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Virginia State Senate
Stella Pekarsky
State Senate — District 36
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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✝ God First
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🏛️ State First
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National Rank
#4,830 of 8,776 · bottom 45.0% 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: Greek Orthodox Christian (per Wikipedia; married to Pavel Pekarsky; Greek descent)
Background: VA State Senator, SD-36 (Fairfax County), since Jan 2024 (defeated incumbent George Barker in the 2023 primary). Former FCPS teacher; Fairfax County School Board member (Sully District) 2020-2023 and Board Chair 2021-22. B.A. and M.Ed., George Mason University. Ran for U.S. House (VA-11) in the 2025 primary and lost; retains her state Senate seat.
VA State Senator, SD-36 (Fairfax); sitting since Jan 2024; former Fairfax County School Board chair. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Reliably progressive record. SANCTITY OF LIFE: patron of and voted YES on the reproductive-freedom amendment (SJ247 SV89); ReproRising 'A+'; ChoiceTracker 'Pro-Choice'; sponsored SB137 (2026, clinic-protection); on record '100% pro-choice'; endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of VA + EMILY's List. MARRIAGE/GENDER: in the Democratic bloc on the same-sex-marriage amendment (SJ249); voted YES on SB1098 (Reproductive & Gender-Affirming Health Care Act); OPPOSED 'Sage's Law' (parental notification on gender transition) and moved to reject Youngkin's gender-privacy budget amendment. FAMILY/CHILD: her opposition to parental-notification-on-gender (Sage's Law) is a documented contrary position on parental sovereignty. ECONOMICS: party-line support for the $15 minimum wage (SB1). IMMIGRATION: co-patron of SB491 (bars schools disclosing student data to immigration) and SB351 (limits ICE in 'protected areas'). SELF-DEFENSE: Giffords-endorsed; sponsored SB115 (2026, restrict out-of-state CCW reciprocity) and SB255 (2024, safe-storage notification). Christian-liberty (SB1031 ambiguous), federal-overreach, election (voter-ID/mail-in), and police/bail public-justice cells = NO clean public record, left NULL.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
FALSE (0)[2]
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
Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
FALSE (0)[4]
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
FALSE (0)[5]
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)
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
FALSE (0)[4]
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
FALSE (0)[6]
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
FALSE (0)[7]
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
FALSE (0)[8]
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
FALSE (0)[8]
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
FALSE (0)[8]
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 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
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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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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
Choice Tracker — Abortion VotesLeft Advocacy
giffords.org/candidates/stella-pekarsky/Unclassified
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www.acluva.org/2025ga/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Patron of and voted YES on the reproductive-freedom amendment (SJ247, roll-call SV89, Jan 21 2025); ReproRising 'A+'; on record '100% pro-choice' — does not affirm personhood from conception. Official
Patron of and voted YES on the reproductive-freedom amendment (SJ247, roll-call SV89, Jan 21 2025); ReproRising 'A+'; on record '100% pro-choice' — does not affirm personhood from conception.
- [2]ChoiceTracker 'Pro-Choice'; sponsored clinic-protection SB137 (2026); voted the full pro-abortion-access slate — opposite of abortion-abolition. Left Advocacy
ChoiceTracker 'Pro-Choice'; sponsored clinic-protection SB137 (2026); voted the full pro-abortion-access slate — opposite of abortion-abolition.
- [3]In the Democratic bloc on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (SJ249, Senate 24-15) — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman. Center
In the Democratic bloc on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (SJ249, Senate 24-15) — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman.
- [4]Opposed 'Sage's Law' (parental notification on gender transition) and voted YES on SB1098 (Reproductive & Gender-Affirming Health Care Act) — opposite of rejecting transgender ideology / affirming immutable biological sex. Local News
Opposed 'Sage's Law' (parental notification on gender transition) and voted YES on SB1098 (Reproductive & Gender-Affirming Health Care Act) — opposite of rejecting transgender ideology / affirming immutable biological sex.
- [5]Moved to reject Youngkin's gender-privacy amendment and backs gender-affirming policy in schools — opposite of opposing LGBTQ+ promotion in public schools/policy. Lean Left
Moved to reject Youngkin's gender-privacy amendment and backs gender-affirming policy in schools — opposite of opposing LGBTQ+ promotion in public schools/policy.
- [6]Party-line Democratic support for raising the minimum wage (SB1) — expansionary fiscal priority, opposite of balanced-budget restraint. Reference
Party-line Democratic support for raising the minimum wage (SB1) — expansionary fiscal priority, opposite of balanced-budget restraint.
- [7]Co-patron of SB491 (bars schools disclosing student/family data to immigration authorities) and SB351 (limits federal ICE enforcement in 'protected areas') — opposite of opposing sanctuary policies. Unclassified
Co-patron of SB491 (bars schools disclosing student/family data to immigration authorities) and SB351 (limits federal ICE enforcement in 'protected areas') — opposite of opposing sanctuary policies.
- [8]Giffords-endorsed; sponsored SB115 (2026) restricting out-of-state concealed-carry reciprocity — opposite of permitless constitutional carry. Unclassified
Giffords-endorsed; sponsored SB115 (2026) restricting out-of-state concealed-carry reciprocity — opposite of permitless constitutional carry.
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