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Virginia House of Delegates
Marcia Price
House of Delegates — District 85
Democrat
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✝ God First
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🏛️ State First
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National Rank
#5,843 of 9,024 · bottom 35.3% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 2027
General · Seat up at next election
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
State elections office: (804) 864-8901
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Episcopalian — fourth-generation member of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Newport News; M.A. Religious Studies (Howard), M.Div. (Virginia Union)
Background: VA Delegate, HD-85 (Newport News/Hampton) since Jan 2024; previously HD-95 (2016-2024). Chair of the House Privileges & Elections Committee (first Black woman to chair it). Daughter of former Newport News Mayor McKinley Price; niece of U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott; openly pansexual. Reelected uncontested Nov 4, 2025.
VA Delegate, HD-85 (D), sitting since 2016 (HD-95 then HD-85); Chair of House Privileges & Elections. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Strongly progressive HARD record, NO conservative deviation. ReproRising A+/'Champion'; co-patron of the reproductive-freedom amendment (HJ1) and CHIEF PATRON of the Right to Contraception Act (HB1716). Lead Democratic voting-rights legislator: CHIEF PATRON of the Voting Rights Act of Virginia (HB1890, 2021), CHIEF PATRON of HB968 (2026, bars hand-counting machine-readable ballots), and a chief patron of the 2026 felon-re-enfranchisement amendment -- her P&E committee advanced all four 2026 constitutional amendments. Giffords-endorsed; chief sponsor of legislation enabling localities to enact their own gun measures. Marriage: openly pansexual and, as P&E Chair, presided over and advanced the 2026 marriage-equality amendment (HJ3) -> biblical_marriage q0 FALSE (her individual floor roll call was behind the new LIS app, but her authorship/leadership of the progressive slate is documented; q1 left null to avoid double-counting the less-isolated cell). Family/child, Christian-liberty, economic, immigration, federal-overreach: no documented Price-specific position -> null.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
As chair of the House Privileges and Elections Committee, Price's panel voted 15-7 in January 2026 to advance HJR1 (Virginia Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment). Price championed the amendment, declaring the 'right to bodily autonomy and privacy' to be 'crucial to the foundation of this commonwealth and this nation,' and noted Virginia's maternal-health crisis as cause to enshrine abortion access constitutionally — directly opposing the rubric's life-at-conception/personhood standard.
- BallotpediaCenter
- Virginia MercuryLean 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)[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
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
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
Not yet verified
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)
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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
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
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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
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
FALSE (0)[5]
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)[4]
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)[4]
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)
FALSE (0)[7]
1 claim
Price introduced HB421 in the 2020 Virginia legislative session to authorize any locality to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components in governmental buildings, public parks, and public streets used for permitted events, framing lawful gun carrying as a locality-regulated responsibility; she has continued advocating for expanded gun-restriction authority and wrote in 2025 that a proposed gun-violence prevention center would be an 'asset' for reducing gun violence — reflecting an ongoing record of supporting restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- BallotpediaCenter
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
FALSE (0)[8]
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
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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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Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
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www.vcdl.org/Right Advocacy
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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_PriceEncyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
giffords.org/candidates/marcia-price/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]ReproRising 2025 A+/'Champion' (scores actual votes); co-patron of the reproductive-freedom amendment HJ1 and chief patron of the Right to Contraception Act (HB1716) -- does not affirm personhood from conception. Left Advocacy
ReproRising 2025 A+/'Champion' (scores actual votes); co-patron of the reproductive-freedom amendment HJ1 and chief patron of the Right to Contraception Act (HB1716) -- does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]ReproRising 2025 A+/'Champion' (scores actual votes); co-patron of the reproductive-freedom amendment HJ1 and chief patron of the Right to Contraception Act (HB1716) -- does not affirm personhood from conception. Center
ReproRising 2025 A+/'Champion' (scores actual votes); co-patron of the reproductive-freedom amendment HJ1 and chief patron of the Right to Contraception Act (HB1716) -- does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [3]Openly pansexual; as Chair of House Privileges & Elections, presided over and advanced the 2026 marriage-equality amendment (HJ3) repealing the one-man-one-woman clause -- does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman. Encyclopedia
Openly pansexual; as Chair of House Privileges & Elections, presided over and advanced the 2026 marriage-equality amendment (HJ3) repealing the one-man-one-woman clause -- does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman.
- [4]Openly pansexual; as Chair of House Privileges & Elections, presided over and advanced the 2026 marriage-equality amendment (HJ3) repealing the one-man-one-woman clause -- does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman. Lean Left
Openly pansexual; as Chair of House Privileges & Elections, presided over and advanced the 2026 marriage-equality amendment (HJ3) repealing the one-man-one-woman clause -- does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman.
- [5]CHIEF PATRON of HB968 (2026), which bars hand-counting of machine-readable ballots except on scanner failure -- directly contrary to hand-counted paper ballots. Official
CHIEF PATRON of HB968 (2026), which bars hand-counting of machine-readable ballots except on scanner failure -- directly contrary to hand-counted paper ballots.
- [6]CHIEF PATRON of the Voting Rights Act of Virginia (HB1890, 2021) expanding ballot access -- opposite of photo-ID/citizenship-verification restrictions. Encyclopedia
CHIEF PATRON of the Voting Rights Act of Virginia (HB1890, 2021) expanding ballot access -- opposite of photo-ID/citizenship-verification restrictions.
- [7]Giffords-endorsed; chief sponsor of legislation authorizing localities to enact their own gun-violence-prevention/firearm measures -- contrary to opposing gun restrictions. Unclassified
Giffords-endorsed; chief sponsor of legislation authorizing localities to enact their own gun-violence-prevention/firearm measures -- contrary to opposing gun restrictions.
- [8]Patron of HB1920 (sentence reconsideration/reduction after transfer to Corrections -- a 'second-look' leniency measure) -- contrary to opposing soft-on-crime policy. Lean Left
Patron of HB1920 (sentence reconsideration/reduction after transfer to Corrections -- a 'second-look' leniency measure) -- contrary to opposing soft-on-crime policy.
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