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Virginia State Senate
Mamie Locke
State Senate — District 23
Democrat
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✝ God First
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🏛️ State First
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National Rank
#5,150 of 8,957 · bottom 42.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 2027
Primary · Not up at next scheduled election
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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: Roman Catholic
Education: PhD, Atlanta University
Background: Democratic VA State Senator, District 23 (Hampton / part of Newport News); serving continuously since 2004. Political scientist — Professor Emerita and former Dean at Hampton University; former Hampton City Council member and Hampton's first African American mayor (2000-2004). Chairs the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Democratic Caucus; sits on Finance & Appropriations.
VA State Senator, SD-23 (Hampton), continuously since 2004; chairs Senate Rules and the Senate Democratic Caucus. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Long progressive leadership record. Co-patron of the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247) and voted the Democratic line on it (re-affirmed 2026); public statement vows to 'fiercely … protect an individual's right to reproductive health care without barriers or restrictions.' Voted the Democratic line for the same-sex-marriage amendment (SJ249/HJR3, 26-13). CHIEF PATRON of the felon-voting-rights-restoration constitutional amendment (SJ248), which she frames as undoing a tool 'to block Black people from voting.' Giffords-endorsed 'proven champion' who sponsored gun-restriction bills (guns-in-libraries ban; as Rules chair, guns banned in the Capitol/Capitol Square). No conservative deviations found. Many specific cells (school choice, christian liberty, voter-ID/mail-in specifics, public justice, federal overreach, border) returned no public record and are NULL — not inferred from party.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Voted YES on SJ247 (January 21, 2025), Virginia's constitutional amendment to establish a 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' — including abortion care at any stage of pregnancy — with no exceptions for gestational limits, parental consent, or health-neutral regulations. The Senate passed the amendment 21-19 on a strict party-line vote; all 21 Democratic senators, including Locke, voted in favor while all 19 Republicans opposed it. The amendment appeared on the November 2026 statewide ballot after a required second legislative passage.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- VPM — Virginia Public MediaLean Left
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
FALSE (0)[3]
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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Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
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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)[4]
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
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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)[5]
1 claim
Voted YES on SB749 (2026 session), Virginia's sweeping assault-firearms ban prohibiting the purchase, sale, importation, manufacture, or transfer of semi-automatic centerfire rifles with detachable magazines and certain features, as well as magazines holding more than 15 rounds. The Senate passed the bill 21-19 on a strict party-line vote, with all 21 Democratic senators — including Locke — voting in favor. Gun Owners of America and the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) both opposed the bill as unconstitutional. Governor Spanberger signed SB749 into law in May 2026.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- gunowners.orgUnclassified
- 29news.comUnclassified
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
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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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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
www.senatorlocke.com/Unclassified
giffords.org/candidates/mamie-locke/Unclassified
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_LockeEncyclopedia
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Co-patron of the SJ247 reproductive-freedom amendment; vows to protect abortion access 'without barriers or restrictions' — does not affirm personhood from conception. Official
Co-patron of the SJ247 reproductive-freedom amendment; vows to protect abortion access 'without barriers or restrictions' — does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]Co-patron of the SJ247 reproductive-freedom amendment; vows to protect abortion access 'without barriers or restrictions' — does not affirm personhood from conception. Unclassified
Co-patron of the SJ247 reproductive-freedom amendment; vows to protect abortion access 'without barriers or restrictions' — does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [3]Voted the Democratic line for the reproductive-freedom amendment (SJ247, 21-19) — the opposite of abortion abolition. Local News
Voted the Democratic line for the reproductive-freedom amendment (SJ247, 21-19) — the opposite of abortion abolition.
- [4]Voted the Democratic line for SJ249/HJR3 (the same-sex-marriage amendment, 26-13) — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman. Lean Left
Voted the Democratic line for SJ249/HJR3 (the same-sex-marriage amendment, 26-13) — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman.
- [5]Giffords-endorsed 'proven champion'; sponsored gun-restriction bills (guns-in-libraries ban; guns banned in the Capitol/Capitol Square as Rules chair) — supports the restrictions this cell opposes. Unclassified
Giffords-endorsed 'proven champion'; sponsored gun-restriction bills (guns-in-libraries ban; guns banned in the Capitol/Capitol Square as Rules chair) — supports the restrictions this cell opposes.
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