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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D, Va. 7th) press release: "U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to authorize U.S. Department of Defense funding levels, increase troop pay, and help set the nation’s defense priorities."

"The House-passed fiscal year 2024 (FY24) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a 5.2 percent pay increase for U.S. servicemembers. Additionally, the bill includes two Spanberger-led provisions to crack down on dangerous fentanyl trafficking by transnational criminal organizations and modernize the United States’ security classification system."

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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D, Va. -- Prince William, Stafford, Fredericksburg): "Across Virginia, USPS serves as a vital lifeline. Virginians rely on a strong USPS to deliver not just seasonal cards and heartfelt gifts, but also lifesaving medications and important customer orders. Since we relaunched our USPS survey last week, more than 1,200 Virginians have shared stories — of essential medicines getting lost in the mail, payments to business owners or goods to customers not arriving, late fees being charged when bills arrive past-due or payments are delayed in transit, and so much more."

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Yeung / McPike

Two elected officials in our region - Senator Jeremy McPike (D-Prince William, Stafford) and Stafford County Board of Supervisors Garrisonville District Supervisor Dr. Pamela Yueng (also serving as board chair this year) won't seek higher office.

Both elected officials told Potomac Local News they would not seek the 7th Congressional seat, encompassing eastern Prince William, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, King George, Culpeper, Greene counties, and Fredericksburg.

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Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin

Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin is running for Congress.

The Democrat filed to run in Virginia's 7th Congressional District to replace incumbent Abigail Spanberger, who announced she will run in 2025 to be Virginia's 75th Governor and not seek re-election to Congress. Spanberger has held the 7th District seat since 2018.

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Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman

Military Times: "Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman, one of the twin Army officers targeted by former President Donald Trump for their roles in his impeachment scandal, is launching a Democratic congressional bid that could put him on the same ballot as the former commander-in-chief."

"In an interview with Military Times, the 48-year old retired Army colonel said he’s ready for that fight."

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Courtesy of Marie Proffitt

Derrick Anderson For Congress: "Today, Derrick Anderson announced he is running for the Republican Nomination for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District."

"Derrick Anderson is a native of Spotsylvania County, was in the Corps of Cadets at Virginia Tech, and received his J.D. from Georgetown Law.He is a former Special Forces 'Green Beret' with 6 tours of duty overseas."

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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D, VA-7) and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine (D).

By Natalie Barr
Capital News Service

U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., stayed busy on Election Day, meeting voters at polling locations across Virginia's 7th District in a closely watched race.

Voter Janet Evans did not expect to run into the congresswoman at Lewis and Clark Elementary school in Caroline County. Months earlier, she did not even know much about Spanberger, but redistricting had put Evans on the campaign team's call list.

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Vega greets a campaign supporter.

President Donald Trump gave an unsolicited endorsement to Yesli Vega, prompting now a response from her campaign.

Trump urged voters to elect Vega, a Republican from the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, to Virginia's 7th Congressional District. Trump posted the endorsement onto his Truth social media platform and called her a "strong Republican voice against violent crime and all other things destroying our nation. He also wrote, "Vega is a warrior for America First," and tied to Spanberger to voting to support President Biden's agenda 100% of the time, despite campaigning as a moderate.

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Yesli Vega and Gov. Glenn Youngkin at a campaign rally in Spotsylvania CountyVirginia'sr 17, 2022.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin will hold a rally for Yesli Vega, the Republican seeking Virginia's 7th District Congressional seat, at the Stafford County Courthouse. The event begins at 12:30 at the courthouse, 1300 Courthouse Road, and is organized by the governor's Spirit of Virginia PAC. The rally will be the second for Vega this week in which the governor has participated and the third overall since October 17. On Monday, October 24, Vega rallied with Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) and Youngkin at Montclair Tabernacle Church near Dumfries in an all-out push to urge voters to head to the polls to support the Republican. Vega is attacking her Democrat opponent Abigail Spanberger and, by extension, the Biden Administration for rising inflation, the botched pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and policies in public schools that allow children to use pronouns other than what their parents might refer to them as without seeking parental consent. Furthermore, Republicans have successfully tied their opponents to Elizabeth Guzman (D), who represents Prince William and Fauquier counties in the Virginia House of Delegates. Earlier this month, Guzman told WJLA-TV she would reintroduce failed legislation allowing social workers to investigate parents and potentially jail them if parents don't affirm their child's chosen gender identity. After the story aired and fellow Virginia Democrats balked, Guzman said she won't file the bill during the upcoming January 2023 legislative session. During a campaign event in Dumfries on Wednesday, October 26, Insidenova reports Guzman focused on abortion issues and continues to talk about Vega's comments made during a campaign rally this past spring where she said women are less likely to get pregnant in cases of rape. The Supreme Court overturned the nearly 40-year-old Roe v. Wade ruling in a landmark decision earlier this year, allowing individual states' legislatures to decide if abortion should be legal in their states. Since then, Vega has said it's now up to states to decide on abortion, not the Federal government.

"My opponent has "endorsed a national abortion ban. My opponent has doubted whether women can get pregnant from rape," Insidenova quoted Spanberger as saying. "My opponent has advocated for shutting down the federal government. My opponent has called the FBI corrupt."

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D) of South Carolina appeared with Spanberger in Dumfries.

The 7th District is now considered a toss-up election, with Republicans showing solid gains in recent polls to win control of congress. Election Day is November 8, 2022, and the last day to vote early in person is Saturday, November 5.

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