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Virginia State Senate
Luther Cifers
State Senate — District 10 (sitting · sworn Jan 15 2025)
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
8
/ 100
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Raw: 8 of 8 dynamic max
· 4 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
6/ 70
🏛️ State First
2/ 30
National Rank
#4,615 of 8,957 · bottom 48.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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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: Christian (self-identified; denomination not publicly named)
Background: VA State Senator, District 10 (central VA — Powhatan / Amelia / Cumberland / Goochland region), sworn in Jan 15, 2025 after winning the Jan 7, 2025 special election (~58-42 over Jack Trammell). Homeschooled; founder of YakAttack / Bonafide Kayaks / MITUSA Manufacturing (17 patents); father of five. Term ends Jan 2028 — record limited to the 2025-26 sessions.
VA State Senator, SD-10 (sworn Jan 15, 2025 — special election Jan 7, 2025; CORRECTION to prior data that listed Nov 2023/Jan 2024). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Brand-new senator (~1.5 sessions) with a clean conservative record so far: Family Foundation of Virginia report card scored him 100% pro-family (covering abortion, same-sex marriage, school policy, surrogacy, physician-assisted suicide); pro-life (voted NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment SJ247 with an on-record floor statement); held the marriage line (NOT among the GOP crossovers on the same-sex-marriage amendment in either 2025 or 2026); pro-2A (on-record opposition to the SB749 assault-weapons/magazine ban — 'flawed in every sense of the word... an attempt to take law-abiding Virginians and turn them into criminals'). Family-choice specifics, christian-liberty, election-integrity, public-justice, federal-overreach, and border cells left NULL — given his short tenure, no per-bill record was found (the Family Foundation 100% is a diffuse aggregate, used only to corroborate the life/marriage cells). Sourcing note: VPAP/LIS/legiscan blocked; votes corroborated via infocville, vadogwood, gomag, WHRO, 29news, Family Foundation report card, Ballotpedia.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
A self-described Christian conservative who, in January 2025, cast a NO vote on SJ247 — the constitutional amendment to create an unlimited 'right to reproductive freedom' in Virginia — standing with all 19 Senate Republicans in opposing the measure. His vote reflects a rejection of abortion-on-demand and support for the state's authority to protect unborn life.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
Not yet verified
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
TRUE (+2)[2]
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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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)
TRUE (+2)[5]
1 claim
Voted NO on SB749 (2026), Virginia's sweeping assault-firearms ban that prohibits the purchase, sale, manufacture, or transfer of semi-automatic centerfire rifles with detachable magazines and certain features, as well as magazines holding more than 15 rounds. All 19 Senate Republicans, including Cifers, opposed the bill on Second Amendment grounds; Governor Spanberger signed it into law May 2026.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- ammoland.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)
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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
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
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Sources & Evidence
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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/Luther_CifersEncyclopedia
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/senate-voting-record/Right Advocacy
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247, 01/21/2025) with an on-record floor statement opposing it; Family Foundation of VA scored him 100% pro-family (abortion votes included). Unclassified
Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247, 01/21/2025) with an on-record floor statement opposing it; Family Foundation of VA scored him 100% pro-family (abortion votes included).
- [2]Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247, 01/21/2025) with an on-record floor statement opposing it; Family Foundation of VA scored him 100% pro-family (abortion votes included). Right Advocacy
Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247, 01/21/2025) with an on-record floor statement opposing it; Family Foundation of VA scored him 100% pro-family (abortion votes included).
- [3]Did NOT cross over on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment — in 2025 only 3 Republicans (DeSteph, Diggs, Durant) voted YES and in 2026 only the named crossovers did; Cifers was in the GOP NO bloc both times. Unclassified
Did NOT cross over on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment — in 2025 only 3 Republicans (DeSteph, Diggs, Durant) voted YES and in 2026 only the named crossovers did; Cifers was in the GOP NO bloc both times.
- [4]Did NOT cross over on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment — in 2025 only 3 Republicans (DeSteph, Diggs, Durant) voted YES and in 2026 only the named crossovers did; Cifers was in the GOP NO bloc both times. Lean Left
Did NOT cross over on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment — in 2025 only 3 Republicans (DeSteph, Diggs, Durant) voted YES and in 2026 only the named crossovers did; Cifers was in the GOP NO bloc both times.
- [5]On-record opposition to the 2026 assault-weapons/10-round-magazine ban (SB749): 'flawed in every sense of the word... an attempt to take law-abiding Virginians and turn them into criminals.' Unclassified
On-record opposition to the 2026 assault-weapons/10-round-magazine ban (SB749): 'flawed in every sense of the word... an attempt to take law-abiding Virginians and turn them into criminals.'
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