The average price of a dozen eggs in the U.S. was $4.25 in 2022, up from $1.54 in 2019.
And it's only expected to rise, making it more difficult for residents to feed their families. Prince William County Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega says she's received letters, including one from the father of a family of 10, who goes through 20 eggs a day to feed his family, asking her if something can be done to ease the family's egg woes.
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The congressional candidates made their closing arguments in the 2022 campaign at events across the region on Monday, November 7, 2022.
First Lady Jill Biden joined Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D), who is hoping to hold onto Virginia's 1oth District seat, which she's had for four years. The First Lady joined Wexton for an event in Loudoun County.
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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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Corey Stewart, a household name in Prince William County politics for 15 years, is pushing a new T.V. ad attacking Democrat Abigail Spanberger.
It's the first time Stewart has made a public political statement after he stepped down from the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on December 31, 2019.
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"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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After a protracted battle with a lender, Prince William County Supervisor and Republican congressional candidate Yesli Vega paid off her student loans to a shuttered for-profit college that the federal government said defrauded hundreds of thousands of students.
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Yesli Vega rode into her campaign, standing atop a motorcoach, waiving at a crowd of more than 400 people gathered near Dumfries to see her.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) stood next to the 7th-District Congressional candidate as the bus pulled into Montclair Tabernacle Church, at 16120 Dumfries Road. It was Vega's second rally with high-profile politicians in Prince William County in the past three days.
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Some Abigail Spanberger campaign signs were found defaced this morning in Woodbridge.
The Prince William County GOP condemned the action, calling it "wrong" and "illegal." Spanberger is the Democrat incumbent in Virginia's 7th congressional district and is challenged by Republican Yesli Vega.
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will join Yesli Vega for a campaign rally.
The campaign told Potomac Local News via email today the rally will occur at 7 p.m. Monday, October 24, at Montclair Tabernacle Church, at 16120 Dumfries Road near Dumfries.
