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Commonwealth of Virginia
Joy Powers
U.S. Representative VA-09 (2026 candidate)
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
2
/ 100
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Raw: 2 of 4 dynamic max
· 2 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
0/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
2/ 40
National Rank
#5,738 of 9,024 · bottom 36.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 3, 2026
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
Stub seeded 2026-07-24 for race pages (VA-09). Not evidence-scored.
Candidacy currency 2026-10-03: WON the Democratic primary for VA-9 on 2026-08-04 with 9,521 votes (51.71%) and advances to the November 3, 2026 general election. Official certified results, Virginia Department of Elections (100% of units reporting, as of 2026-08-18): https://enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/public/virginia/elections/2026-August-Democratic-Primary
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
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Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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FEC / OpenSecrets search found no Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC contributions (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
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Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
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Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
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Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
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Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
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Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
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Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
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Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
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Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
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Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
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Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
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Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
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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 opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
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Powers' stated long-term healthcare goal is universal healthcare — effectively a single-payer or Medicare-for-All-type system. As an interim step she advocates for expanded government-funded rural healthcare infrastructure, including incentivized medical residencies in rural areas, federally protected rural hospitals, expanded government-funded mental health and addiction treatment programs, and medication-assisted treatment available in every community. Each of these programs represents new or expanded mandatory federal spending, contrary to the rubric's economic_stewardship[2] standard preferring anti-deficit and balanced-budget governance.
- wcyb.comUnclassified
- joyforva.comUnclassified
- Cardinal NewsLocal News
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
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Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
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Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
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Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
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Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
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Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
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Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
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Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
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Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
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Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
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Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
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Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
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Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
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Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
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Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
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Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
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TrackAIPAC / FEC / OpenSecrets search found no AIPAC, pro-Israel-lobby, or foreign-linked PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
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Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
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Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
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Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
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Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
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Powers' agricultural platform explicitly opposes corporate consolidation of farmland and supports family farms, local food systems, and value-added agriculture. She describes her mission as 'protecting family property rights from forced solar and outside developers' — opposing large corporate entities acquiring farmland and converting it. As a fourth-generation cattle farmer and small business owner, her campaign is built around opposing the vertical integration and corporate consolidation of agriculture that drives family farmers out of business. This documented position aligns with the rubric's industry_capture[2] standard opposing Big Ag's consolidation of the food and land supply.
- joyforva.comUnclassified
- Cardinal NewsLocal News
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
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Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
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Sources & Evidence
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politics1.com/va.htmUnclassified
cardinalnews.org/virginia-voter-guide/Local News
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
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