Virginia State Senate
L. Louise Lucas
State Senate — District 18
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
0
/ 70
Official Profile
Religion: Baptist (Deaconess, New Mount Olivet Baptist Church)
Education: Norfolk State University (BS Vocational-Industrial Education, cum laude; MA Urban Affairs, magna cum laude)
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia
Background: First female shipfitter at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (1971). First Black woman elected to Portsmouth City Council (1984). In GA since 1991. First woman and first African American elected Senate President Pro Tempore (2019).
Longest-serving woman in Virginia Senate. Progressive. Strong advocate for gun control, abortion access, and criminal justice reform. Senate President Pro Tempore 2020-2024. | Family Foundation 11% (2/19, 2022-23). VCDL 0-1% (2024-25). Freedom Index 4%.
Category Breakdown
America First
0/10Candidate only displays the American flag (no foreign flags) in public appearances and communications
FALSE (0)
Candidate promotes America exclusively and never promotes or defends foreign nations' interests over U.S. interests
FALSE (0)
Candidate is a U.S.-born citizen with no dual citizenship
FALSE (0)
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign governments, foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC), or foreign-linked PACs
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports verifiable paper ballots, opposes electronic voting machines, and advocates for election integrity measures including hand-counted audits and voter ID requirements
FALSE (0)
Marriage
0/10Candidate affirms marriage is exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God in Scripture
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes all forms of homosexual marriage, civil unions, and same-sex relationships as sinful
FALSE (0)
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports laws that protect biblical marriage and prohibit promotion of homosexuality or gender confusion in schools/public life
FALSE (0)
Candidate views sexual relations as lawful only within biblical marriage and supports civil penalties against sexual immorality (adultery, fornication, sodomy)
FALSE (0)
Abortion
0/10Candidate affirms human life begins at conception; unborn child bears God's image and possesses full personhood/rights under biblical law
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports total abolition of abortion with no exceptions (rape, incest, health of mother)
FALSE (0)
Candidate views elective abortion as murder of the innocent and calls for biblical justice (civil penalties) against it
FALSE (0)
Candidate rejects any public funding, subsidies, or legal protections for abortion providers or procedures
FALSE (0)
Candidate advocates righteous state protection of unborn life as a core duty of government under Reformed covenant theology
FALSE (0)
Self-Defense & 2A
0/10Candidate affirms the right to armed self-defense as a God-given natural right and biblical duty
FALSE (0)
Candidate strongly supports the Second Amendment as an individual right that shall not be infringed for law-abiding citizens
FALSE (0)
Candidate fully supports Castle Doctrine and Stand-Your-Ground laws, with no duty to retreat when lawfully defending life, family, home, or the innocent
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes all forms of gun control legislation (registration, red-flag laws, licensing, bans, or confiscation) that restrict the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms
FALSE (0)
Candidate views a well-armed citizenry as essential for the preservation of liberty, protection of innocent life, and as a check against tyranny, consistent with Reformed covenant theology and America's Founding principles
FALSE (0)
Immigration
0/10Candidate supports closing the border and halting all illegal immigration
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports the removal and deportation of all illegal immigrants
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports protecting Anglo-Saxon breeding stock and demographic continuity
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports preserving multi-generational Anglo-Saxon American heritage
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports immigration policies that protect the historic Anglo-Saxon Christian character of the nation
FALSE (0)
Education
0/10Candidate supports absolute parental authority over children's education including homeschool, private, and religious school choice
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes sexually explicit or ideologically subversive materials in school libraries and curriculum
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes Critical Race Theory, DEI mandates, and all forms of Marxist ideology in public schools
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports voluntary prayer, Bible study, and religious expression in public schools without penalty
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes compulsory sex education and gender ideology instruction that contradicts parental values
FALSE (0)
PCH/CBG
0/10Candidate supports nation self-consciously acting as 'Christian nation' via laws/customs for earthly and heavenly good in Christ
FALSE (0)
Candidate advocates government promotion/favor of Christianity as true religion over neutrality
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports cultural/ethnic particularity and preference for historic Anglo-Saxon/Christian heritage
FALSE (0)
Candidate believes state should order public life toward Christian principles (e.g., suppress blasphemy)
FALSE (0)
Candidate rejects liberal pluralism; wants civil laws explicitly based on Christian moral order
FALSE (0)
Sources & Evidence
virginiageneralassembly.gov/membersAndStaff/members/...VPAP — Virginia Public Access ProjectVirginia Legislative Information SystemVote Smart — Voting Recordreportcard.familyfoundation.org/www.vcdl.org/reportcard.familyfoundation.org/senate-voting-record/www.vcdl.org/voting-recordsfreedomindex.us/va/reportcard.familyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2...irp.cdn-website.com/e9819c27/files/uploaded/gavr-202...Have Information About This Official?
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