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Virginia House of Delegates
Lindsey Dougherty
House of Delegates — District 75
Democrat
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✝ God First
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🏛️ State First
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#5,837 of 9,024 · bottom 35.3% 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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Background: VA Delegate, HD-75 (parts of Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Hopewell); freshman, first elected Nov 4 2025 (defeated GOP incumbent Carrie Coyner), seated Jan 14 2026. Senior Research Administrator at Virginia Commonwealth University; BA University of Tennessee, MPA NC State.
VA Delegate, HD-75 (Chesterfield/Prince George/Hopewell); freshman seated Jan 2026. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Progressive HARD record (single 2026 session). Confirmed individual roll-call YEAs: HJ1 reproductive-freedom amendment, HJ3 same-sex-marriage amendment, HJ2 felon voting restoration, HB1 ($15 minimum wage), and HB217 (assault-firearms + large-capacity-magazine ban). Co-patron of HB650 (limits federal immigration enforcement in 'protected areas,' sanctuary-style; vetoed by Gov. Spanberger) and HB1482 (police facial-covering ban). Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, ReproRising/Choice Tracker (Pro-Choice), and Giffords PAC. Her own chief-patron bills are local/administrative (textbooks, teacher exit-data, family-abuse protective orders) and do not touch the rubric. No cross-party deviation. Christian-liberty, family-sovereignty specifics, federal-overreach, and several other cells have no on-point recorded vote -> null, not inferred.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Dougherty voted 'yea' on SB727 during Virginia's 2026 Regular Session (a reproductive rights measure that passed 59-38) and is listed as a supporter of the Virginia Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment. She campaigned explicitly on 'protecting abortion access,' crediting that platform with flipping the competitive District 75 seat in November 2025, and voted with the Democratic majority to send HJR1 (constitutional abortion rights amendment) to the November 2026 ballot — opposing the rubric's life-at-conception/personhood standard.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- BallotpediaCenter
- BallotpediaCenter
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
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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
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)[2]
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
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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
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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
FALSE (0)[3]
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)
FALSE (0)[4]
1 claim
Dougherty voted with the Virginia House Democratic majority for HB217 (assault weapons ban), part of the sweeping 2026 gun-control package that passed 58-34 on February 5, 2026, 'over GOP objections,' and was signed by Governor Spanberger in May 2026 — banning the future sale of semi-automatic assault-style firearms and magazines over 15 rounds. As a Democrat who flipped a competitive Chesterfield County seat on a pro-gun-control platform, Dougherty aligned with her caucus against the constitutional-carry and anti-AWB positions the rubric favors.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- BallotpediaCenter
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
Not yet verified
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
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Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
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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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References & footnotes
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- [1]Voted YEA on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (House 64-34) -> does not affirm personhood from conception. Official
Voted YEA on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (House 64-34) -> does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]Voted YEA on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment -> does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman. Official
Voted YEA on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment -> does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman.
- [3]Co-patron of HB650 restricting federal civil-immigration enforcement in 'protected areas' (sanctuary-style; passed House 63-35) -> opposite of opposing sanctuary policies. Official
Co-patron of HB650 restricting federal civil-immigration enforcement in 'protected areas' (sanctuary-style; passed House 63-35) -> opposite of opposing sanctuary policies.
- [4]Voted YEA on HB217 banning 'assault firearms' and large-capacity (15+ round) magazines. Official
Voted YEA on HB217 banning 'assault firearms' and large-capacity (15+ round) magazines.
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