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John Duresky

U.S. Representative WA-04 (2026 D Candidate · open seat · Newhouse seat)
Democrat
🗺️ Washington home
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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✝ God First 0/ 60
🇺🇸 America First 0/ 40
National Rank
#8,606 of 8,966 · bottom 4.0% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
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Official Profile

John Duresky — on the 2026 WA-04 primary ballot. Placeholder.

Category Breakdown

Sanctity of Life

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Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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  1. The Yakima Herald reported that Central Washington District 4 congressional candidates align with their national party platforms on abortion. Duresky, running as a Democrat, aligns with the Democratic Party platform, which explicitly rejects life-at-conception personhood standards and treats abortion access as a healthcare right. The Yakima Herald also conducted a dedicated Q&A asking District 4 candidates to share their views on abortion policy, documenting Duresky's participation as the Democratic candidate — his alignment with the national party platform rejecting any life-begins-at-conception legal standard is on the record.

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Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
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Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
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Biblical Marriage

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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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  1. As a progressive Democratic candidate for Washington's 4th Congressional District, Duresky aligns with the Washington state Democratic Party's consistent support for same-sex marriage rights and full LGBTQ equality, placing him against the one-man-one-woman definition of marriage the rubric affirms as the constitutional ideal.

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Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
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Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
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Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
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Family & Child Sovereignty

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Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
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Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
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Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
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Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
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Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
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Christian Liberty

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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
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Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
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Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
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Economic Stewardship

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Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
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  1. Prioritizes 'restoring Medicaid access' and expanding Affordable Care Act subsidies as top campaign goals — government-spending expansion programs at odds with the rubric's anti-deficit, balanced-budget standard.

    Verified 2026-06-12Dispute this claim
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
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Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
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Election Integrity

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Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
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Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
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Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
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Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
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Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
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Border & Immigration

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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
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Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
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  1. Explicitly supports 'a legal pathway of some kind' for undocumented immigrants who have lived and worked in the community — directly opposing the rubric's mandatory-deportation and enforcement-first standard.

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Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
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Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
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Self-Defense & 2A

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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
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  1. As a progressive Democratic candidate in Washington state — which has enacted universal background checks (I-594, 2014), red-flag/extreme-risk laws, and assault-weapon restrictions — Duresky campaigns consistent with the WA Democratic gun-safety agenda, placing him against the rubric's standard of protecting unrestricted Second Amendment rights and opposing background-check expansions.

    Verified 2026-06-25Dispute this claim
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
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Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
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Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
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Foreign Policy Restraint

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Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
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Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
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Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
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Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
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Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
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Industry Capture & Sovereignty

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Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
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Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
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Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
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Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
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Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
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