Brace yourself for brutal, expensive campaigns in Va. congressional swing districts this fall

By: Bob Lewis

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: August 10, 2026

Words: 1,150

Last Updated: 6 days, 15 hours ago

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If you live in or near the media markets serving Hampton Roads, the Peninsula up to the Northern Neck and Richmond and its suburbs, prepare for the most acrid, expensive and desperate congressional campaigns you’ve ever endured.

Depending on how rancid the winds of current events blowing in from across the Potomac become, you could also see a comparable tooth-and-nail cage match in a wide swath of Southside from Charlottesville to the North Carolina border.

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