HEALTHCARE
HOUSE RACES
House District 1
Leslie C. Mehta (Democrat)
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Advocate for access to comprehensive and quality maternal health care services to support women throughout their reproductive journeys.
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Protect the right to safe and legal abortion, ensuring that women have the autonomy to make decisions about their bodies.
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Ensure availability of affordable contraception options, empowering women to make informed choices about family planning.
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Support women's rights to make personal decisions that best suit their lives, families, and futures
Robert J. Wittman (Republican)
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Emphasize the importance of protecting the sanctity of life and upholding family values, highlighting the belief that all life is precious and deserves protection.
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Legislative Actions: Support efforts to defund organizations like Planned Parenthood, advocating for alternatives and ensuring women have access to necessary care and information about their options, including adoption.
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Adoption Information Act: Introduce legislation requiring family planning services to provide information on adoption centers to individuals seeking abortion services, aiming to support vulnerable members of the community and promote adoption as a viable
House District 2
Missy Cotter Smasal (Democrat)
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Emphasize the fundamental right to control one’s own body, regardless of geographic location or political control.
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Highlight the threat posed by extreme politicians who seek to undermine personal freedoms, particularly regarding reproductive health care decisions.
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Roe v. Wade: Commit to making the restoration of Roe v. Wade a top priority to protect the reproductive rights of women in Virginia from legislative interference.
Jen Kiggans (Republican)
“Respect for Life”
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Supported PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2023, which reauthorizes research and education programs for preventing premature birth
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Believes abortion laws should be determined at state level, advocates for “women to choose life,” but “respects exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother”
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Supported Born Alive Abortion Survivors Bill
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Supported OTC Act, which eliminated copays on birth control and contraception and protected access to IVF
Robert E. Reid Jr. (Independent)
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House District 3
Robert “Bobby” C. Scott (Democrat)
Supports Medicare and Medicaid
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Defends the Affordable Care Act
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Opposes the Republican budget which has proposed to block Medicaid and end Medicare guarantee.
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Wants to expand access to mental health care.
House District 4
Jennifer McClellan (Democrat)
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Jenn is dedicated to expanding access to high-quality, affordable health care for all Virginians, including preventative, reproductive, and mental health services.
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She successfully passed legislation to create a state exchange under Obamacare and repealed unnecessary restrictions on abortion, making Virginia the first Southern state to proactively expand abortion access.
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In Congress, Jenn will advocate for a comprehensive health care system that protects the doctor-patient relationship and ensures access to mental health and reproductive health resources for all, from newborns to seniors.
William “Bill” Moher III (Republican)
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Restore reproductive rights
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Trust women to make decisions about their bodies.
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Believes in protecting the PACT Act - the largest expansion of healthcare and benefits for veterans.
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Supports preserving Social Security, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act.
House District 5
Gloria Tinsley Witt (D)
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Restore reproductive rights
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Trust women to make decisions about their bodies.
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Believes in protecting the PACT Act - the largest expansion of healthcare and benefits for veterans.
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Supports preserving Social Security, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act.
John J. McGuire III (Republican)
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Pro-Life
House District 6
Ken Mitchell (Democrat)
Believes in the Pro-Choice movement
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Opposes the overturning of Roe v Wade and supports federal legislation regarding abortion.
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Supports federal legislation protecting women’s right to choose.
Ben Cline (Republican)
Believes in the Pro-Life movement.
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Plans on continuing to address health care through “free-market solutions” while protecting those with pre-existing conditions.
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Believes in health care affordability.
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Helped pass the Freedom for Health Care Workers Acts, which ended the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers
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Wants to protect the unborn.
Robert “Robby” Wells Jr. (Independent)
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House District 7
Eugene Vindman (Democrat)
Defends women’s right to choose and affordable health care options.
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Believes that the overturning of Roe v. Wade was “disastrous” and plans on making its overturning his first priority by passing the Women’s Health Protection Act.
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Wants to defend any attempts in repealing the ACA or Medicare and will work to cap the price on life-saving drugs.
Derrick Anderson (Republican)
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Supports the Pro-Life movement
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Does not want to re-federalize abortion and would vote against a national abortion ban.
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In a recent debate on Oct.2 against his opponent, claimed that former Gov. Ralph Northam supported after birth abortions.
House District 8
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Donald Beyer Jr. (Democrat)
Supports the Pro-Choice Movement
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The cosponsor of the Medicare for All Act and the sponsor for the Choose Medicare Act.
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Believes in universal health care and has introduced the Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act.
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He leads the Suicide Prevention Task Force
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Felt outraged by the overturning of Roe v. Wade and is a cosponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act to restore and codify abortion rights.
Jerry Torres (Republican)
Believes in helping veterans
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Supports bills that allow veterans access to timely health care.
Bentley Hensel (Independent)
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With his Blockchain economy plan, he wants to redirect what he believes are wasted government funds to certain areas in health care including free mammograms.
House District 9
Karen Baker (Democrat)
Protects reproductive rights and promotes public health care access
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Proposes expanding the PACE program beyond seniors and also aims to “home grow” nurse practitioners with ties to rural communities.
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Believes that women’s choices should be respected and that “a woman’s body is no less her own than a man’s is.”
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Does not support the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)
Believes in federal healthcare but not Obamacare
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Supported legislation to repeal and defund Obamacare.
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Believes in health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and promoting health care for rural Americans
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Wants to remove federal barriers that exist to health care
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Voted against pro-choice policies.
House District 10
Suhas Subramanyam (Democrat)
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Subramanyam wants to lower the cost of health care and expand access. He supports Medicare and its ability to negotiate drug prices. He also wants to address the mental health crisis and pass legislation to expand access to mental health care providers.
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Subramanyam wants to confront the issue of home-based long-term care for seniors.
Mike Clancy (Republican)
Supports leaving abortion as a state-to-state issue
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Highlights supporting mothers with “crisis” pregnancies by providing maternity care and financial support.
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Supports the overturning of Roe v. Wade and does not support federal action on abortion.
House District 11
Gerald Edward Connolly (Democrat)
Backs making health care affordable and a woman’s right to choose
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Voted for the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
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Supports a woman’s right to choose and the reinstatement of Roe v. Wade.
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Introduced legislation to expand IVF coverage for federal employees.
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Wants to expand the ACA by offering a public option.
Michael Van Meter (Republican)
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Believes the U.S. must ensure the economy first
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Encourages job growth and wants to eliminate fraud and corruption in the healthcare industry.
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Van Meter is pro-life and is against reinstating Roe v. Wade and funding abortions.
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Supports reallocating funds from federally regulated health care programs to support pregnancy resource centers that provide health services, counseling, and support for both the mother and the child.
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Plans on streamlining adoption services