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✝ God First0/ 70
🏛️ State First0/ 30
★National Rank
#4,860 of 8,776 · bottom 44.6%among candidates with at least one scored answer
Religion: No religious affiliation documented (10th-generation descendant of Mayflower passenger Mary Chilton — heritage, not a stated faith).
Background: John Chilton McAuliff, VA Delegate HD-30 (northern Fauquier/western Loudoun); first elected Nov 4, 2025, sworn in Jan 14, 2026 — a freshman in his first (2026) session; flipped the seat from GOP incumbent Geary Higgins. B.A. Leadership Studies, University of Richmond. Former chief of staff to Del. David Reid; USDA Rural Development; White House Office of Clean Energy Innovation (IRA implementation). Founded Chilton House Suites B&B in Warrenton.
VA Delegate HD-30 (Fauquier/western Loudoun), 2026 freshman. [2026-06-02 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Documented progressive positions where evidence exists: Planned Parenthood Advocates of VA and NOW-endorsed with a direct statement pledging to 'vote to enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution in 2026'; direct statement supporting 'universal background checks and red-flag laws.' EVIDENCE NOTE: as a 2026 freshman, his individual roll calls (incl. the HJ3 marriage amendment) could not be retrieved from automated sources (LIS/VPAP blocked), so the marriage cells were left NULL rather than inferred from the party-line vote — only his HARD personal statements were scored. A future pass with VPAP access can upgrade. No conservative position found.
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
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Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
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Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
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Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
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Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
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Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
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Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
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
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Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
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Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
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Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
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Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
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Planned Parenthood Advocates of VA and NOW-endorsed; direct statement pledging to 'vote to enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution in 2026' — does not affirm personhood from conception.
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