Share
Virginia State Senate
Lamont Bagby
State Senate — District 14
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
0
/ 100
F
Raw: 0 of 20 dynamic max
· 10 of 49 answered
State tier49 of 50 rubric questions apply at this office level — federal-only questions are marked N/A and excluded from the dynamic max. How tier grading works →
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
0/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#5,144 of 8,957 · bottom 42.6% among candidates with at least one scored answer
See the full rankings →Contact This Official
Reach out directly. Your voice matters. Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.
Next Election
November 2, 2027
Primary · Not up at next scheduled election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
Elections office: (804) 864-8901
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: No publicly documented personal church affiliation (has sponsored commending resolutions for several Richmond-area Black congregations, but no source states his own membership)
Background: VA State Senator for SD-14 (parts of Henrico County and Richmond City) since a March 2023 special election; former Delegate 2015-2023 and former Henrico County School Board member. Former Henrico High teacher/administrator; chairs the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and was elected Democratic Party of Virginia chair in 2025.
VA State Senator, SD-14 (sitting since 2023; former Delegate). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Uniform progressive record (CPAC lifetime rating 12%). Life: voted YEA on SJ247 (reproductive-freedom amendment, named in the 21-Yea roll call). Marriage: in the Democratic bloc advancing the same-sex-marriage amendment (SJ249 2025, HJ3 2026). Economic: party-line YES on the $15 minimum wage; VA League of Conservation Voters-endorsed. Elections: lead figure in the 2020 Democratic election-law overhaul that REPEALED photo voter ID, created no-excuse early voting and same-day/automatic registration; patron of Sunday-voting legislation; voted for the felon-voting-rights amendment. Immigration: voted with the majority for the 2026 package limiting ICE cooperation (SB351/SB352). Guns: GIFFORDS-endorsed (one-handgun-a-month, red-flag, background checks). NO cross-party deviations found. christian_liberty, refuse_federal_overreach, school-choice and public_justice cells had no specific cited vote → left null rather than inferred.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)[1]
1 claim
Voted YES on SJ247 (January 21, 2025), the Virginia constitutional amendment to create a 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' — defined to include abortion care with no gestational limit — with all 21 Democratic senators voting in favor 21-19 over united Republican opposition. As Chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and Chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia, Bagby was a key voice in advancing the progressive agenda that included this reproductive freedom amendment.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- VPM — Virginia Public MediaLean Left
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
Not yet verified
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
FALSE (0)[3]
1 claim
Voted YES on the 2025 Virginia constitutional amendment (first passage) to repeal Article I, Section 15-A — the 2006 voter-approved provision defining marriage in Virginia as solely between one man and one woman. The repeal measure passed the Senate 21-18 on January 21, 2025, with Bagby and his Democratic colleagues providing the decisive margin. The amendment received its required second passage in 2026 and was placed on the November 2026 statewide ballot.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- VPM — Virginia Public MediaLean Left
- Virginia Independent NewsLocal News
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 opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
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)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
Not yet verified
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
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)[6]
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
FALSE (0)[6]
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)[6]
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
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
FALSE (0)[7]
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
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
FALSE (0)[8]
1 claim
Voted YES on SB749 (2026), Virginia's assault-firearms ban prohibiting the purchase, sale, and transfer of semi-automatic centerfire rifles with detachable magazines and certain features, plus magazines over 15 rounds. The Senate passed the bill 21-19 on a party-line vote; Bagby joined all Democratic senators in voting in favor. Governor Spanberger signed the bill in May 2026.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- wboc.comUnclassified
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
Not yet verified
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
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 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
Sources & Evidence
1 Lean Left1 Center4 Right2 Official4 Reference7 Other
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/Lamont_BagbyEncyclopedia
giffords.org/candidates/lamont-bagby/Unclassified
www.cpac.org/bio/va-lamont-bagbyUnclassified
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]Voted YEA on SJ247, the 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' constitutional amendment (Senate 21-19, 01/21/2025) — does not affirm personhood from conception. Reference
Voted YEA on SJ247, the 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' constitutional amendment (Senate 21-19, 01/21/2025) — does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]In the Democratic majority advancing the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (SJ249 24-15 in 2025; HJ3 26-13 in 2026). Local News
In the Democratic majority advancing the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (SJ249 24-15 in 2025; HJ3 26-13 in 2026).
- [3]In the Democratic majority advancing the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (SJ249 24-15 in 2025; HJ3 26-13 in 2026). Center
In the Democratic majority advancing the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (SJ249 24-15 in 2025; HJ3 26-13 in 2026).
- [4]Part of the Democratic majority passing the $15 minimum wage; CPAC lifetime rating 12% — consistently pro-spending economic votes. Unclassified
Part of the Democratic majority passing the $15 minimum wage; CPAC lifetime rating 12% — consistently pro-spending economic votes.
- [5]Part of the Democratic majority passing the $15 minimum wage; CPAC lifetime rating 12% — consistently pro-spending economic votes. Unclassified
Part of the Democratic majority passing the $15 minimum wage; CPAC lifetime rating 12% — consistently pro-spending economic votes.
- [6]Lead figure in the 2020 overhaul that REPEALED Virginia's photo-ID requirement — opposite of supporting photo voter ID. Lean Left
Lead figure in the 2020 overhaul that REPEALED Virginia's photo-ID requirement — opposite of supporting photo voter ID.
- [7]Voted with the Democratic majority for the 2026 package limiting ICE cooperation (SB351/SB352) — supports limits on immigration enforcement, opposite of opposing sanctuary policy. Unclassified
Voted with the Democratic majority for the 2026 package limiting ICE cooperation (SB351/SB352) — supports limits on immigration enforcement, opposite of opposing sanctuary policy.
- [8]GIFFORDS credits him with reinstating one-handgun-a-month, red-flag (extreme-risk) laws, and tighter background checks — supports red-flag/registration-type restrictions. Unclassified
GIFFORDS credits him with reinstating one-handgun-a-month, red-flag (extreme-risk) laws, and tighter background checks — supports red-flag/registration-type restrictions.
Have Information About This Official?
Help us improve this scorecard. If you have evidence of this official's positions — voting records, social media posts, public statements, or corrections — submit it below and we'll review and update the profile.