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Virginia House of Delegates
Mitchell Cornett
House of Delegates — District 46
Republican
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
12
/ 100
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Raw: 12 of 12 dynamic max
· 6 of 49 answered
State tier49 of 50 rubric questions apply at this office level — federal-only questions are marked N/A and excluded from the dynamic max. How tier grading works →
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✝ God First
10/ 70
🏛️ State First
2/ 30
National Rank
#4,397 of 9,024 · top 48.7% 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: Christian (denomination not specified) — per his official House member record.
Background: Mitchell Cornett (R, b. 1994, Marion VA), Grayson County native; fifth-generation cattle farmer, licensed real-estate broker, Nationally Registered Paramedic / certified firefighter. Served on the Grayson County Board of Supervisors and as Vice-Chair of the county GOP committee. Won HD-46 (Grayson/Smyth/Wythe + part of Pulaski) Nov 2025 (~78%) succeeding Jed Arnold; sworn in Jan 14 2026. Married to Kaitlin Cornett.
VA Delegate, HD-46 (SW Virginia); FRESHMAN sworn 2026-01-14 — record is genuinely thin (~3 weeks), so most cells are honestly null, not inferred. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] HARD: voted NAY on HJ3 same-sex-marriage repeal amendment (1/14/2026, House 67-31) — the conservative/party-line position. Chief patron of pro-law-enforcement bills HB294 (penalties for malicious injury to correctional officers), HB295 (correctional officers in aggravated-murder definition), HB1300 (survivor may buy a fallen State Police officer's service handgun for $1), and first-responder bills HB130/HB227. Campaign pledge 'Champion Life / protect the unborn'; campaign + VPM-interview statements as a 'staunch defender of the Second Amendment... without government overreach' ('Down here, we like our guns'). Economic signals (tax cuts, anti-VCEA, anti-APCO-rate-hike) don't map to a rubric cell and are left unscored. Family/child, christian-liberty, election-integrity, federal-overreach, and border/immigration: NO EVIDENCE (too new) — left null.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1]
1 claim
Voted NO on Virginia's Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment (HJR 1, 2026) — a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion-on-demand with no gestational limit into Virginia's Constitution. The measure passed the House 64-34 on a strict party-line vote; Cornett, a cattle farmer and Christian representing the rural southwest Virginia counties of Grayson, Smyth, Wythe, and part of Pulaski, stood with every Republican delegate in voting to protect the unborn. Cornett took office January 14, 2026, making this among his first legislative votes.
- 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
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
FEC / state campaign-finance search found no abortion-industry PAC contributions for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns (as of the cited search date)
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
TRUE (+2)[2]
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)
1 claim
Voted NO on HB 217 (Virginia's 2026 assault-weapons ban) and the accompanying gun-control package that cleared the House 58-34 along party lines. Cornett opposed the most expansive firearms restriction in Virginia's history — banning the sale and manufacture of assault-style rifles, capping magazine capacity, and adding storage mandates — and separately sponsored HB 1300, which passed unanimously, allowing the immediate survivor of any Virginia State Police officer to purchase the officer's service handgun for $1, honoring fallen law enforcement with a practical pro-Second-Amendment measure.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- nraila.orgUnclassified
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
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)[4]
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
TRUE (+2)[4]
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
Not yet verified
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Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/Right Advocacy
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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_CornettEncyclopedia
www.cornettfordelegate.com/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Campaign priority 'Champion Life': 'Every human life is precious, and I will always fight to protect life and advocate for... the unborn.' (SOFT — stated campaign position; freshman with no abortion roll call yet.) Unclassified
Campaign priority 'Champion Life': 'Every human life is precious, and I will always fight to protect life and advocate for... the unborn.' (SOFT — stated campaign position; freshman with no abortion roll call yet.)
- [2]Voted NAY on HJ3 (House 67-31, 1/14/2026), declining to repeal the one-man-one-woman constitutional definition. Official
Voted NAY on HJ3 (House 67-31, 1/14/2026), declining to repeal the one-man-one-woman constitutional definition.
- [3]Campaign 'Defend our Gun Rights': 'a staunch defender of the Second Amendment... without government overreach'; VPM interview 'Down here, we like our guns. We like our Second Amendment rights.' (SOFT — stated position; freshman with no gun roll call yet.) Lean Left
Campaign 'Defend our Gun Rights': 'a staunch defender of the Second Amendment... without government overreach'; VPM interview 'Down here, we like our guns. We like our Second Amendment rights.' (SOFT — stated position; freshman with no gun roll call yet.)
- [4]Affirmative pro-law-enforcement advocacy: chief patron of HB294 (penalties for malicious injury to correctional officers) and HB1300 (survivor of a fallen State Police officer may purchase the service handgun for $1). Official
Affirmative pro-law-enforcement advocacy: chief patron of HB294 (penalties for malicious injury to correctional officers) and HB1300 (survivor of a fallen State Police officer may purchase the service handgun for $1).
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