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Raw: 4 of 36 dynamic max
· 18 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
4/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#4,690 of 9,024 · bottom 48.0% 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 public statement of faith located.
Education: Duke University (BA History), University of Michigan (MSW)
Birthplace: Vietnam (fled as refugee)
Background: VA Delegate, HD-18 (Fairfax County, Springfield/Franconia); represented old HD-42 2018-2024. House Democratic Caucus Chair (since Nov 2023). Born 1978 in Vietnam, came to the U.S. as an infant refugee; Duke BA, Univ. of Michigan MSW; former U.S. Dept. of Labor and National Immigration Forum. First Vietnamese American elected to Virginia state government. Re-elected Nov 2025 (~72%).
X / Twitter: @KathyKLTran
VA Delegate, HD-18 (Fairfax Co.); House Democratic Caucus Chair; re-elected Nov 2025. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Deep progressive HARD record and a caucus LEADER on the measures most opposed by this rubric. Sanctity: CHIEF PATRON of HB2491 (2019 'Repeal Act' removing third-trimester abortion safeguards — she testified it had no gestational limit; PolitiFact rated a related claim False) and public champion (as Caucus Chair) of the HJ1 reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment. Marriage: as Caucus Chair publicly celebrated passage of the HJ9 same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment; patron of HB1015 treating gender identity/sexual orientation as protected classes. Immigration: CHIEF PATRON of HB1211 (2020) granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants; associated with 2026 bills restricting state/local ICE cooperation. 2A: Giffords PAC + Brady-endorsed; patron of HB217 (assault-firearm/large-capacity-magazine restriction). NO EVIDENCE FOUND on family/child sovereignty specifics, Christian liberty, federal overreach, or election-integrity mechanics — left null. (Individual amendment roll-calls not pulled this run — VPAP/LIS blocked; FALSEs anchored to chief-patronage + on-record caucus advocacy.)
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
1 claim
In 2019 Tran introduced HB 2491 ('the Repeal Act') to expand late-term abortion by reducing the approval requirement from three physicians and 'substantially and irremediably' harmed to a single physician and 'any medical reason,' including up to the moment of labor. The bill went viral after Tran acknowledged it could apply even when a woman is 'dilating.' She voted YES on HJR 1 in January 2025 (51-48, all Dems) and again in January 2026 (64-34) to place a constitutional abortion-rights amendment on the November 2026 ballot.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- BallotpediaCenter
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
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
FEC / state campaign-finance search found no abortion-industry PAC contributions for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns (as of the cited search date)
TRUE (+2)[2]
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
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
Not yet verified
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
FALSE (0)[1]
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
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)
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
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
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
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
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
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
Not yet verified
1 claim
VCDL 2025 voting records document that Virginia House Democrats voted unanimously against every pro-gun bill and for every gun-control bill in the 2025 session, including legislation banning commonly owned semi-automatic firearms. Tran, serving since 2018, has compiled a consistently anti-Second-Amendment voting record throughout her tenure.
- Virginia Citizens Defense LeagueRight Advocacy
- nraila.orgUnclassified
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
FALSE (0)[1]
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
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
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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Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/Right Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2...Right Advocacy
freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_TranEncyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
www.kathyfordelegate.com/contact-2Unclassified
elections.bradyunited.org/candidates/kathy-tranUnclassified
kathyfordelegate.com/priorities/Unclassified
kathyfordelegate.com/get-involved/Unclassified
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
vademocrats.org/your-party/Unclassified
democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/Unclassified
Bias ratings sourced from AllSides and Ad Fontes Media. Classifications for government, reference, and advocacy domains are maintained by U.S.M.C. Ministries; see source_bias.json.
References & footnotes
Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.
- [1]Individual leftover sanctity_of_life q2. Campaign priorities (HTTP 200): Reproductive freedom protects Virginia’s access to safe and legal abortions, contraceptives, and fertility treatments. I support enshrining the right to enshrine reproductive healthcare in Virginia’s Constitution. Fertility-treatments language maps leftover IVF cell. Live q0/q1 already False — not rewritten. Unclassified
Individual leftover sanctity_of_life q2. Campaign priorities (HTTP 200): Reproductive freedom protects Virginia’s access to safe and legal abortions, contraceptives, and fertility treatments. I support enshrining the right to enshrine reproductive healthcare in Virginia’s Constitution. Fertility-treatments language maps leftover IVF cell. Live q0/q1 already False — not rewritten.
- [2]Affirmative PAC/foreign-lobby search 2026-08-29. Brave site:fec.gov quoted-name leftover PAC/abortion-industry 0 hits for Kathy Tran Virginia. FEC candidate browse URL cited (HTTP 200 JS shell). OpenSecrets HTML 403 this turn — omitted. PPAV still-listed endorsement is not leftover PAC dollars. no-hit=TRUE. Official
Affirmative PAC/foreign-lobby search 2026-08-29. Brave site:fec.gov quoted-name leftover PAC/abortion-industry 0 hits for Kathy Tran Virginia. FEC candidate browse URL cited (HTTP 200 JS shell). OpenSecrets HTML 403 this turn — omitted. PPAV still-listed endorsement is not leftover PAC dollars. no-hit=TRUE.
- [3]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover biblical_marriage q4) — DNC LGBTQI+ identity in public policy / Equality Act. VA Democratic Party your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan org doc not 2024 issue platform — STATE match fails so DNC 2024. Live cells not rewritten. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover biblical_marriage q4) — DNC LGBTQI+ identity in public policy / Equality Act. VA Democratic Party your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan org doc not 2024 issue platform — STATE match fails so DNC 2024. Live cells not rewritten.
- [4]kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover biblical_marriage q4) — DNC LGBTQI+ identity in public policy / Equality Act. VA Democratic Party your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan org doc not 2024 issue platform — STATE match fails so DNC 2024. Live cells not rewritten. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. Scored from the 2024 Democratic Party Platform (leftover biblical_marriage q4) — DNC LGBTQI+ identity in public policy / Equality Act. VA Democratic Party your-party HTTP 200 is Party Plan org doc not 2024 issue platform — STATE match fails so DNC 2024. Live cells not rewritten.
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