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Virginia 7th Congressional District

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Dave Brat

Dave Brat is the Republican candidate for Congress in Virginia's seventh district. Brat opposes the Affordable Care Act and wants to replaces it with a free-market solution. Brat advocates introducing a balanced budget amendment that forces Congress to cut federal spending. Brat supports reforming the current immigration policies to provide individuals a path to legally gain citizenship.
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Abigail Spanberger

Abigail Spanberger is the Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia's seventh district. Spanberger supports universal healthcare and protecting planned parenthood. She advocates for responsible gun ownership and stronger enforcements of background checks before purchasing firearms. She believes that the best approach to immigration is a bipartisan solution to fix the illegal immigration problem. 
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Joe Walton

Joseph Walton is the Libertarian candidate for Congress in Virginia's seventh district. Walter supports a limited government while maximizing personal freedoms. Walton supports shifting the government to a more usage and consumption based tax system, which relies more on income taxes. Walton advocates for a bipartisan healthcare plan and does not believe that health care should be attached to an individual’s employment.
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Emily Wood is interning at WMRA and is currently a senior communications major at James Madison University. Emily is concentrating on Public Relations with a minor in Political Communications. She is passionate about today's political climate and excited to apply what she learns at JMU and WMRA afer graduating in May 2019.