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Virginia House of Delegates
Michael Feggans
House of Delegates — District 97
Democrat
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
2
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· 7 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#4,893 of 9,024 · bottom 45.8% 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
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Religion: Not publicly stated (no evidence found)
Background: VA Delegate, HD-97 (Virginia Beach); elected Nov 2023 (defeated GOP incumbent Karen Greenhalgh), re-elected Nov 2025. U.S. Air Force veteran — 20 years, retired Master Sergeant; cybersecurity entrepreneur (M.S., Norfolk State). Member, Virginia Legislative Black Caucus. Committees: Public Safety, Transportation, Labor & Commerce.
VA Delegate, HD-97 (Virginia Beach); Air Force MSgt (ret., 20 yrs), cybersecurity entrepreneur; re-elected Nov 2025. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier — overnight autopilot] Uniformly progressive HARD record on the marquee votes: patron + YES on HJ1 (2025 reproductive-freedom amendment, House 51-46) and featured in Planned Parenthood's 'Bros for Repro' with a direct pro-choice statement; patron of the same-sex-marriage repeal amendment (HJ9 2025 / HJ3 2026). Voted YES on the $15 minimum wage (HB1, committee); patron of offshore-wind workforce (HB67), a 'Buy American/Virginia' procurement preference (HB1361), and a 5% veteran-owned-business procurement set-aside (HB381). Giffords-endorsed; campaign supports expanded background checks, the red-flag law, and safe-storage. Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia. No conservative-direction deviation on any culture/life/2A dimension — the only mildly cross-cutting items (Buy-American + veteran-business procurement) are stewardship-flavored, not conservative-coded, and don't map to an applicable cell. family/child-sovereignty, christian-liberty, election-integrity, public-justice, federal-overreach, and immigration cells left null — no public record located.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
Voted YES on HJ1 (January 14, 2025), Virginia's constitutional resolution establishing a 'fundamental right to reproductive freedom' — defined to include abortion care at any stage of pregnancy with no gestational limit, no required waiting periods, and no mandatory parental-consent provisions. The House passed HJ1 51-48 on a near-party-line vote; Feggans joined all but one Democrat in voting in favor. The amendment was also part of the 'Bros for Repro' campaign in which Feggans participated, calling on male legislators to publicly champion the reproductive-freedom measure.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- VPM — Virginia Public MediaLean Left
- michaelfeggans.comUnclassified
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)
FALSE (0)
1 claim
Earned the endorsement of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia (PPAV) for his 2025 re-election race in House District 97. PPAV's endorsement — granted to candidates they identify as committed to expanding abortion access — was announced in July 2025 with Feggans stating he is 'proud to stand with the majority of Virginians who believe Virginia should remain the last safe haven in the South for reproductive freedom.' The rubric requires legislators to have never accepted endorsements or financial support from Planned Parenthood, NARAL, or EMILY's List.
- michaelfeggans.comUnclassified
- Planned Parenthood Action FundLeft Advocacy
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)[3]
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
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)[4]
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 in a near-party-line vote, with Feggans and almost all Democratic delegates voting in favor over united Republican opposition. Governor Spanberger signed SB749 into law in May 2026, with provisions taking effect July 1, 2026.
- 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
TRUE (+2)[5]
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
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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
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/Michael_FeggansEncyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
giffords.org/candidates/michael-feggans/Unclassified
michaelfeggans.com/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Patron of and voted YES on HJ1 (2025), the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (House 51-46); PP-endorsed with a direct pro-choice statement — does not affirm personhood from conception. Official
Patron of and voted YES on HJ1 (2025), the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (House 51-46); PP-endorsed with a direct pro-choice statement — does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]Patron of and voted YES on HJ1 (2025), the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (House 51-46); PP-endorsed with a direct pro-choice statement — does not affirm personhood from conception. Unclassified
Patron of and voted YES on HJ1 (2025), the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (House 51-46); PP-endorsed with a direct pro-choice statement — does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [3]Patron of HJ9 (2025) repealing Virginia's constitutional same-sex-marriage ban (HJ3 2026 second passage). Official
Patron of HJ9 (2025) repealing Virginia's constitutional same-sex-marriage ban (HJ3 2026 second passage).
- [4]Giffords-endorsed; campaign explicitly supports expanded background checks, strengthening the extreme-risk (red-flag) law, and safe-storage mandates — supports the regime this dimension opposes. Unclassified
Giffords-endorsed; campaign explicitly supports expanded background checks, strengthening the extreme-risk (red-flag) law, and safe-storage mandates — supports the regime this dimension opposes.
- [5]kind: party_platform. 2024 Democratic Party Platform (UCSB HTML mirror, fetched 2026-10-07, HTTP 200). No individual statement found this turn that backed law enforcement. questions_state text for this index was null; scored the main question because applicable_at includes state. Preamble: 'We passed the first significant gun safety law in decades and made record investments in public safety, putting more police officers on the beat.' Maps to public_justice q0 (publicly backed law enforcement via the party platform). The word 'defund' appears elsewhere on that platform only as a charge that Republicans try to defund Direct File — not claimed as his position, and not used to score the opposed-defunding clause. Unclassified
kind: party_platform. 2024 Democratic Party Platform (UCSB HTML mirror, fetched 2026-10-07, HTTP 200). No individual statement found this turn that backed law enforcement. questions_state text for this index was null; scored the main question because applicable_at includes state. Preamble: 'We passed the first significant gun safety law in decades and made record investments in public safety, putting more police officers on the beat.' Maps to public_justice q0 (publicly backed law enforcement via the party platform). The word 'defund' appears elsewhere on that platform only as a charge that Republicans try to defund Direct File — not claimed as his position, and not used to score the opposed-defunding clause.
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