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Virginia State Senate
Tammy Brankley Mulchi
State Senate — District 9 (sitting · sworn Jan 2024)
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
14
/ 100
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Raw: 14 of 14 dynamic max
· 7 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
12/ 70
🏛️ State First
2/ 30
National Rank
#4,421 of 8,957 · top 49.4% 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: Baptist (Liberty University graduate; campaign cites faith as 'a top priority,' denomination not self-stated)
Background: VA State Senator, District 9 (Southside VA — Mecklenburg / Charlotte / Halifax region), in office since Jan 17, 2024 (won the January 2024 special election succeeding Frank Ruff). Realtor/residential contractor; ~20 years as legislative aide to Sen. Ruff and Del. Wright; former Clarksville Town Council member; founder of The Windsong Foundation (domestic-abuse victim support). Next full term on the ballot 2027.
VA State Senator, SD-9 (sitting since Jan 2024 special election). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Consistent conservative HARD record (richest roll call of this batch, via Richmond Sunlight mirror of the official feed): pro-life (voted NO on SJ247/HJ1 2025 and HJ1/SJ1 2026 reproductive-freedom amendments, plus SB754, SB743; ReproRising 2025 grade F); held the marriage line (voted NO on the same-sex-marriage amendment in BOTH 2025 and 2026 — not among the GOP crossovers); affirms biological sex (chief patron of SB723/SB749 women's-sports bills and SJ49 'affirming biological differences between the sexes'); tough-on-crime victim/penalty sponsorships (SB673 stalking, SB700 repeat prostitution-solicitation penalties, SB616/SB653 protective orders, SB844 sex-offender registry) plus SB1420 (forfeited assets for law-enforcement use); strongly pro-2A (voted NO across the entire 2025-26 gun-control slate — assault-firearms ban SB1181, magazine limits, waiting period, mandatory storage — and YES on the SB1389 safety-device tax credit). Election-integrity left NULL: she cast many votes on Democratic-majority election bills but the per-bill direction could not be verified, so no integrity signal is scored (honest null). Christian-liberty, federal-overreach, border, family-choice, and economic CBDC/ESG cells left NULL. Sourcing note: VPAP/new LIS API/legiscan unreachable; roll calls from Richmond Sunlight (Open-Virginia mirror of the official Legislature feed), crossover list from Ballotpedia News.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
Voted against HJR1/SJ1, the Virginia constitutional amendment to enshrine unrestricted abortion access through the third trimester in the state constitution — joining the unanimous Republican caucus in opposing the measure, which passed 21-18 along strict party lines in January 2026.
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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
Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
Not yet verified
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)[2]
1 claim
Voted against the Virginia constitutional amendment to enshrine same-sex marriage in the state constitution (January 2026 session), joining the Republican caucus in opposing the Democratic majority's effort to redefine marriage in Virginia's founding law.
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Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
TRUE (+2)[5]
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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)
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
Not yet verified
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
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
TRUE (+2)[5]
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
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Brankley_MulchiEncyclopedia
www.richmondsunlight.com/legislator/tbmulchi/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247/HJ1 2025; HJ1/SJ1 2026) and on SB754 and SB743; ReproRising 2025 grade F. Unclassified
Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247/HJ1 2025; HJ1/SJ1 2026) and on SB754 and SB743; ReproRising 2025 grade F.
- [2]Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247/HJ1 2025; HJ1/SJ1 2026) and on SB754 and SB743; ReproRising 2025 grade F. Unclassified
Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247/HJ1 2025; HJ1/SJ1 2026) and on SB754 and SB743; ReproRising 2025 grade F.
- [3]Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247/HJ1 2025; HJ1/SJ1 2026) and on SB754 and SB743; ReproRising 2025 grade F. Left Advocacy
Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247/HJ1 2025; HJ1/SJ1 2026) and on SB754 and SB743; ReproRising 2025 grade F.
- [4]Voted NO on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment in both 2025 (SJ249/HJ9) and 2026 (HJ3/SJ3); not among the GOP crossovers (DeSteph, Diggs, Durant, Suetterlein). Center
Voted NO on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment in both 2025 (SJ249/HJ9) and 2026 (HJ3/SJ3); not among the GOP crossovers (DeSteph, Diggs, Durant, Suetterlein).
- [5]Affirms biological sex: chief patron of SB723/SB749 (women's-sports participation by birth sex) and SJ49 ('rights of women; affirming biological differences between the sexes'). Unclassified
Affirms biological sex: chief patron of SB723/SB749 (women's-sports participation by birth sex) and SJ49 ('rights of women; affirming biological differences between the sexes').
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