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Virginia House of Delegates
Terry Kilgore
House of Delegates — District 45
Republican
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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✝ God First
8/ 70
🏛️ State First
4/ 30
National Rank
#4,396 of 9,024 · top 48.7% 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: Unconfirmed — a web snippet suggested 'Methodist' but no citable primary/secondary source was located. Not asserted.
Education: UVA-Wise (BA), College of William & Mary (JD)
Birthplace: Kingsport, Tennessee
Background: Terry G. Kilgore (R, b. 1961, Gate City/Scott County), attorney; VA House of Delegates since 1994; House Republican (Minority) Leader since June 2025; former Majority Leader 2022-2024; long-time Commerce & Labor chair. UVA-Wise (Clinch Valley); J.D. William & Mary. Twin brother Jerry Kilgore was VA Attorney General (2002-2005). Re-elected Nov 4 2025.
X / Twitter: @DelTerryKilgore
VA Delegate, HD-45 (far SW Virginia), sitting since 1994; House Republican Leader. [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Veteran conservative HARD record: NAY on the reproductive-freedom amendment (party-line) and NAY on HJ3 same-sex-marriage repeal (House 67-31, 1/14/2026; not among the Bloxom/McNamara/Garrett crossovers). Sponsored HB304 born-alive infant protection; long anti-abortion vote list (Choice Tracker); Family Foundation 85%+; NRLC-endorsed. Led GOP opposition to the 2020 'assault-firearms' ban (HB961, called it an 'unconstitutional gun ban') and to Gov. Spanberger's 2026 assault-weapons/magazine amendments ('a de facto ban on common firearms'). Publicly opposed ending Virginia's ICE cooperation, calling it weakening enforcement and making the state 'less safe.' HONEST CAVEATS (not scored as TRUE/FALSE): on HJ3 he said 'the U.S. Supreme Court has spoken... there's nothing we should do about it' (voted NAY regardless); the ILA/limitedgov scorecard records anomalous YES votes on three firearm-restriction bills (HB2/HB183/SB100) that contradict his well-documented anti-gun-ban leadership and his min-wage/paid-leave YES votes drop his fiscal sub-score — treated as unresolved/artifact and left out of scoring. Election-integrity, family/child, christian-liberty, public-justice, federal-overreach left null.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1]
1 claim
Voted NO on Virginia's Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment (2026), which would have enshrined a sweeping constitutional right to abortion — covering 'prenatal care, contraception, childbirth, abortion, miscarriage management, and fertility care' with no gestational limit — in the Virginia Constitution. Virginia Choice Tracker confirms Kilgore as 'Anti-Choice' for this vote. The amendment passed the legislature 21-19 in the Senate and is headed to a November 2026 voter referendum on party-line votes, with every Republican opposing it.
- Choice TrackerLeft Advocacy
- BallotpediaCenter
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
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)
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Voted against the Virginia Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Act, which would have protected the right to provide and receive gender-affirming care — including cross-sex hormonal interventions and related procedures — as a matter of state law, shielding transgender medical procedures from any future state restriction. Virginia Choice Tracker confirms Kilgore voted no on this legislation.
- Choice TrackerLeft Advocacy
- BallotpediaCenter
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
TRUE (+2)[3]
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)[4]
1 claim
Led House Republican caucus in unanimous opposition to Virginia's sweeping 2026 gun-control package. As House Minority Leader, Kilgore declared the assault-weapons-ban bill 'blatantly defies' the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 Bruen decision, which establishes historical-tradition limits on gun regulations, and argued 'It's not anything about safety. It's not going to save one life. But what it is going to do is make criminals out of law-abiding citizens out here across the commonwealth.' The package passed on party-line votes and was signed by Gov. Spanberger in May 2026 — over total GOP opposition.
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
- wtop.comUnclassified
- 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
Not yet verified
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
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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/Terry_KilgoreEncyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
Choice Tracker — Abortion VotesLeft Advocacy
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (party-line); sponsored HB304 born-alive infant protection; long anti-abortion vote record; Family Foundation 85%+ and NRLC-endorsed. Left Advocacy
Voted NO on the reproductive-freedom amendment (party-line); sponsored HB304 born-alive infant protection; long anti-abortion vote record; Family Foundation 85%+ and NRLC-endorsed.
- [2]Voted NAY on HJ3 (House 67-31, 1/14/2026), declining to repeal the one-man-one-woman constitutional definition; not among the 3 GOP crossovers (despite a resigned public comment, his recorded vote was NAY). Official
Voted NAY on HJ3 (House 67-31, 1/14/2026), declining to repeal the one-man-one-woman constitutional definition; not among the 3 GOP crossovers (despite a resigned public comment, his recorded vote was NAY).
- [3]Publicly and repeatedly opposed rescinding Virginia's ICE-cooperation order — 'isn't about compassion... it's about weakening immigration enforcement and making Virginia less safe' — i.e. opposes sanctuary/weakened-enforcement policy. Lean Left
Publicly and repeatedly opposed rescinding Virginia's ICE-cooperation order — 'isn't about compassion... it's about weakening immigration enforcement and making Virginia less safe' — i.e. opposes sanctuary/weakened-enforcement policy.
- [4]Led GOP opposition to the 2020 assault-firearms ban (HB961, 'unconstitutional gun ban') and to Gov. Spanberger's 2026 assault-weapons/magazine amendments ('a de facto ban on common firearms'). (An anomalous ILA scorecard entry to the contrary is flagged in the notes as an unresolved artifact and not relied upon.) Right
Led GOP opposition to the 2020 assault-firearms ban (HB961, 'unconstitutional gun ban') and to Gov. Spanberger's 2026 assault-weapons/magazine amendments ('a de facto ban on common firearms'). (An anomalous ILA scorecard entry to the contrary is flagged in the notes as an unresolved artifact and not relied upon.)
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