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Commonwealth of Virginia
Shannon Taylor
U.S. Representative VA-01 (2026 candidate)
Democrat
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✝ God First
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🇺🇸 America First
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National Rank
#8,750 of 9,024 · bottom 3.0% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 3, 2026
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
Stub seeded 2026-07-24 for race pages (VA-01). Not evidence-scored.
Candidacy currency 2026-10-03: WON the Democratic primary for VA-1 on 2026-08-04 with 25,535 votes (52.82%) and advances to the November 3, 2026 general election. Official certified results, Virginia Department of Elections (100% of units reporting, as of 2026-08-18): https://enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/public/virginia/elections/2026-August-Democratic-Primary
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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As Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney, Shannon Taylor was one of the first prosecutors in the United States to publicly declare she would defend the right to abortion care after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 — a documented, proactive pro-abortion stance that directly opposes the rubric's sanctity_of_life[0] standard recognizing the unborn's right to life from conception. Her 2026 campaign for VA-01 builds on this commitment, with Taylor supporting Virginia's 2026 constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion access in state law.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
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Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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1 claim
Explicitly supports removing Virginia's same-sex marriage ban from the state constitution, stating she backs "removing the egregious and illegal ban on same-sex marriage from the Virginia Constitution" in her 2025 attorney-general-race questionnaire — rejecting the one-man-one-woman definition.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- emilyslist.orgUnclassified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
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Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
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1 claim
Directly attacked Governor Youngkin's transgender student policies (pronoun/name rules) as "following Donald Trump's playbook to target our children for his own extreme political agenda" and labeled the attorney general's opposition to Biden-era Title IX transgender rules a "bigoted action against LGBTQ+ Virginians" — rejecting the rubric's opposition to transgender ideology in schools.
- 13newsnow.comUnclassified
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
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Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
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Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
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Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
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Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
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Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
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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 supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
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Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
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Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
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Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
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1 claim
Taylor campaigns explicitly as a 'New Deal Democrat,' describing her platform as one that will 'build an economy that works for working families — not just corporations and billionaires.' Her program calls for universal healthcare, expanded childcare, reduced prescription drug prices, and 'ensuring the wealthiest pay their fair share' — policy positions that collectively require substantial new federal spending, contradicting the rubric's economic_stewardship[2] standard preferring anti-deficit and balanced-budget governance.
- BallotpediaCenter
- Virginia ScopeLocal News
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
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Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
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Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
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Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
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Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
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Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
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Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
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Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
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Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
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Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
FALSE (0)
1 claim
Endorsed by the Giffords gun-safety organization; publicly supports universal background checks, a ban on ghost guns, and safe-storage laws (championed a safe-storage ordinance in Henrico after a teen used an unsecured firearm to shoot a 13-year-old) — opposing the rubric's defense of unrestricted Second Amendment rights.
- giffords.orgUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
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Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
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Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
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Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
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Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
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Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
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TrackAIPAC / FEC / OpenSecrets search found no AIPAC, pro-Israel-lobby, or foreign-linked PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
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Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
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Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
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Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
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Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
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Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
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Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
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Sources & Evidence
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politics1.com/va.htmUnclassified
cardinalnews.org/virginia-voter-guide/Local News
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Bias ratings sourced from AllSides and Ad Fontes Media. Classifications for government, reference, and advocacy domains are maintained by U.S.M.C. Ministries; see source_bias.json.
References & footnotes
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- [1]FEC: TAYLOR, SHANNON LEIGH (H6VA01299, DEM, 2026 VA-01), principal cmte SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA C00918029. FEC bulk pas226 (fetched live HTTP 200, 8,437,848 bytes, S3 Last-Modified Sun 04 Oct 2026 16:02:49 GMT) verbatim row: 'C00193433|N|M10|P2026|202510169791622716|24K|CCM|SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA|MIDLOTHIAN|VA|23113|||09252025|5000|C00918029|H6VA01299|SB23-431440|1921938|||4120320251296865506' = EMILYS LIST direct contribution (24K, no memo, no earmark text) of $5,000 on 09/25/2025. EMILY's List money found, so q4 is FALSE. 25 further EMILYS LIST 24K rows ($5-$500, Jan 2026) are memo X earmark/conduit and are not relied on. Queried live 2026-10-07 23:24-23:26 ET this tick (DL-1007 t3). Official
FEC: TAYLOR, SHANNON LEIGH (H6VA01299, DEM, 2026 VA-01), principal cmte SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA C00918029. FEC bulk pas226 (fetched live HTTP 200, 8,437,848 bytes, S3 Last-Modified Sun 04 Oct 2026 16:02:49 GMT) verbatim row: 'C00193433|N|M10|P2026|202510169791622716|24K|CCM|SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA|MIDLOTHIAN|VA|23113|||09252025|5000|C00918029|H6VA01299|SB23-431440|1921938|||4120320251296865506' = EMILYS LIST direct contribution (24K, no memo, no earmark text) of $5,000 on 09/25/2025. EMILY's List money found, so q4 is FALSE. 25 further EMILYS LIST 24K rows ($5-$500, Jan 2026) are memo X earmark/conduit and are not relied on. Queried live 2026-10-07 23:24-23:26 ET this tick (DL-1007 t3).
- [2]FEC: TAYLOR, SHANNON LEIGH (H6VA01299, DEM, 2026 VA-01), principal cmte SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA C00918029. FEC bulk pas226 (fetched live HTTP 200, 8,437,848 bytes, S3 Last-Modified Sun 04 Oct 2026 16:02:49 GMT) verbatim row: 'C00193433|N|M10|P2026|202510169791622716|24K|CCM|SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA|MIDLOTHIAN|VA|23113|||09252025|5000|C00918029|H6VA01299|SB23-431440|1921938|||4120320251296865506' = EMILYS LIST direct contribution (24K, no memo, no earmark text) of $5,000 on 09/25/2025. EMILY's List money found, so q4 is FALSE. 25 further EMILYS LIST 24K rows ($5-$500, Jan 2026) are memo X earmark/conduit and are not relied on. Queried live 2026-10-07 23:24-23:26 ET this tick (DL-1007 t3). Official
FEC: TAYLOR, SHANNON LEIGH (H6VA01299, DEM, 2026 VA-01), principal cmte SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA C00918029. FEC bulk pas226 (fetched live HTTP 200, 8,437,848 bytes, S3 Last-Modified Sun 04 Oct 2026 16:02:49 GMT) verbatim row: 'C00193433|N|M10|P2026|202510169791622716|24K|CCM|SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA|MIDLOTHIAN|VA|23113|||09252025|5000|C00918029|H6VA01299|SB23-431440|1921938|||4120320251296865506' = EMILYS LIST direct contribution (24K, no memo, no earmark text) of $5,000 on 09/25/2025. EMILY's List money found, so q4 is FALSE. 25 further EMILYS LIST 24K rows ($5-$500, Jan 2026) are memo X earmark/conduit and are not relied on. Queried live 2026-10-07 23:24-23:26 ET this tick (DL-1007 t3).
- [3]FEC: TAYLOR, SHANNON LEIGH (H6VA01299, DEM, 2026 VA-01), principal cmte SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA C00918029. FEC bulk pas226 (fetched live HTTP 200, 8,437,848 bytes, S3 Last-Modified Sun 04 Oct 2026 16:02:49 GMT) verbatim row: 'C00193433|N|M10|P2026|202510169791622716|24K|CCM|SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA|MIDLOTHIAN|VA|23113|||09252025|5000|C00918029|H6VA01299|SB23-431440|1921938|||4120320251296865506' = EMILYS LIST direct contribution (24K, no memo, no earmark text) of $5,000 on 09/25/2025. EMILY's List money found, so q4 is FALSE. 25 further EMILYS LIST 24K rows ($5-$500, Jan 2026) are memo X earmark/conduit and are not relied on. Queried live 2026-10-07 23:24-23:26 ET this tick (DL-1007 t3). Official
FEC: TAYLOR, SHANNON LEIGH (H6VA01299, DEM, 2026 VA-01), principal cmte SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA C00918029. FEC bulk pas226 (fetched live HTTP 200, 8,437,848 bytes, S3 Last-Modified Sun 04 Oct 2026 16:02:49 GMT) verbatim row: 'C00193433|N|M10|P2026|202510169791622716|24K|CCM|SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA|MIDLOTHIAN|VA|23113|||09252025|5000|C00918029|H6VA01299|SB23-431440|1921938|||4120320251296865506' = EMILYS LIST direct contribution (24K, no memo, no earmark text) of $5,000 on 09/25/2025. EMILY's List money found, so q4 is FALSE. 25 further EMILYS LIST 24K rows ($5-$500, Jan 2026) are memo X earmark/conduit and are not relied on. Queried live 2026-10-07 23:24-23:26 ET this tick (DL-1007 t3).
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