Legislative voting records for Virginia House and Senate


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Abortion     ACLU: Fetal rights don't override a woman's privacy right.     Amanda Chase: Fetal rights apply in born-alive abortions.     Nick Freitas: Fetal rights apply in born-alive abortions.     Heritage Foundation: Fetal rights apply in born-alive abortions.     Jennifer Wexton: Women's access to reproductive and contraceptive services.     Frank Wagner: Require sonogram before getting an abortion.     Ralph Northam: Repeal sonogram requirement to get an abortion.     Tom Garrett: Require sonogram before getting an abortion.     Donald McEachin: Repeal sonogram requirement to get an abortion.     Ben Cline: Require sonogram before getting an abortion.

Civil Rights     Terry McAuliffe: Don't pretend anti-gay discrimination is 'religious freedom'.     Ben Cline: Religious freedom supersedes right to same-sex marriage.     Carol Miller: Religious freedom supersedes right to same-sex marriage.     Scott Taylor: Religious freedom supersedes right to same-sex marriage.     Donald McEachin: Voted NO on religious freedom to avoid same-sex marriage.     Frank Wagner: Religious freedom supersedes right to same-sex marriage.     Tom Garrett: Religious freedom supersedes right to same-sex marriage.     Donald McEachin: Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.     Frank Wagner: Don't ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.     Tom Garrett: Don't ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.     Terry McAuliffe: Veto requiring photo ID for absentee ballots.     Creigh Deeds: Against requiring photo ID for absentee ballots.     Donald McEachin: Against requiring photo ID for absentee ballots.     Tom Garrett: Require absentee ballot applicants to provide photo ID.     Ben Cline: Require absentee ballot applicants to provide photo ID.     Scott Taylor: Require absentee ballot applicants to provide photo ID.

Crime     Ralph Northam: Capital crime for murder of law enforcement officers.     Jennifer Carroll Foy: Capital crime for murder of law enforcement officers.     Nick Freitas: Capital crime for murder of law enforcement officers.     Amanda Chase: Capital crime for murder of law enforcement officers.     Creigh Deeds: Capital crime for murder of law enforcement officers.     Bob McDonnell: Allow use of drones for law enforcement.     Terry McAuliffe: Secret purchase of lethal injection drugs, not electrocution.     Donald McEachin: No secret purchases of lethal injection drugs.     Frank Wagner: Secret purchase of lethal injection drugs for death penalty.     Tom Garrett: Secret purchase of lethal injection drugs for death penalty.     Ben Cline: Secret purchase of lethal injection drugs for death penalty.     Carol Miller: Secret purchase of lethal injection drugs for death penalty.     Nick Freitas: Secret purchase of lethal injection drugs for death penalty.     Scott Taylor: Secret purchase of lethal injection drugs for death penalty.     ACLU: Oppose expanding death penalty in Virginia.     Tim Kaine: Vetoed death penalty for accessories of capital murder.     Donald McEachin: Oppose death penalty for accessories of capital murder.     Ben Cline: Expand death penalty to accessories of capital murder.     Creigh Deeds: Expand death penalty to accessories of capital murder.     Rob Wittman: Expand death penalty to accessories of capital murder.

Drugs     Ben Cline: Medicinal marijuana is better alternative to opioids.

Education     Jennifer Wexton: Every child deserves a world-class public education.     Donald McEachin: No constitutional amendment for charter schools.     Frank Wagner: Constitutional amendment for charter schools.     Tom Garrett: Constitutional amendment for charter schools.     Terry McAuliffe: Keep students free from coercive religious messaging.     Scott Taylor: Right to religious student groups & voluntary school prayer.     Ben Cline: Right to religious student groups & voluntary school prayer.     Carol Miller: Right to religious student groups & voluntary school prayer.     Donald McEachin: Keep students free from coercive religious messaging.     Frank Wagner: Right to religious student groups & voluntary school prayer.     Tom Garrett: Right to religious student groups & voluntary school prayer.     Kirk Cox: Right to religious student groups & voluntary school prayer.

Government Reform     Ralph Northam: Allow no-excuse absentee voting for all elections.     Creigh Deeds: Allow no-excuse absentee voting for all elections.     Lee Carter: Allow no-excuse absentee voting for all elections.     Nick Freitas: Allow no-excuse absentee voting for all elections.     Amanda Chase: Disallow no-excuse absentee voting for all elections.     Jennifer McClellan: Allow no-excuse absentee voting for all elections.     Donald McEachin: Allow absentee voting for voter convenience.     Frank Wagner: Disallow absentee voting except for a valid reason.     Tom Garrett: Disallow absentee voting except for a valid reason.     Bob McDonnell: Require photo ID for voting.     Ben Cline: Require photo ID for voting.     Carol Miller: Require photo ID for voting.     Kirk Cox: Require photo ID for voting.     Donald McEachin: No photo ID for voting.     Frank Wagner: Require photo ID for voting.     Tom Garrett: Require photo ID for voting.

Gun Control     Creigh Deeds: Postpone ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.     Ralph Northam: Ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.     Jennifer Wexton: Ban bump stocks; close the gun show loophole.     Donald McEachin: No concealed carry without a permit.     Frank Wagner: Allow concealed carry without a permit.     Ralph Northam: No concealed carry without a permit.     Tom Garrett: Allow concealed carry without a permit.     Terry McAuliffe: Veto restrictions on sharing handgun info with Maryland.     Ben Cline: Bar sharing handgun info with states without reciprocity.     Scott Taylor: Bar sharing handgun info with states without reciprocity.     Creigh Deeds: Share handgun info with Maryland despite no reciprocity.     Donald McEachin: Share handgun info with Maryland despite no reciprocity.     Tom Garrett: Bar sharing handgun info with states without reciprocity.     Ben Cline: Allow locked concealed weapons in motor vehicles.     Creigh Deeds: Allow locked concealed weapons in motor vehicles.     Donald McEachin: Don't allow locked concealed weapons in motor vehicles.     Rob Wittman: Allow locked concealed weapons in motor vehicles.     Tim Kaine: Vetoed allowing locked concealed weapons in motor vehicles.

Health Care     Ralph Northam: Remove age cap on insurance coverage for autism.     Amanda Chase: Remove age cap on insurance coverage for autism.     Creigh Deeds: Remove age cap on insurance coverage for autism.     Jennifer Carroll Foy: Remove age cap on insurance coverage for autism.     Nick Freitas: Don't remove age cap on insurance coverage for autism.     Jennifer Wexton: Expanded Medicaid to 300,000 Virginians in the coverage gap.

Homeland Security     Ben Cline: Ban most use of drones by state and local agencies.     Donald McEachin: Ban most use of drones by state and local agencies.     Kirk Cox: Ban most use of drones by state and local agencies.

Immigration     Ralph Northam: Bar questioning immigration status of victims or witnesses.     Creigh Deeds: Bar questioning immigration status of victims or witnesses.     Lee Carter: Bar questioning immigration status of victims or witnesses.     Nick Freitas: Allow questioning immigration status of victims or witnesses.     Amanda Chase: Allow questioning immigration status of victims or witnesses.     Jennifer McClellan: Bar questioning immigration status of victims or witnesses.     ACLU: Opposed requiring local police to enforce immigration laws.     Ralph Northam: Opposed requiring local police to enforce immigration laws.     Amanda Chase: Favored requiring local police to enforce immigration laws.     Creigh Deeds: Opposed requiring local police to enforce immigration laws.     Jennifer Carroll Foy: Opposed requiring local police to enforce immigration laws.     Nick Freitas: Favored requiring local police to enforce immigration laws.     Donald McEachin: Let sanctuary cities limit federal immigration enforcement.     Frank Wagner: Hold sanctuary cities liable for crimes by illegal aliens.     Tom Garrett: Hold sanctuary cities liable for crimes by illegal aliens.

Jobs     Ralph Northam: Prohibit paying as tipped employees if banned from tips.     Amanda Chase: Allow paying as tipped employees though banned from tips.     Creigh Deeds: Prohibit paying as tipped employees if banned from tips.     Jennifer McClellan: Prohibit paying as tipped employees if banned from tips.     Lee Carter: Prohibit paying as tipped employees if banned from tips.     Nick Freitas: Allow paying as tipped employees though banned from tips.     Jennifer Wexton: Ensure women doing the same job as men receive equal pay.     Terry McAuliffe: Vetoed ban of prevailing wage on public works projects.     Creigh Deeds: Allow requiring prevailing wage on public works projects.     Donald McEachin: Allow requiring prevailing wage on public works projects.     Tom Garrett: Bar requiring prevailing wage on public works projects.     Ben Cline: Bar requiring prevailing wage on public works projects.     Scott Taylor: Bar requiring prevailing wage on public works projects.     Donald McEachin: Raise minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.25 per hour.     Frank Wagner: Don't raise minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.25 per hour.     Ralph Northam: Raise minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.25 per hour.     Tom Garrett: Don't raise minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.25 per hour.

Technology     Amanda Chase: Supported Transportation Lockbox: restrict diverting funding.     Ben Cline: Supported Transportation Lockbox: restrict diverting funding.     Nick Freitas: Supported Transportation Lockbox: restrict diverting funding.

Click for quotations from other sources by: ACLU Amanda Chase Virginia Republican candidate for governor of Virginia Ben Cline Republican U.S. Rep Virginia- 6 Bob McDonnell Virginia Republican Governor Carol Miller Republican U.S. Rep West Virginia- 3 Creigh Deeds Virginia Democrat Challenger (2009) Donald McEachin Democrat U.S. Rep Virginia- 4 Frank Wagner Virginia Republican Heritage Foundation Jennifer Carroll Foy Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger Jennifer McClellan Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger Jennifer Wexton Democrat U.S. Rep Virginia- 10 Kirk Cox Virginia Republican candidate for Governor Lee Carter Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger Nick Freitas Republican candidate for Virginia U. S. Senator Virginia Ralph Northam Virginia Democratic Governor Rob Wittman Virginia Republican 2017 Gubernatorial candidate Scott Taylor Republican 2020 Senate Challenger Virginia Terry McAuliffe Virginia Democratic Challenger Tim Kaine Virginia Democratic Nominee for Vice President Tom Garrett Republican U.S. Rep Virginia- 5