CHESTERFIELD, Virginia — Democrats think they can flip a President Donald Trump-supporting congressional district blue. Their message: The incumbent, Virginia Rep. Rob Wittman, voted to cut Medicaid.
Wittman, a ten-term Republican, told party leadership last summer that he wouldn’t support the “One Big Beautiful Bill” because of its sweeping cuts to Medicaid, a program one in eight of his constituents rely on for coverage. But ultimately, he did.
Local Democratic Party committees are using Wittman’s vote to stir up their base. The official campaign arm for House Democrats says his district, the suburban and rural communities surrounding Richmond and the state’s eastern shore, “represents one of our best pick-up opportunities.”