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#5,830 of 9,024 · bottom 35.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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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
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Not publicly stated
Background: VA House of Delegates, District 57 (parts of Henrico and Goochland). Freshman Democrat sworn in Jan 14, 2026; flipped the seat by defeating Republican incumbent David Owen (~56%) in Nov 2025. First Chinese American elected to Virginia state-level office; corporate-CSR background (Altria); former chair, Virginia Asian Advisory Board; NYU journalism.
VA Delegate, HD-57 (Henrico/Goochland); freshman Democrat seated Jan 14, 2026 (flipped from R incumbent David Owen). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Thin but uniformly progressive record: in the Democratic yes bloc on opening-day HJ1 (abortion constitutional amendment) and HJ3 (same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment); endorsed/funded by EMILY's List, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, and REPRO Rising. On the record (Aug 2025) pledging to vote for all the gun-safety bills Youngkin vetoed (assault-weapons ban, magazine limits, safe-storage, waiting period). No conservative deviations found. Most non-flagship dimensions (family/child, Christian liberty, economic, federal overreach, immigration specifics, election-mechanics specifics) have no public record yet and are left null. Religion not public.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)[1]
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Voted YES on HJ1 (January 14, 2026) — the required second legislative passage of Virginia's constitutional amendment establishing a 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom,' including abortion care at any stage of pregnancy. This was among her first official votes after being sworn in as a delegate on the same day, January 14, 2026. The House passed the amendment 64-34; Nivar had explicitly pledged during her 2025 campaign to vote in favor, saying she wanted to 'protect reproductive freedom' and keep Virginia the last safe haven for abortion access in the South.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- Cardinal NewsLocal News
- 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)[2]
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)
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)[1]
1 claim
Voted YES on HJ3 (January 14, 2026), the second and final legislative passage of Virginia's constitutional amendment to repeal Article I, Section 15-A — the provision voters ratified in 2006 defining marriage in Virginia as solely between one man and one woman. With Nivar's YES vote, the House passed the repeal amendment 67-31 (the most bipartisan of the four amendments, with three Republicans crossing over). The amendment was placed on the November 2026 statewide ballot for voter ratification.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- Cardinal NewsLocal News
- 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
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)
FALSE (0)[3]
1 claim
Voted YES on SB749 (March 4, 2026), Virginia's assault-firearms ban prohibiting the purchase, sale, importation, manufacture, or transfer of semi-automatic centerfire rifles with detachable magazines and specified features, and magazines holding more than 15 rounds. The House passed the bill 59-35 on a near-party-line vote; Nivar voted with the Democratic majority in favor. Gun Owners of America and the Virginia Citizens Defense League called the bill unconstitutional and an infringement on Second Amendment rights.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- 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)
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
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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/May_NivarEncyclopedia
reprorisingva.org/team/may-nivar/Left Advocacy
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References & footnotes
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- [1]In the Democratic yes bloc on HJ1, the constitutional amendment enshrining abortion access (House passed 64-34, straight party line, Jan 14 2026); does not affirm personhood from conception. Local News
In the Democratic yes bloc on HJ1, the constitutional amendment enshrining abortion access (House passed 64-34, straight party line, Jan 14 2026); does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]Affirmatively pro-abortion-rights (REPRO Rising team page; supports the reproductive-freedom amendment) — opposite of abortion abolition. Left Advocacy
Affirmatively pro-abortion-rights (REPRO Rising team page; supports the reproductive-freedom amendment) — opposite of abortion abolition.
- [3]On record (Aug 2025) pledging to vote for all the gun-safety bills Youngkin vetoed — assault-weapons ban, magazine limits, safe-storage, waiting period; supports red-flag-type and magazine-limit measures this rubric opposes. Local News
On record (Aug 2025) pledging to vote for all the gun-safety bills Youngkin vetoed — assault-weapons ban, magazine limits, safe-storage, waiting period; supports red-flag-type and magazine-limit measures this rubric opposes.
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