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United States House of Representatives
Jen Kiggans
U.S. House — District 2
Republican
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
38
/ 100
F
Raw: 10 of 26 dynamic max
· 13 of 50 answered
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-10
foreign-influence adjustment
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
14/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
6/ 40
National Rank
#4,552 of 8,957 · bottom 49.2% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.
Base score 20/100 → Adjusted 10/100
- AIPAC / pro-Israel-lobby contributions-10TrackAIPAC career-total report shows $68,871 from AIPAC and pro-Israel-lobby PACs.AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures targeting U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented AIPAC contributions as a failure on foreign_policy_restraint/q4 (the foreign-lobby question) AND applies a dollar-bracket adjustment to the total score.
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📍 Local district offices (3)
Onley, VA · 757-666-6020 · 25020 Shore Parkway, 1B 23418
Suffolk, VA · 757-942-6050 · 130 S. Saratoga Street 23434
Virginia Beach, VA · 757-364-7650 · 283 Constitution Drive, Suite 900 23462
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Next Election
November 3, 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
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Christian (denomination not publicly specified)
Education: U.S. Naval Academy (BS), Old Dominion University (MSN)
Birthplace: Virginia
Background: U.S. Representative, VA-02 (Virginia Beach/Norfolk); elected 2022, serving in the 119th Congress and seeking reelection 2026. Navy helicopter pilot veteran; geriatric nurse practitioner; former Virginia state senator (SD-7). House Armed Services Committee. A moderate, swing-district Republican (Cook PVI near even). Heritage Action 119th ~74% session / 66% lifetime.
Net Worth: ~$2.3 million
NRA Rating: A (historically; 2026 grades not yet posted)
Heritage Action Score: 69% (119th session) / 64% lifetime
Committees: Armed Services; Natural Resources; Veterans' Affairs
Previous Election Opponent: Missy Cotter Smasal (D) in 2024
Next Election Year: 2026
X / Twitter: @RepJenKiggans
Campaign Website: https://jenforcongress.com/
U.S. Rep VA-02 (Virginia Beach/Norfolk); Navy pilot, nurse practitioner, ex-VA state senator; HASC member; 2026 reelection. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, federal tier — national autopilot] Solidly conservative on life (with exceptions), borders, elections, women's sports, and defense, but with DOCUMENTED LEFT-BREAKS scored FALSE: (1) co-introduced the standalone Bipartisan IVF for Military Families Act and championed the IVF-coverage provision through HASC/House — an IVF-coverage mandate the embryo-personhood position opposes; (2) named GOP cosponsor of the DIGNIDAD/Dignity Act (H.R.4393), a renewable legal-status pathway for ~12M undocumented since before 12/31/2020 — contrary to mandatory deportation. Conservative-direction HARD votes scored TRUE: Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act (H.R.485, bans QALY/quality-of-life rationing); Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (trans-athlete ban); Parents Bill of Rights Act (H.R.5); SAVE Act (documentary proof-of-citizenship to register); H.R.2 Secure the Border Act (border wall + national E-Verify mandate); hawkish on foreign policy (FOR the Apr-2024 Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan supplementals, criticized GOP 'isolationists') scored FALSE on foreign_policy_restraint. FLAGGED-BUT-UNSCORED soft deviations (left null pending firmer sourcing): as a VA state senator she reportedly voted to expand LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections (WaPo via Wikipedia, no bill number); NRA-endorsed yet said she was 'open to the debate' on gun control (no specific 2A roll call) so all self_defense cells null; pro-vaccination NP who abstained on a state vaccine-mandate-protection bill (SB1449) so industry/christian-liberty conscience cells null. Same-sex-marriage cells null (RFMA passed before she was sworn in; she has declined to take a public marriage position).
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Endorsed by SBA Pro-Life America for her 2022 and 2024 campaigns; has voted consistently to defend the lives of the unborn and infants in Congress, opposing taxpayer funding for abortion domestically and internationally, and affirmed the Dobbs ruling overturning Roe v. Wade — aligning with the rubric's life-at-conception and pro-life standard.
- SBA Pro-Life AmericaRight Advocacy
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
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 all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
Not yet verified
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
Not yet verified
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
Not yet verified
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
Not yet verified
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
Not yet verified
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
Not yet verified
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Voted to pass the FY 2025 House Budget Resolution requiring $1.5 trillion in mandatory spending savings over ten years. Kiggans stated she came to Congress specifically to 'rein in wasteful spending' and was 'proud to support a bill that reduced non-defense, non-VA spending for the first time in almost a decade' — aligning with the rubric's anti-deficit/balanced-budget standard.
- U.S. HouseOfficial
- U.S. HouseOfficial
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Voted for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R.22, 119th Congress), which requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and mandates states to remove non-citizens from voter rolls — directly supporting voter-ID and citizenship-verification goals. Kiggans stated she supports policies that 'make it easy to vote, but hard to cheat,' including maintaining photo ID requirements, preventing ballot harvesting, and ensuring state election officials can secure the federal election process.
- U.S. HouseOfficial
- Congress.govOfficial
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
TRUE (+2)[8]
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
1 claim
Co-sponsored the DIGNIDAD Act (H.R.4393, 119th Congress, joined Feb 3 2026) — a bill proposing a pathway to legal status for up to 12 million undocumented immigrants, representing a legalization framework rather than the mandatory deportation and enforcement-first standard the rubric requires.
- Congress.govOfficial
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
TRUE (+2)[9]
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
Not yet verified
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Kiggans participated in the January 23, 2025 House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing titled 'Correcting VA's Violations of Veterans' Due Process and Second Amendment Rights,' focused on ending the VA's practice of flagging veterans to the FBI's NICS system without judicial process — effectively opposing due-process-free gun-rights removal, the same principle the rubric targets in its anti-red-flag position. She also voted in the 118th Congress to block the VA from sharing veteran mental health records with the FBI without consent.
- Congress.govOfficial
- U.S. HouseOfficial
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
Not yet verified
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
Not yet verified
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
Not yet verified
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
FALSE (0)[12]
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
Not yet verified
Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
Not yet verified
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Congress.gov — Official RecordOfficial
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen_KiggansEncyclopedia
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- [1]Co-introduced the standalone Bipartisan IVF for Military Families Act with Democrats and championed the IVF-coverage provision through House Armed Services and the House floor — an IVF-coverage mandate (which entails embryo creation/discard), contrary to the embryo-personhood position this cell measures. Official
Co-introduced the standalone Bipartisan IVF for Military Families Act with Democrats and championed the IVF-coverage provision through House Armed Services and the House floor — an IVF-coverage mandate (which entails embryo creation/discard), contrary to the embryo-personhood position this cell measures.
- [2]Co-introduced the standalone Bipartisan IVF for Military Families Act with Democrats and championed the IVF-coverage provision through House Armed Services and the House floor — an IVF-coverage mandate (which entails embryo creation/discard), contrary to the embryo-personhood position this cell measures. Lean Left
Co-introduced the standalone Bipartisan IVF for Military Families Act with Democrats and championed the IVF-coverage provision through House Armed Services and the House floor — an IVF-coverage mandate (which entails embryo creation/discard), contrary to the embryo-personhood position this cell measures.
- [3]Voted FOR H.R.485 Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act, banning Quality-Adjusted-Life-Year (QALY) metrics that ration care for the disabled/elderly — opposes quality-of-life rationing. Official
Voted FOR H.R.485 Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act, banning Quality-Adjusted-Life-Year (QALY) metrics that ration care for the disabled/elderly — opposes quality-of-life rationing.
- [4]Voted FOR the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (bar transgender athletes from girls'/women's sports) and as a VA state senator introduced a comparable bill; public statements affirm biological sex in sports. Official
Voted FOR the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (bar transgender athletes from girls'/women's sports) and as a VA state senator introduced a comparable bill; public statements affirm biological sex in sports.
- [5]Voted FOR the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (bar transgender athletes from girls'/women's sports) and as a VA state senator introduced a comparable bill; public statements affirm biological sex in sports. Encyclopedia
Voted FOR the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (bar transgender athletes from girls'/women's sports) and as a VA state senator introduced a comparable bill; public statements affirm biological sex in sports.
- [6]Voted FOR H.R.5 Parents Bill of Rights Act, which establishes parental rights to review curriculum/records and to be notified of school actions affecting a minor (incl. gender-identity changes) — supports parental notification/consent. Official
Voted FOR H.R.5 Parents Bill of Rights Act, which establishes parental rights to review curriculum/records and to be notified of school actions affecting a minor (incl. gender-identity changes) — supports parental notification/consent.
- [7]Voted FOR H.R.5 Parents Bill of Rights Act, which establishes parental rights to review curriculum/records and to be notified of school actions affecting a minor (incl. gender-identity changes) — supports parental notification/consent. Official
Voted FOR H.R.5 Parents Bill of Rights Act, which establishes parental rights to review curriculum/records and to be notified of school actions affecting a minor (incl. gender-identity changes) — supports parental notification/consent.
- [8]Voted FOR the SAVE Act (H.R.8281) requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote — supports citizenship verification. Official
Voted FOR the SAVE Act (H.R.8281) requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote — supports citizenship verification.
- [9]Voted FOR H.R.2 Secure the Border Act (resumes border-wall construction, +22,000 Border Patrol agents) — supports a completed physical barrier. Official
Voted FOR H.R.2 Secure the Border Act (resumes border-wall construction, +22,000 Border Patrol agents) — supports a completed physical barrier.
- [10]Voted FOR H.R.2 Secure the Border Act (resumes border-wall construction, +22,000 Border Patrol agents) — supports a completed physical barrier. Reference
Voted FOR H.R.2 Secure the Border Act (resumes border-wall construction, +22,000 Border Patrol agents) — supports a completed physical barrier.
- [11]Named GOP cosponsor of the DIGNIDAD/Dignity Act (H.R.4393) creating a 7-year renewable 'Dignity Status' / pathway to legal status for ~12M undocumented immigrants present before 12/31/2020 — directly contrary to mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens. Official
Named GOP cosponsor of the DIGNIDAD/Dignity Act (H.R.4393) creating a 7-year renewable 'Dignity Status' / pathway to legal status for ~12M undocumented immigrants present before 12/31/2020 — directly contrary to mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens.
- [12]Voted FOR the April 2024 Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan security supplementals and publicly criticized GOP 'isolationist' hardliners ('I refuse to sit by as the world implodes') — contrary to withdrawal from foreign entanglements; hawkish defense posture. Official
Voted FOR the April 2024 Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan security supplementals and publicly criticized GOP 'isolationist' hardliners ('I refuse to sit by as the world implodes') — contrary to withdrawal from foreign entanglements; hawkish defense posture.
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