VA-07: Amanda Chase to Challenge Abigail Spanberger
President Donald Trump who sought the GOP nomination for governor, formally announced Wednesday that she will seek the party’s nomination for Congress in the 7th District.
Chase, who calls herself “a maverick for the people,” opposes COVID-19 vaccine mandates and has made unfounded assertions that Democrats sought to steal the 2020 election from Trump.
She joins a handful of Republicans seeking the chance to run next year against Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th.
“I want to make sure we win back the 7th District,” Chase said in a brief telephone interview Wednesday.
Chase, who is about to begin her seventh year representing Chesterfield in the state Senate, said she knows the area well, from growing up in Bon Air, raising her family in the county, serving in the Senate and helping Republicans Eric Cantor and Dave Brat win elections in the 7th District and Randy Forbes in the 4th.
“I have a history of winning,” Chase said, citing her two successful state Senate campaigns. She finished third for the GOP nomination for governor.
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