her opposing the unrestricted abortion amendment, supporting Born-Alive Infant Protection, and opposing repeal of parental consent for minors' abortions. Lean Left
    vpm.org · accessed 2026-06-02 · Fetch Wayback archive
    Voted NO (with the unanimous R bloc) on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (HJ1); Virginia Voter Guide records her opposing the unrestricted abortion amendment, supporting Born-Alive Infant Protection, and opposing repeal of parental consent for minors' abortions.
  3. [3]
    Voted NO on HJ3 (marriage amendment; not among the 3 R crossovers) and the Virginia Voter Guide records her opposing the same-sex-marriage amendment. Center
    Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-06-02 · Fetch Wayback archive
    Voted NO on HJ3 (marriage amendment; not among the 3 R crossovers) and the Virginia Voter Guide records her opposing the same-sex-marriage amendment.
  4. [4]
    Endorsed by the VCDL PAC (which states its endorsed House candidates 'have all earned a VERY PRO-GUN grade'); campaign priority of defending Second Amendment rights. Right Advocacy
    vcdl.org · accessed 2026-06-02 · Fetch Wayback archive
    Endorsed by the VCDL PAC (which states its endorsed House candidates 'have all earned a VERY PRO-GUN grade'); campaign priority of defending Second Amendment rights.
  5. [5]
    Campaign priority of 'funding law enforcement'; patroned HB1592 (2025) extending State Police Officers' Retirement System benefits to DWR conservation police officers — affirmative pro-law-enforcement sponsorship. Unclassified
    hillarypughkentva.com · accessed 2026-06-02 · Fetch Wayback archive
    Campaign priority of 'funding law enforcement'; patroned HB1592 (2025) extending State Police Officers' Retirement System benefits to DWR conservation police officers — affirmative pro-law-enforcement sponsorship.
  6. [6]
    Campaign priority of 'funding law enforcement'; patroned HB1592 (2025) extending State Police Officers' Retirement System benefits to DWR conservation police officers — affirmative pro-law-enforcement sponsorship. Unclassified
    richmondsunlight.com · accessed 2026-06-02 · Fetch Wayback archive
    Campaign priority of 'funding law enforcement'; patroned HB1592 (2025) extending State Police Officers' Retirement System benefits to DWR conservation police officers — affirmative pro-law-enforcement sponsorship.
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