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Virginia House of Delegates
Jessica Anderson
House of Delegates — District 71
Democrat
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🏛️ State First
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National Rank
#5,835 of 9,024 · bottom 35.3% 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: NO EVIDENCE FOUND (no personal religious/church affiliation publicly documented)
Background: Jessica L. Anderson (D), VA House of Delegates District 71 (James City part, New Kent part, City of Williamsburg). Freshman — flipped the seat from GOP incumbent Amanda Batten in a Nov 2025 rematch (~52.7%); sworn in Jan 14, 2026. Lifelong Virginian; worked in Williamsburg-area public schools. A.S. business administration, Thomas Nelson CC. Serves on Counties, Cities & Towns; Public Safety; Education.
VA Delegate, HD-71 (FRESHMAN, sworn Jan 14, 2026 after flipping the seat). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Scored ONLY on her documented strict-party-line opening-day second-reference constitutional-amendment floor votes; no other roll-call record yet, so every other cell is null (2025 campaign positions were NOT scored). SANCTITY: HJ1 (reproductive-freedom amendment, second reference) passed the House 64-34 on Jan 14, 2026 with all 64 Democrats YES -> she is within that bloc. MARRIAGE: HJ3 (marriage repeal amendment) passed 67-31 the same day with all 64 Democrats YES. Individual line-items not separately pulled from the JS-rendered LIS pages, but these were strict-party-line recorded floor votes. Notable campaign cross-current (left UNSCORED, no vote): she favored shortening Virginia's early-voting window 45->30 days, and self-identifies as a gun owner while backing background checks/storage. Treat as a thin but real evidence record.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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As part of the unanimous Virginia House Democratic caucus, voted YES on HJR 1 (Virginia Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment) on January 14, 2025 — a 51-48 party-line vote enshrining abortion as a state constitutional right — and again voted YES in January 2026 (64-34) to place it on the November 2026 ballot. Anderson represents the Northern Shenandoah Valley and Frederick County area in House District 71.
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Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
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
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FEC / state campaign-finance search found no abortion-industry PAC contributions for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns (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
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
Not yet verified
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Voted YES on HJR 3 (January 14, 2026, second passage, 67-31 with all 64 House Democrats plus 3 Republicans YES, 31 Republicans NO) to repeal Virginia's constitutional same-sex marriage ban and replace it with a provision requiring the state to recognize marriages without regard to sex or gender, placing the amendment on the November 2026 ballot.
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Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
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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 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
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
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)
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Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
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Virginia Citizens Defense League records confirm House Democrats voted unanimously for all gun-control bills throughout the 2025 and 2026 sessions. Anderson voted YES on HB 217 (February 5, 2026, 58-34) — the semi-automatic firearms ban covering purchase, sale, transfer, and possession of commonly owned semi-auto rifles, pistols, and shotguns with a magazine-capacity limit — part of the Democrat-driven 2026 anti-gun package sent to Governor Spanberger.
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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
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Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
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Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
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Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
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Official has declined unconstitutional federal mandates or federal strings on the state
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Official has resisted federal overreach on guns, life, education, or religious liberty
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Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
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Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
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jess4va.com/Unclassified
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democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/Unclassified
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vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structureUnclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Jessica Anderson (HD-71). Campaign jess4va.com/issues HTTP 200: 'I trust women to make their own healthcare decisions... Virginia must allow voters to enshrine reproductive freedom into our state constitution...' Ballotpedia Jessica_Anderson_(Virginia) HTTP 200 2023 Candidate Connection survey: 'I will fight for bodily autonomy ALWAYS!' and 'Reproductive rights, public education...' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False. Left Advocacy
Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Jessica Anderson (HD-71). Campaign jess4va.com/issues HTTP 200: 'I trust women to make their own healthcare decisions... Virginia must allow voters to enshrine reproductive freedom into our state constitution...' Ballotpedia Jessica_Anderson_(Virginia) HTTP 200 2023 Candidate Connection survey: 'I will fight for bodily autonomy ALWAYS!' and 'Reproductive rights, public education...' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False.
- [2]Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Jessica Anderson (HD-71). Campaign jess4va.com/issues HTTP 200: 'I trust women to make their own healthcare decisions... Virginia must allow voters to enshrine reproductive freedom into our state constitution...' Ballotpedia Jessica_Anderson_(Virginia) HTTP 200 2023 Candidate Connection survey: 'I will fight for bodily autonomy ALWAYS!' and 'Reproductive rights, public education...' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False. Unclassified
Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Jessica Anderson (HD-71). Campaign jess4va.com/issues HTTP 200: 'I trust women to make their own healthcare decisions... Virginia must allow voters to enshrine reproductive freedom into our state constitution...' Ballotpedia Jessica_Anderson_(Virginia) HTTP 200 2023 Candidate Connection survey: 'I will fight for bodily autonomy ALWAYS!' and 'Reproductive rights, public education...' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False.
- [3]Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Jessica Anderson (HD-71). Campaign jess4va.com/issues HTTP 200: 'I trust women to make their own healthcare decisions... Virginia must allow voters to enshrine reproductive freedom into our state constitution...' Ballotpedia Jessica_Anderson_(Virginia) HTTP 200 2023 Candidate Connection survey: 'I will fight for bodily autonomy ALWAYS!' and 'Reproductive rights, public education...' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False. Center
Individual/affiliated override. PPAV Endorsements 2025 HTTP 200 still lists Jessica Anderson (HD-71). Campaign jess4va.com/issues HTTP 200: 'I trust women to make their own healthcare decisions... Virginia must allow voters to enshrine reproductive freedom into our state constitution...' Ballotpedia Jessica_Anderson_(Virginia) HTTP 200 2023 Candidate Connection survey: 'I will fight for bodily autonomy ALWAYS!' and 'Reproductive rights, public education...' Maps leftover sanctity_of_life q0/q1 False.
- [4]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (family_child_sovereignty q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (family_child_sovereignty q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell.
- [5]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (family_child_sovereignty q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (family_child_sovereignty q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell.
- [6]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (family_child_sovereignty q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (family_child_sovereignty q0) — vademocrats.org/ HTTP 200 and vademocrats.org/chairs/party-structure HTTP 200 this hop (party-structure page, no scored VA Dem plank text). Democratic Party of Virginia is the DNC affiliate. democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ HTTP 200 this hop (redirected 2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf). No individual statement found this hop for this leftover cell.
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