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Virginia House of Delegates
Scott Wyatt
House of Delegates — District 60
Republican
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
14
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✝ God First
12/ 70
🏛️ State First
2/ 30
National Rank
#4,344 of 9,024 · top 48.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
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
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State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Catholic — member, Catholic Church of the Redeemer; Knights of Columbus
Background: Scott A. Wyatt (b. 1963). VA House of Delegates, District 60 (Hanover + part of New Kent); Republican first elected 2019 (HD-97 2020-2023, redistricted to HD-60 in 2024); re-elected Nov 2025 (defeated Democrat Andrew Ward). Retired telecommunications manager; former Hanover County Board of Supervisors.
VA Delegate, HD-60 (Hanover/New Kent); Republican since 2020, re-elected Nov 2025. Catholic (Church of the Redeemer; Knights of Columbus). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Consistently conservative record: ReproRising VA 2024 grade 'D — Opponent' (consistently votes against abortion access) and self-described pro-life; in the all-Republican NO bloc on HJ1 (abortion amendment). Voted NO on the HJ9 same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (not among the 7 named GOP crossovers). Campaign record: supports school choice/vouchers; explicitly pro-law-enforcement ('fought attacks on law enforcement,' opposes restricting qualified immunity, rejects weakening criminal penalties); NRA Life Member committed to opposing 2A infringement. No cross-party deviations. Christian-liberty, economic-specifics, election-mechanics, federal-overreach, and immigration cells have no on-point public record and are left null (campaign issues page is silent on those). Several cells rest on campaign self-statements / scorecard grade (noted per cell).
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Voted NO on Virginia's Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment (HJR 1, 2026), which would have written a near-unlimited right to abortion — with no gestational limit — into the Virginia Constitution. The amendment passed the House 64-34 on a strict party-line vote, with Wyatt casting one of 34 Republican 'no' votes. A member of the House since 2020, Wyatt represents Hanover County (District 60) and won re-election in November 2025.
- 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)
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
TRUE (+2)[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
TRUE (+2)[2]
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
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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
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
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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
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
A Life Member of the National Rifle Association who voted NO on HB 217 (Virginia's 2026 assault-weapons ban) along with every Republican delegate. The legislation banned the future sale and manufacture of assault-style firearms, restricted magazine capacity to ten rounds, and imposed storage mandates — the most expansive firearms restriction Virginia has ever enacted. It passed the House 58-34 on party lines and was signed by Gov. Spanberger in May 2026. NRA-ILA called it unconstitutional; Wyatt joined the unified GOP bloc opposing it.
- BallotpediaCenter
- nraila.orgUnclassified
- nraila.orgUnclassified
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
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Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
TRUE (+2)[2]
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)
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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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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wyatt_(politician)Encyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
www.votescottwyatt.com/issues/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]ReproRising VA 2024 grade 'D — Opponent' (a legislator who consistently votes against abortion access); self-described 'pro-life, social conservative' who pledges to 'foster a culture that respects life'; in the all-Republican NO bloc on the HJ1 abortion amendment. Left Advocacy
ReproRising VA 2024 grade 'D — Opponent' (a legislator who consistently votes against abortion access); self-described 'pro-life, social conservative' who pledges to 'foster a culture that respects life'; in the all-Republican NO bloc on the HJ1 abortion amendment.
- [2]ReproRising VA 2024 grade 'D — Opponent' (a legislator who consistently votes against abortion access); self-described 'pro-life, social conservative' who pledges to 'foster a culture that respects life'; in the all-Republican NO bloc on the HJ1 abortion amendment. Unclassified
ReproRising VA 2024 grade 'D — Opponent' (a legislator who consistently votes against abortion access); self-described 'pro-life, social conservative' who pledges to 'foster a culture that respects life'; in the all-Republican NO bloc on the HJ1 abortion amendment.
- [3]Voted NO on the HJ9 same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (House 58-35); not among the 7 named Republican crossovers, i.e. in the 35-R no bloc that voted to preserve the man-woman marriage provision. Lean Left
Voted NO on the HJ9 same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (House 58-35); not among the 7 named Republican crossovers, i.e. in the 35-R no bloc that voted to preserve the man-woman marriage provision.
- [4]Voted NO on the HJ9 same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (House 58-35); not among the 7 named Republican crossovers, i.e. in the 35-R no bloc that voted to preserve the man-woman marriage provision. Center
Voted NO on the HJ9 same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (House 58-35); not among the 7 named Republican crossovers, i.e. in the 35-R no bloc that voted to preserve the man-woman marriage provision.
- [5]NRA Life Member; 'committed to protecting the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms' and will 'fight all attempts ... to infringe upon them'; in the GOP bloc objecting to the 2026 Democratic gun-control package. Unclassified
NRA Life Member; 'committed to protecting the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms' and will 'fight all attempts ... to infringe upon them'; in the GOP bloc objecting to the 2026 Democratic gun-control package.
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