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Commonwealth of Virginia
Tara Durant
State Senator, District 27 (sitting · 2026 candidate for Congress, VA-7)
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
82
/ 100
B
Raw: 18 of 22 dynamic max
· 11 of 49 answered
State tier49 of 50 rubric questions apply at this office level — federal-only questions are marked N/A and excluded from the dynamic max. How tier grading works →
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✝ God First
18/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#4,559 of 8,776 · bottom 48.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
August 4, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next 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: Self-describes as faith-grounded; teaches at Holy Cross Academy (Catholic school), Stafford; denomination not publicly confirmed
Background: Virginia State Senator, District 27 (Fredericksburg/Stafford/Spotsylvania), sitting since Jan 2024; former Delegate HD-28 (2022-2024). Educator/librarian; 'Marine wife,' three children. Now running for U.S. House VA-7 (R primary Aug 2026).
VA State Senator, SD-27 (sitting since Jan 2024); former Delegate HD-28. Running for U.S. House VA-7 in 2026 (one-record dual-office: current office is the sitting Senate seat). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Genuinely conservative HARD record: consistent pro-life voting (graded F/'Extremist' by ReproRising; voted NO on the SJ247 reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment); sponsored parental-notification gender bills (HB1707, 'Sage's Law') and a parents'-rights bill on sexually-explicit school material; voted against SB1031 (homeschool restriction); sponsored a vehicle-tax-relief credit + ALEC member; tough-on-crime (fentanyl penalties, Marcus alert). KEY DEVIATION (verified via VPAP primary roll call): voted YES on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (HJ3, 01/16/2026; and the 2025 first reference) — biblical_marriage q0/q1 FALSE. Election-integrity and 2A specifics rest on caucus-unity inference (92%), not isolated roll calls, so left null pending a cited vote.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
TRUE (+2)[3]
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
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
TRUE (+2)[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
TRUE (+2)[3]
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)
Not yet verified
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
TRUE (+2)[3]
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)[3]
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
Not yet verified
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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References & footnotes
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- [1]Consistent pro-life voting record; graded F/'Extremist' by ReproRising; voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247, 2025). Left Advocacy
Consistent pro-life voting record; graded F/'Extremist' by ReproRising; voted NO on the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (SJ247, 2025).
- [2]Voted YES on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (HJ3, 01/16/2026; and 2025 first reference) — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman. Reference
Voted YES on the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (HJ3, 01/16/2026; and 2025 first reference) — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman.
- [3]Sponsored HB1707 (parental notification when a student presents as the opposite sex) and 'Sage's Law'; biological-sex framing on school policy. Center
Sponsored HB1707 (parental notification when a student presents as the opposite sex) and 'Sage's Law'; biological-sex framing on school policy.
- [4]Introduced a parents'-rights bill requiring notification + alternative assignments for sexually-explicit instructional material. Local News
Introduced a parents'-rights bill requiring notification + alternative assignments for sexually-explicit instructional material.
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