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Virginia State Senate
Richard Stuart
State Senate — District 25
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100
/ 100
A
Raw: 10 of 10 dynamic max
· 5 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
6/ 70
🏛️ State First
4/ 30
National Rank
#4,630 of 8,776 · bottom 47.2% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 2027
Primary · Not up at next scheduled election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
Elections office: (804) 864-8901
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Reported Episcopalian (secondary source; not independently confirmed)
Education: Virginia Wesleyan University (BA), University of Richmond School of Law (JD), Emmanuel College Cambridge (International Law)
Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Background: Republican VA State Senator, District 25 (Northern Neck / King George / Stafford / Westmoreland); attorney first elected to the Senate in 2007 (old District 28; redrawn to District 25 in 2024). Known statewide for environmental / Chesapeake Bay work; former chair of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation & Natural Resources Committee.
VA State Senator, SD-25 (Northern Neck/Stafford), in the Senate since 2007. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Conservative record that HELD THE LINE on the social amendments. Voted NAY on SJ247 (reproductive-freedom amendment) — confirmed by name in the NAYS on the primary LIS roll call — and NAY on the House companion (ChoiceTracker 'Anti-Choice'; National Right to Life endorsement 2019). UNLIKE Diggs/Durant, voted NAY on SJ249 (same-sex-marriage amendment) — confirmed by name in the NAYS on the primary LIS roll call — and was NOT among the 2026 GOP crossovers, so NO marriage deviation. On immigration he backed enforcement measures in 2025 and supports State Police-ICE (287g-style) cooperation, dismissing benefits for those 'here unlawfully.' Pro-2A: vocally opposed the 2020 'red flag' law (SB240) on due-process grounds; campaign 'strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment.' Family/child-sovereignty, election-integrity, public-justice, federal-overreach specifics, and interest-group letter grades returned no citable record and are NULL — not inferred from party. (Sparse-but-uniformly-aligned record: 5 TRUE / 0 FALSE.)
Category Breakdown
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
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Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
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Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
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Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
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Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
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Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
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Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
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Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
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Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
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Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
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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
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Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
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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
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Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
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Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
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Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
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Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
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Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
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Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
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Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
TRUE (+2)[5]
Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
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Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
1 claim
Campaign website: 'Richard believes in the sanctity of life and will vote pro-life' | Voted NO on SJR249 (2025) — marriage equality amendment | Campaign website: 'Richard is a strong supporter of the 2nd amendment' | Family Foundation 100% (13/13, 2022-23).
- The Family Foundation of Virginia — Report CardRight Advocacy
- The Family Foundation of Virginia — Report CardRight Advocacy
- The Family Foundation of Virginia — Report CardRight Advocacy
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
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Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
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Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
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Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
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Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
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Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
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Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
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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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Sources & Evidence
2 Left3 Lean Left1 Center6 Right4 Official2 Reference4 Other
www.stuartforsenate.com/issuesAdvocacy
Choice Tracker — Abortion VotesLeft Advocacy
www.stuartforsenate.com/Advocacy
legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB2/2024Reference
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/Right Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/senate-voting-record/Right Advocacy
www.vcdl.org/voting-recordsRight Advocacy
reportcard.familyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2...Right Advocacy
freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Choice Tracker — Abortion VotesLeft Advocacy
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Voted NAY on SJ247 (reproductive-freedom amendment) — listed by name in the NAYS on the primary LIS roll call; long anti-abortion voting record; ChoiceTracker 'Anti-Choice'; National Right to Life endorsement (2019). Official
Voted NAY on SJ247 (reproductive-freedom amendment) — listed by name in the NAYS on the primary LIS roll call; long anti-abortion voting record; ChoiceTracker 'Anti-Choice'; National Right to Life endorsement (2019).
- [2]Voted NAY on SJ247 (reproductive-freedom amendment) — listed by name in the NAYS on the primary LIS roll call; long anti-abortion voting record; ChoiceTracker 'Anti-Choice'; National Right to Life endorsement (2019). Left Advocacy
Voted NAY on SJ247 (reproductive-freedom amendment) — listed by name in the NAYS on the primary LIS roll call; long anti-abortion voting record; ChoiceTracker 'Anti-Choice'; National Right to Life endorsement (2019).
- [3]Voted NAY on SJ249 (same-sex-marriage amendment, 24-15) — listed by name in the NAYS on the primary LIS roll call; did NOT cross over (unlike Diggs/Durant/Suetterlein). Affirms keeping the man-woman marriage clause. Official
Voted NAY on SJ249 (same-sex-marriage amendment, 24-15) — listed by name in the NAYS on the primary LIS roll call; did NOT cross over (unlike Diggs/Durant/Suetterlein). Affirms keeping the man-woman marriage clause.
- [4]Opposed codifying same-sex marriage in the Constitution in both 2025 and 2026 (not among the GOP crossovers). Lean Left
Opposed codifying same-sex marriage in the Constitution in both 2025 and 2026 (not among the GOP crossovers).
- [5]Backed 2025 immigration-enforcement measures and supports State Police-ICE (287g-style) cooperation; said he sees nothing wrong with 'making sure we're not giving public benefits to those … here unlawfully' — opposes sanctuary-style policy. Lean Left
Backed 2025 immigration-enforcement measures and supports State Police-ICE (287g-style) cooperation; said he sees nothing wrong with 'making sure we're not giving public benefits to those … here unlawfully' — opposes sanctuary-style policy.
- [6]Vocally opposed the 2020 'red flag' law (SB240) on due-process grounds; campaign self-identifies as a 'strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights' — opposes red-flag/magazine/assault-weapon restrictions. Lean Left
Vocally opposed the 2020 'red flag' law (SB240) on due-process grounds; campaign self-identifies as a 'strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights' — opposes red-flag/magazine/assault-weapon restrictions.
- [7]Vocally opposed the 2020 'red flag' law (SB240) on due-process grounds; campaign self-identifies as a 'strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights' — opposes red-flag/magazine/assault-weapon restrictions. Advocacy
Vocally opposed the 2020 'red flag' law (SB240) on due-process grounds; campaign self-identifies as a 'strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights' — opposes red-flag/magazine/assault-weapon restrictions.
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