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City of Fredericksburg
Kerry Devine
Mayor, At-Large
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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✝ God First
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🏛️ Local First
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National Rank
#4,891 of 8,776 · bottom 44.3% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Education: University of Mary Washington
Birthplace: New York
Background: Social studies teacher, Stafford County. City Council since 2004. School Board 1996-2004. Mother of four.
Mayor since 2024. Registered Independent but Dem-endorsed. Council under her leadership: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, DEI commitment, 100% renewable energy resolution. No public stances on abortion, marriage, immigration, or religious liberty. Supports gun giveback program.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: Mayor, At-Large, term 2024-2027 (fredericksburgva.gov/263). HARD evidence: voted for FY2027 budget raising the real-estate tax rate 4 cents to $0.84/$100 and a two-tier water/sewer rate hike, and personally pushed to advertise a rate 1 cent higher 'for flexibility' (economic_stewardship FALSE). Publicly supported the city Gun Give-Back and backed Gov. Northam's proposal giving localities more authority to regulate firearms (self_defense FALSE). As mayor, the city officially observes LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, flies Pride flags downtown, and maintains a Commitment to Equity & Inclusion (biblical_marriage q4 FALSE, institutional). The FY2027 budget she presided over funds a public-safety pay plan with no defunding — counted as routine governance, not the affirmative public advocacy public_justice q0 requires, so left null. No church/faith affiliation found in two long-form interviews or her official bio. NO EVIDENCE found on abortion, schools curriculum, election administration, or immigration at the council level — those cells are null, not penalized.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
Not yet verified
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
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City of Fredericksburg OfficialOfficial
fredericksburgdems.org/2023-election/Left Advocacy
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FXBG AdvanceLocal News
City of Fredericksburg OfficialOfficial
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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]As mayor, the city officially celebrates LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, flies Pride flags downtown, and maintains an equity-and-inclusion commitment; she has not opposed these. Official
As mayor, the city officially celebrates LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, flies Pride flags downtown, and maintains an equity-and-inclusion commitment; she has not opposed these.
- [2]Voted for the FY2027 budget raising the real-estate tax rate 4 cents to $0.84/$100 plus a two-tier water/sewer rate hike; pushed to advertise an even higher rate. Unclassified
Voted for the FY2027 budget raising the real-estate tax rate 4 cents to $0.84/$100 plus a two-tier water/sewer rate hike; pushed to advertise an even higher rate.
- [3]Publicly supported the city Gun Give-Back program and backed Gov. Northam's proposal to give localities more authority to regulate firearms. Local News
Publicly supported the city Gun Give-Back program and backed Gov. Northam's proposal to give localities more authority to regulate firearms.
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