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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
22
/ 100
F
Raw: 16 of 72 dynamic max
· 36 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
4/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
12/ 40
National Rank
#4,578 of 8,776 · bottom 47.8% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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📍 Local district office (1)
Burlington, VT · 802-863-2525 · 199 Main St., 4th Floor 05401
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Next Election
November 3, 2026
General · Not up at next scheduled election
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Official Profile
Religion: Catholic (attended College of the Holy Cross, Jesuit institution)
Education: College of the Holy Cross (BA), UC Berkeley School of Law (JD)
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts
Background: Former U.S. House member and Vermont Senate President. Public defender turned personal injury lawyer. Succeeded Bernie Sanders in House. Oldest freshman senator when elected at 75.
NRA Rating: F
Heritage Action Score: {'lifetime': '~5 (estimated based on pattern, first Senate term)', 'house_record': 'Consistently low as House member'}
X / Twitter: @SenPeterWelch
{'climate': "Believes climate change is a 'glaring problem'", 'education': 'Challenged wealthy university endowments to spend more on operations (with Sen. Grassley)', 'immigration': 'Supports immigration reform, opposes border closures', 'healthcare': 'Supports ACA expansion', 'progressive': 'Generally progressive voting record aligned with Vermont values'}
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)
1 claim
Supports federal nationwide legislation to codify abortion access and opposes restrictions on abortion rights; ranked the most politically left senator relative to Senate Democrats in 2024, reflecting consistent rejection of life-from-conception standards.
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- GovTrack.usReference
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
FALSE (0)
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
FALSE (0)
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
Not yet verified
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
FALSE (0)
1 claim
Co-founded the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus in the House and carried the same advocacy into the Senate; supports the Equality Act, which would extend sexual-orientation and gender-identity protections into schools and public institutions — the government promotion of LGBTQ ideology the rubric opposes.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
FALSE (0)
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
FALSE (0)
1 claim
A consistent gun-control advocate throughout his House tenure (2007-2023) and Senate term; supports universal background checks, assault-weapons restrictions, and red-flag laws — opposing the rubric's defense of unrestricted Second Amendment rights.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
Not yet verified
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
Not yet verified
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
Not yet verified
Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
TRUE (+2)
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