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Virginia House of Delegates
Keith Hodges
House of Delegates — District 68
Republican
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✝ God First
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🏛️ State First
4/ 30
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#4,265 of 9,024 · top 47.3% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 2027
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
State elections office: (804) 864-8901
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State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
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Religion: Methodist (per Ballotpedia biographical infobox; specific congregation not publicly documented)
Background: Myron Keith Hodges (R), VA House of Delegates District 68 (Middle Peninsula: Essex, Gloucester part, King & Queen, King William, Mathews, Middlesex). In office since 2011/2012 (formerly the old 98th District before 2021 redistricting); re-elected Nov 4, 2025 with 67.6%. Pharmacist (B.S., MCV School of Pharmacy, 1989). Serves on Health, Welfare & Institutions and General Laws.
VA Delegate, HD-68 (sitting since 2011/2012; longtime member). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Consistent conservative HARD record from official VA LIS member-vote API (MemberID 180), 2025 & 2026 Regular Sessions. SANCTITY: voted NO on both references of the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (HJ1 2025 first ref 51-48; HJ1/SJ1 2026 second ref) and NO on contraception-right bills (HB6, SB596) -> consistent pro-life voting. MARRIAGE: voted NO on the same-sex-marriage repeal amendment at every stage (HJ9/SJ249 2025; HJ3/SJ3/SB311 2026) and did NOT cross over when ~15% of House Republicans did on HJ3 (final 67-31) -> affirms man-woman marriage. FAMILY: YES on SB778 (obscene material to a minor; penalty, 93-6). ELECTION: NO on absentee-ballot cure/extension expansions (HB773/HB774/HB82/HB968) and on the felon-voting-rights amendment HJ2. PUBLIC JUSTICE: YES on enhanced fentanyl/drug + assault-on-correctional-officer + sexual-extortion penalties; NO on bail-leniency, earned-sentence-credit, and parole-expansion bills. IMMIGRATION: YES on HB77 (state/local LE federal cooperation), NO on HB1441/SB783 (bills restricting local-federal immigration cooperation) -> opposes sanctuary limits. SELF-DEFENSE: voted NO on the entire gun-control slate both sessions (assault-weapons & magazine bans, red-flag/substantial-risk orders, safe-storage, waiting period, background-check expansions). No rubric-relevant cross-party deviations. Federal-overreach, CBDC/balanced-budget, and a dedicated photo-ID bill returned NO EVIDENCE this window and were left null.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Hodges, a Republican pharmacist representing the rural Middle Peninsula counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, Mathews, and Middlesex, voted NO on HJR1 (Virginia Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment) in the 2026 Regular Session, aligning with the unanimous Republican caucus that cast all 34 'no' votes against the 64-34 House passage. He opposes constitutionally enshrining abortion access as a 'fundamental right,' consistent with the rubric's life-at-conception/personhood standard.
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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
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Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
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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
TRUE (+2)[3]
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
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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
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
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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 has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
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Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
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Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
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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
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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
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
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Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
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Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
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Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
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Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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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)
1 claim
Hodges voted NO on HB217 (Virginia's 2026 assault-weapons ban) as part of the unified Republican caucus, which cast all 34 'no' votes against the 58-34 House passage on February 5, 2026. Republican delegates 'warned repeatedly that the legislation trampled constitutional rights,' defending the right to own semi-automatic firearms and standard-capacity magazines — aligning with the rubric's anti-AWB/anti-magazine-limit standard.
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Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
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Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
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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
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Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
TRUE (+2)[2]
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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- [1]Voted NO on both references of the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (HJ1 2025 first ref 51-48; HJ1/SJ1 2026 second ref) and NO on contraception-right bills HB6 (65-32) and SB596 (65-33) — consistent pro-life voting record. Official
Voted NO on both references of the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (HJ1 2025 first ref 51-48; HJ1/SJ1 2026 second ref) and NO on contraception-right bills HB6 (65-32) and SB596 (65-33) — consistent pro-life voting record.
- [2]Voted NO on both references of the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (HJ1 2025 first ref 51-48; HJ1/SJ1 2026 second ref) and NO on contraception-right bills HB6 (65-32) and SB596 (65-33) — consistent pro-life voting record. Official
Voted NO on both references of the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (HJ1 2025 first ref 51-48; HJ1/SJ1 2026 second ref) and NO on contraception-right bills HB6 (65-32) and SB596 (65-33) — consistent pro-life voting record.
- [3]Voted NO at every stage on the same-sex-marriage repeal amendment (HJ9/SJ249 2025; HJ3/SJ3/SB311 2026); did NOT cross over when ~15% of House Republicans voted YES on HJ3 (final 67-31) — affirms marriage as one man and one woman. Official
Voted NO at every stage on the same-sex-marriage repeal amendment (HJ9/SJ249 2025; HJ3/SJ3/SB311 2026); did NOT cross over when ~15% of House Republicans voted YES on HJ3 (final 67-31) — affirms marriage as one man and one woman.
- [4]Voted NO at every stage on the same-sex-marriage repeal amendment (HJ9/SJ249 2025; HJ3/SJ3/SB311 2026); did NOT cross over when ~15% of House Republicans voted YES on HJ3 (final 67-31) — affirms marriage as one man and one woman. Unclassified
Voted NO at every stage on the same-sex-marriage repeal amendment (HJ9/SJ249 2025; HJ3/SJ3/SB311 2026); did NOT cross over when ~15% of House Republicans voted YES on HJ3 (final 67-31) — affirms marriage as one man and one woman.
- [5]Voted NO on the entire 2025-2026 gun-control slate: assault-firearms & magazine bans (HB217, HB1607/SB1181), red-flag/substantial-risk orders (HB1096/HB896/HB901/SB495), safe-storage mandates, 5-day waiting period (HB2631/SB891), and purchase-age restrictions — opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, and 'assault weapons' bans. Official
Voted NO on the entire 2025-2026 gun-control slate: assault-firearms & magazine bans (HB217, HB1607/SB1181), red-flag/substantial-risk orders (HB1096/HB896/HB901/SB495), safe-storage mandates, 5-day waiting period (HB2631/SB891), and purchase-age restrictions — opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, and 'assault weapons' bans.
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