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City of Chesapeake
Patricia Y. 'Pat' King, MD
City Council
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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✝ God First
0/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#5,044 of 8,776 · bottom 42.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Education: Booker T. Washington High School; B.S. Howard University (1982); M.D. Meharry Medical College (1989)
Background: Psychiatrist in Chesapeake since 1993 (Bon Secours Maryview / Chesapeake Regional Medical Center; professional name Patricia King-Jones MD); former Earth Science teacher; mother of three; lifelong Hampton Roads resident; founded a non-profit in 2020. Prior run: 2018 Chesapeake School Board (lost). Elected At-Large Nov 5, 2024 (3rd of 9, ~15.73%); sworn in Dec 30, 2024, took office Jan 1, 2025; term ends Dec 31, 2028. Regional service: Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (2025–). No public church/denominational affiliation located. Endorsed in 2024 by Chesapeake Democratic Committee, Sen. Louise Lucas (D), Del. Cliff Hayes (D), Chesapeake Education Association, Hampton Roads REALTORS, Phillip Jones (D mayoral candidate), and the Progressive Voters Guide of Virginia.
At-large. Term expires 2028.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: At-Large Chesapeake council member, sworn in 12/30/2024, term ends 12/31/2028. Party-in-practice openly Democratic by endorsement coalition (Chesapeake Democratic Committee, Sen. Louise Lucas D, Del. Cliff Hayes D, Phillip Jones for Mayor D, Chesapeake Education Association teachers' union, Hampton Roads REALTORS, Progressive Voters Guide of Virginia). VERY THIN ISSUE FOOTPRINT: 8 of 10 LOCAL rubric cells return NO direct citable statement; campaign website (patkingforchesapeake.com) has lapsed/expired and now redirects to unrelated domains, so direct campaign positions are not retrievable. TIMING: King took office Jan 1, 2025 — ALL named legacy Chesapeake votes (2017 sanctuary 8-1; Dec 10, 2019 unanimous 2A Constitutional City declaration; May 28, 2024 first-ever mayoral Pride proclamation; June 2024 6-3 ward-system referendum rejection; FY24 4-cent RE-tax cut; FY25 $1.6B budget; Nov 2024 curbside-recycling referendum) PREDATE her tenure and are not her record. Her advocacy to RESTORE a fee-bearing curbside-recycling program runs counter to opposing wasteful local spending but no FY26 rate-setting roll-call vote of hers has been located in available sources → economic_stewardship q2 left null pending a confirmed vote. NO EVIDENCE FOUND on sanctity_of_life (Progressive Voters Guide listing is general-progressive, not a single-issue abortion endorsement → null), biblical_marriage, family_child_sovereignty (Chesapeake Education Association endorsement is a teachers'-union labor endorsement, not a single-issue parental-rights/curriculum endorsement → null), christian_liberty (no invocation delivered, no church affiliation publicly stated), election_integrity, public_justice (no AFFIRMATIVE pro-LE statement located; her professional identity is psychiatry, which biases toward mental-health framing of public-safety questions), refuse_state_overreach, border_immigration, self_defense. Confidence: evidence_local on the basis of party-in-practice + endorsement triangulation, but with HONEST nulls across the rubric. Flag: psychsearch.net reports a state-board reprimand on file for Dr. Patricia King, Chesapeake psychiatrist — context only, not scored.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
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Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
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Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
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Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
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 asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
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Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
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Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
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