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State legislative races don't usually draw a lot of national attention – but Virginia's House District 13 race is: it pits a Republican incumbent known for unsuccessfully sponsoring a so-called "bathroom bill" against a transgender woman.

If she succeeds in unseating Delegate Bob Marshall, Democrat Danica Roem would be the country's first openly transgender state lawmaker.

Roem's background may set her apart as a political candidate, but her message to voters in this district, in the outer Washington, D.C. suburbs, is pretty standard for a local politician. She's focusing on bread-and-butter "quality of life" issues, she says, like roads funding, schools, and water infrastructure.

Roem argues she's uniquely informed about local issues and prepared to problem-solve because of her years working as a newspaper reporter in the region.

"I've dedicated my professional career to vetting information...and then reporting the truth as it is, not what other people hope it should be," she said. "...And when I'm in office I can do the same thing."

Virginia Statehouse Race Pits 'Bathroom Bill' Author Against Transgender Woman

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Confessional #5: The Demons of Id

I’m going to share the last chapter of my masters thesis, a self-indulgent memoir that attempted to overlap the life of my father with mine, his experiences in Vietnam with mine in Iraq, and that hoped to basically take a close, harsh look at what soldiers bring back from war zones. Of course these days everyone shares such shit, so it’s nothing special, but I figure why not. I miss Australia very much, and I hate this hypocritical country to profound depths in this Age of Ignorance and Cruelty.

Chapter 43

The Demons of Id

“Walking up a damp hill at Manassas in the fall of 2002, I came upon a spot overlooking a huge field ringed by woods. Two or three cannons sat on that hill with a plaque; one could imagine the clear field of fire the artillery had been looking down on the mass of men running into the belly of the beast with flags waving and foot-long bayonets fixed. Bull Run. A few other tourists meandering around the battlefield on the chilly September morning, although, I couldn’t see them for the trees and hills. I had taken to the trails, found the signs marking firefights and skirmishes, where certain officers fell. Our Trojan War.

There on the sloping hill, a sinuous road wound on the right-hand side of the field. Low wispy clouds that seemed to scurry by at a rabbit’s pace tinged the gunmetal sky. I could sense something melancholy about the place, as if it were sacred ground soaked with souls long gone, yet still present, ghostly fingertips clutched to the edge of the cliff. A holy land of the valorous cast from a hellscape of men and cold steel, smoke and corpses. I stood there shivering for some time, my sweatshirt and watchcap inadequate, and the heat of the coffee in my stomach dissipated, captivated by the dream of the view.

There is a sad romance with warfare much too often misconstrued. When the bullets and bombs fly across a movie screen, or left to the reader’s imagination through black words on cream pages in an antiquated typeface, the palpability and weight of such events are utterly lost. No paint, words, or film can adequately project such visions. The weight presses on the heart, on the mind, upon the soul of combat’s participants. Each cradling his or her own unique perspective. There is nothing romantic about war, and yet even I have trouble separating the idyllic, dreamy heroism from the awful, blunt reality. My experiences are really nothing special compared to my father, or most other vets. I was no hero charging up a muddy hill; I didn’t save anyone’s life by carrying them through enemy fire. I never had to make a hard choice, and yet, I made choices hard for my ex wife. I hope she’s in a better place now, recovering from everything she experienced in Iraq, and in our home. As the immortal words of Whitman suggests, however, war never truly ends for those who survive:

A MARCH in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown, A route through a heavy wood with muffled steps in the darkness, Our army foil’d with loss severe, and the sullen remnant retreating, Till after midnight glimmer upon us the lights of a dim-lighted building, We come to an open space in the woods, and halt by the dim-lighted building, ‘Tis a large old church at the crossing roads, now an impromptu hospital, Entering but for a minute I see a sight beyond all the pictures and poems ever made, Shadows of deepest, deepest black, just lit by moving candles and lamps, And by one great pitchy torch stationary with wild red flame and clouds of smoke, By these, crowds, groups of forms vaguely I see on the floor, some in the pews laid down, At my feet more distinctly a soldier, a mere lad, in danger of bleeding to death, (he is shot in the abdomen,) I stanch the blood temporarily, (the youngster’s face is white as a lily,) Then before I depart I sweep my eyes o'er the scene fain to absorb it all, Faces, varieties, postures beyond description, most in obscurity, some of them dead, Surgeons operating, attendants holding lights, the smell of ether, odor of blood, The crowd, O the crowd of the bloody forms, the yard outside also fill’d, Some on the bare ground, some on planks or stretchers, some in the death-spasm sweating, An occasional scream or cry, the doctor’s shouted orders or calls, The glisten of the little steel instruments catching the glint of the torches, These I resume as I chant, I see again the forms, I smell the odor, Then hear outside the orders given, Fall in, my men, fall in; But first I bend to the dying lad, his eyes open, a half-smile gives he me, Then the eyes close, calmly close, and I speed forth to the darkness, Resuming, marching, ever in darkness marching, on in the ranks, The unknown road still marching.

The unknown road still marching.

Sitting in one of the waiting rooms at the VA hospital while fingering the sheet for my very first prescription to help manage PTSD, I hear the nurses call out names of the old timers around me, names like Marvin, Julius, and Sherman. It makes me think of days long gone, of times romantically simpler, if not nostalgically untrue. Days where radio programs served as mass communication, and where front porches as vacation spots; dusty roads a huge step forward from wagon ruts in the rural Midwest, black and white photography, and lemonade mixed with moonshine. They are the veterans of past wars, as we of Iraq and Afghanistan will one day appear as our names are called out, sounding senescent to young kids with fresh wounds. Behind us, countless generations will inevitably follow in our footsteps, bearing the burden of political decisions and the technological advancements of warfare, just as we have followed in the footsteps of those who marched before us.

Vietnam thrust another generation into the conflagration of war. Only this time, as opposed to the World Wars or even Korea, the war was illegal, unjustified, and immoral. The domino effect was a sad delusion concocted by fear-mongering idiots and war profiteers. Civilians rebelled against D.C. corruption, but by the time the dust settled, it was too late. We had a generation of young soldiers back home, deeply scarred, berated by the public, condemned by a government attempting to sweep their filth under the “pristine” rug of American history.

This time, however, we veterans will not be swept under the rug. The death of a dad is one too many, the self-inflicted wounds of the warrior can be healed, with care and with time. The work is not easy, the journey a hard road, but final victory comes from healing, a victory deserved by each veteran, everywhere, across cultures and nations, suffering from the cancer of war’s enduring wounds.

My father was a victim … a victim of blind chance, or foul luck, of God or the Devil, of hypocrisy, avarice, or the simply the complex and elemental nature of human existence. A Russian grenade, and married to a Russian woman. I experienced the sublime only once in my life, at the far western end of Australia in 2008. I had tried to escape reality by reaching a landscape I was enamored with, harsh yet welcoming, blue sea and sunbaked earth. Australia is Hawaii and Iraq smashed together. When I had volunteered to help with the sea turtle conservationists, and after a long and monastic foray along Eighty-Mile Beach, the entire group retreated to the welcoming town of Broome to recuperate, rejuvenate, and get drunk.

Sitting beneath the azure dusk, sipping beer and listening to the waves colliding beneath the ridge as some orchestral music tinged with techno whispered and thumped in the open courtyard of the wet bar, a storm approached, swiftly and methodically. Paul sat to one side and Kris to the other, Mai, Liz, and Chris filling in our little enclave of sunburnt and giddy nomads. The storm churned through the starry vacuum, billowing with strength. The breeze summoned its presence, a methodical mass of gnashing atmosphere. At first the front seemed to strobe with smothered light, the ballooning throats of bullfrogs, the light inside the bells of a giant, sprawling, swelling jellyfish bloom. The rumblings of thunder were low and growling, like a sleeping mastiff cornering a rabbit in its dreams. The cobalt blue waves below slapped against the rock, gathering weight and force and determination, wanting to grind the stone down. Valkyries rode within the saddles of such storms, winged and armed with great, serrated spears. Shivers of lightning soundlessly rooted cloud to ocean in lurid, fisting arcs. The blackness seemed impenetrable, hypnotic, and terrifying—a manifested evocation of some god’s will—meshing inky sky with pitch-dark sea upon the canvas of the vanished horizon. It pushed directly south of us with only its great dragon’s wing sweeping the sky above our heads. A few raindrops fell. Big salty marbles of crisp water scattered like buckshot across the grass, plopping onto the table, splashing like crystalline bird shit upon my shoulder and thigh. The air chilled, goosebumps bubbled across my skin, up my arms and down my neck as we sat there witnessing the storm smashing into the coast with a broadside of thunder nearby and earthshaking. The dark trees bent and quaked to its will in the middle ground. A thundercrack exploded above, so loud and close we tried to dodge it, eyes pinching closed, heads bending away from the fray. The glasses and bottles rattled upon the table, some Aussies in dress shirts and sun dresses ran for cover in a single sheet of rain, an embrace from Nereus—quick and invigorating—followed by warm air and calmness, but we just sat hypnotized as the lightning arced and crashed into the distant hills, into the grave-dark waves, electrifying the air—air so perfectly virgin and elementally fragrant—with a terrible ferocity. A mist of static and adrenaline filled our lungs, my heart rate paced with the awe of it all. Kris’ hand again slid into mine without tearing her eyes away from the vault of the night’s dramatic show. I squeezed her hand and snaked my fingers through hers.

Quickly, the clouds wheeled south and drove into the continent. Lighting fired across the dry forest as rain fell in blankets. The symphony of a thousand charging horses receded, galloping over the sodden hills. Slowly, the stars began to reemerge in the storm’s wake, as if children unveiling heads from thick bed sheets, the monster in the closet now gone to another house, through the chimney, into another neighborhood. Stars framed the ocean at the edge of the earth. Both thunder and twinkling heavens far away. The behemoth stomped on, leaving the land cleansed, refreshed, more alive. The comforting rhythm of the sea returned, the sailor’s sea. Mysterious and unpredictable, beguiling and deadly.

Through war, love and loss, religion and feral fighting, through witnessing mindless death and the thirty-year deterioration of my father, and through every experience of one full lifetime seemingly trapped in the morass of failure, this solemn moment on the fringe of this great storm, with my hand and life force unconsciously joined to a woman who we—at that moment—were oblivious to the intoxicating and sorrowful harrowing ahead of us, was as close as I ever came to the sublimity of God.”

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Veteran-Owned Breweries Across America Pay It Forward With Craft Beer and Community

“If you’re at sea in the Navy more than 45 days without a port visit, you are allowed two beers,” LeAnn Darland, co-founder of Talea Beer Co., says. The celebration (of sorts) is called “beer day,” and the beers are “old, dusty, hot Budweisers,” Darland says. “It’s such a spectacular moment for the crew, but then you get this nasty beer.”

Darland is a Naval Academy alum who served five years as a signals intelligence officer, spending most of that time off the coast of Iraq and Iran. Her last duty station was in San Diego. “That’s where I started to love beer,” she says. She launched Talea Beer Co. in NYC in May 2019 with co-founder Tara Hankinson. Their “sessionable, repeatable” beers include Sun Up Hazy IPA.

Talea joins an array of veteran-owned breweries across the country. Although concentrated in regions near military bases — there are upwards of a dozen in North Carolina, and several in the greater D.C. area — there are operations nationwide.

Many veteran-owned breweries give back to organizations that support veterans’ needs, such as Homes for Our Troops, which builds adapted homes for disabled veterans. Others contribute to the Jonas Project, a non-profit group that helps turn veterans into entrepreneurs, and Red Circle Foundation, which helps support the families of special forces members who have been wounded or killed.

They also provide places for veterans, and their families and friends, to connect. These former members of the U.S. military are now serving their country and communities through beer.

Good Service

Service Brewing in Savannah, Ga., is inspired by co-founder Kevin Ryan’s time in the service. While stationed in Iraq, he and his colleagues received care packages from strangers abroad, and he wants to pay it forward.

The brewery helped raise more than $18,000 for the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless, which builds Tiny Homes for homeless veterans in Savannah.

“No matter where we go, there are people who relate to veterans,” Ryan told The Washington Post in 2015. “[E]veryone knows somebody who is, or has been, in the military.”

In Bozeman, Mont., Dog Tag Brewing Co., through its Dog Tag Foundation, operates as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Through its Dog Tag Legacy Fund, the organization partners with Gold Star families, or those whose family member died in service. Every Dog Tag beer can is a memorial, featuring the “dog tag” of a fallen soldier.

“It’s to make sure that the folks we lost are never forgotten,” Seth Jordan, brewery founder and former Marine, told USA Today in 2015. “And it’s about celebrating their lives rather than focusing on their death.”

Veterans United Craft Brewery in Jacksonville, Fla., focuses its efforts on another species: dogs. The company has helped fundraise for Florida Service Dogs, the Military Working Dog Team Support Association, We Ride to Provide, K9s for Warriors, and the Jacksonville Humane Society.

Tara Hankinson (l) and LeAnn Darland, co-founders of Talea Beer Co. Credit: taleabeer.com

Sometimes the efforts come full circle. Veterans United launched in 2014 with 18 investors, all of whom were veterans. For Service Brewing, also launched in 2014, 20 of its 23 investors were veterans.

Talea currently operates its office out of a WeWork space secured through Veterans in Residence, a program sponsored by WeWork and Bunker Labs, which “helps veteran entrepreneurs with resources … including six months of free office space,” Darland tells VinePair. Talea is currently contract-brewed and distributed in NYC, and plans to have its own space up and running in Brooklyn or Queens by 2020.

As part of their efforts to give back, Darland and Hankinson plan to donate enough of their Sun Up Hazy IPA and Lunch Date Pale Ale to supply each Naval ship for “beer day.” The brand also plans to hire “as diverse as possible,” including veterans who are transitioning into civilian life. “I know firsthand how difficult that transition can be,” Darland says.

Navigating Transition

At Backwards Flag Brewing, in Forked River, N.J., Torie Fisher made it her mission to help with the post-service transition to civilian life. Along with founding the first female-veteran-owned brewery in the U.S., she started Arms 2 Artisans, a non-profit that teaches brewing to post-9/11 veterans.

In an interview with Military.com, Fisher offers tips for transition including setting goals to avoid the post-service slump, and finding like-minded organizations and people to socialize and work with. “I think veterans have a need to be a part of a team,” Fisher says.

Torie Fisher, founder of Backwards Flag Brewing, started Arms 2 Artisans to teach veterans to brew. Credit: facebook.com/a2avets

That sense of camaraderie is shared by many veteran-owned brewers, both in their taprooms and the communities they serve.

Steven Gagner, founder of 14th Star Brewing in St. Albans, Vt., told CraftBeer.com that, along with his “love for process and gadgetry,” the reason he started a brewery is “the social aspect of it — especially among veterans.” He wrote the business plan while stationed in Afghanistan.

At Railhouse Brewery in Aberdeen, N.C., a “Beer Forward Wall” allows customers to purchase beers and leave a sticky note for veterans to redeem later. “The wall is filled with names or titles, like ‘Vietnam vet,’” Dan Fitfield, Railhouse brewmaster, says. “So someone who’s a Vietnam vet can come in, take that sticky note, and get a beer courtesy of whoever paid for that note.”

Giving and Getting

At the annual Craft Brewers Conference in 2015, a “Veterans Roundtable” led by Ian Schuster, founder of the Schubros Brewery in San Ramon, Calif., and a Naval Academy graduate who served in Iraq and Kosovo, included representatives from 30 breweries.

Intended as a networking opportunity, the roundtable led to the establishment of the Veterans Beer Alliance, an organization that connects veteran-owned beer businesses. “There’s a level of trust right off the bat,” Schuster told The Washington Post. “We understand each other’s history.”

Service Brewing is dedicated to giving back to veterans organizations, such as Warrior Farms. Credit: servicebrewing.com

Matt Wolf, an Air Force intelligence officer whose name has been changed for privacy, believes the way businesses treat their military connection is vital. “Some companies I’ve encountered are more humble about it, by working with charities and organizations, doing community work, hiring veterans, etc.,” Wolf says. “Whereas some others market their veteran status as if that automatically makes their products better, to the point of cringiness.”

In other words, just because beer is brewed by veterans doesn’t mean it’s high-quality. And even finding a craft brewery or beer bar can be “tough,” due to where Air Force personnel are stationed. (At the moment, Wolf lives “in the middle of nowhere,” he says.)

When beer and intentions are good, it makes the experience that much more meaningful. For some consumers, sipping a lager from a company that cares is an ideal pairing.

“I’m always happy to see people who find success outside of the military,” Wolf says.

American Veteran-Owned Breweries in the U.S.

Veteran-owned brewing companies across the U.S. include the more than 40 operations below.

14th Star Brewing Company St. Albans, Vt.

608 Brewing Company La Crosse, Wis.

Aiken Brewing Company Aiken, S.C.

Backward Flag Brewing Forked River, N.J.

Battlefield Brew Works Gettysburg, Pa.

Bayou Teche Brewing Arnaudville, La.

Bear Island Brewing Boise, Idaho

Big Beach Brewing Gulf Shores, Ala.

Big Frog Brewery Chattanooga, Tenn.

Black Horse Brewery Knoxville and Clarksville, Tenn.

Bold Mariner Norfolk, Va.

Broken Strings Brewery Orlando, Fla.

Call Sign Brewing Kansas City, Mo.

Cavalry Brewing Oxford, Conn.

Check Six Brewing Southport, N.C.

Common Space Brewing Hawthorne, Calif.

Diamond Bear Brewery Little Rock, Ark.

Dog Tag Brewing Bozeman, Mont.

Fair Winds Brewing Lorton, Va.

Fort Street Brewery Lincoln Park, Mich.

Full Tilt Brewing Baltimore, Md.

Haint Blue Brewing Mobile, Ala.

Heritage Brewing Manassas, Va.

High Ground Brewing Terra Alta, W.Va.

Huske Hardware House Fayetteville, N.C.

Honor Brewing  Chantilly, Va.

Kings County Brewers Collective Brooklyn, N.Y.

Launch Pad Brewery Aurora, Colo.

Orlando Brewing Orlando, Fla.

Railhouse Brewery Aberdeen, N.C.

Red Leg Brewing Co. Colorado Springs, Colo.

Service Brewing Savannah, Ga.

Schubros Brewery San Ramon, Calif.

Southern Pines Brewing Southern Pines, N.C.

Talea Beer Co. New York, N.Y.

Talisman Brewing Co. Ogden, Utah

Third Colony Brewery & Winery Manchester, N.H.

Veterans Beer Co. Chicago, Ill.

Veteran Brothers Brewing Johnstown, Colo.

Veterans United Craft Brewery  Jacksonville, Fla.

Young Veterans Brewing Company Virginia Beach, Va.

View more veteran-owned businesses here.

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All dogs go to heaven. However, in the case of one sweet pup, her time here with us has been extended.

Cookie, a 3-year old pitbull, was brought by her previous owner to the Manassas Animal Adoption Center.

The center is now in the process of raising funds to resolve her vet bills, according to Sergeant Carilyn Mello of the Manassas City Police Department (MCPD).

When Cookie arrived she was suffering from seizures, later found to be the result of a chemical imbalance due to starvation.

The owner insisted that Cookie be euthanized, but upon further questioning, it was found that she hadn’t been taken to the vet.

After the owner signed Cookie over to the center, they were able to take her to a nearby animal hospital, Artemis, where she was placed in an intensive care unit (ICU). She remained in ICU for about a week as she recovered.

After she was deemed healthy enough to leave, she returned to the center and her recovery continued.

“The shelter staff here has put in countless hours to get her back to now optimal weight and completely seizure free,” spoke Mello.

Now, months later, Cookie is finally ready to find her fur-ever home.

However, before Cookie can leave the center, her vet bill needs to be addressed.

For anyone able to help, cash and check donations can be brought or mailed to the center, which is located at 10039 Dean Drive, Manassas, VA, 20110.

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These startups are pitching at MAVA’s Spring TechBUZZ

Eighteen startups will pitch at the Spring TechBUZZ event in D.C. this week. The February 28 event will be held at the FHI 360 Conference Center.

The program, created by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) in 2011, attracts early stage technology companies—many from the region—to showcase their ideas in a pitch round that allows them to share their value proposition and demo in less than four minutes.

“In addition to hitting the radars of potential investors, selected companies benefit from increased visibility and industry interest which helps to secure new customers, hire talent, and garner important market mind-share,” said Julia Spicer, Executive Director of MAVA.

The startups at TechBUZZ also gain feedback on their presentations from early stage investors, venture capital groups and former CEOs. Companies who will take the stage were vetted and reviewed by more than twenty investors and advisors, and the startups feature innovations in such fields as cybersecurity, ecommerce and healthcare IT.

Here is a list of the the TechBUZZ presenting companies for Spring 2018 along with their headquarters locations and fields:

9zest, Inc., Oakton, Va., Health IT

Audiostaq.com, Baltimore, Md., Programmatic Advertising for podcasters

Cameral, Arlington, Virginia, Political Technology

ChromaWay, Washington, D.C, & Stockholm, Sweden, Blockchain

ClearForce, Vienna, Va., Cybersecurity

HireCoder, Inc., Fairfax, Va., SaaS

Hungry Harvest, Baltimore

Iyotee, McLean, Va., Social Media

Little Arms Studios, LLC, Manassas, Va., SaaS

NepCol, Stone Ridge, Va., Geospatial Intelligence

Peoplise, London, UK, Human Resources

PhotoSquared, Owings Mills, Md., E-commerce

PingThings, El Segundo, Calif., Energy

Remodelmate, Washington, D.C, Real Estate

ScholarVets, Silver Spring, Md., Education

SilverStay, Columbia, Md., Healthcare IT

SmartBridge Health, Washington, D.C., Healthcare IT

Spira, Annandale, Va., Food Tech

Entrepreneurs including UrbanStems CEO Ajay Kori CEO Sparkpost CEO Phillip Merrick will be keynote speakers at the event

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June 12, 2018

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No breaks, no intro... wait, um, short intro. Five great states! Let’s go!

ME-01(Portland, Brunswick, Augusta): Incumbent - Chellie Pingree (Dem), she headed Common Cause, cool? Challenger - Mark Holbrook. PVI: D+8

ME-02(Bar Harbor, Bangor, Houlton): Incumbent - Bruce Poliquin (Rep), ran a lot of places, apparently. Challenger - Jared Golden. PVI: R+2

NV-01(Las Vegas, Winchester, Paradise): Incumbent - Dina Titus (Dem), professor who jumped seats. Challenger - Joyce Bentley. PVI: D+15

NV-02(Reno, Winnemucca, Wells): Incumbent - Mark Amodei (Rep). Challenger - Clark Koble, he seems pretty okay. PVI: R+7

NV-03(Enterprise, Henderson, Boulder City): Incumbent - Jacky Rosen (Dem) NOT RUNNING Replacement - Susie Lee, wealthy philanthropist. Challenger - Danny Tarkanian, who needs to stop running in places... PVI: R+2

NV-04(Hawthorne, Ely, Pahrump): Incumbent - Ruben Kihuen (Dem) NOT RUNNING Replacement - Steven Horsford, who won with the power of the Culinary Union. Challenger - Cresent Hardy, it’s a rematch! PVI: D+3

ND-AL(Minot, Bismarck, Fargo): Incumbent - Kevin Cramer (Rep) NOT RUNNING Replacement - Kelly Armstrong, state attorney and male... Challenger - Mac Schneider, who say he’s an independent, but... PVI: R+16

SC-01(Hilton Head Island, Kiawah Island, Summerville): Incumbent - Mark Sanford (Rep) LOST PRIMARY Replacement - Katie Arrington, she recently had the presidential endorsement. Challenger - Joe Cunningham. PVI: R+10

SC-02(Aiken, Gilbert, Chaplin): Incumbent - Joe Wilson (Rep), YOU LIE. Challenger - Runoff btw Annabelle Robertson and Sean Carrigan. PVI: R+12

SC-03(Clemson, Anderson, Greenwood): Incumbent - Jeff Duncan (Rep), he’s quite out there. Challenger - Mary Geren, another educator. PVI: R+19

SC-04(Greenville, Spartanburg, Simpsonville): Incumbent - Trey Gowdy (Rep) NOT RUNNING Replacement - Either Lee Bright or William Timmons?, they are both bad... Challenger - Either Doris Turner or Brandon Brown. PVI: R+15

SC-05(Gaffney, Lancaster, Camden): Incumbent - Ralph Northam (Rep), who showed off a loaded gun in an interview. Challenger - Archie Parnell, a rematch but marred by his abusive past history, but he refused to step down! PVI: R+9

SC-06(Columbia, Sumter, Charleston): Incumbent - Jim Clyburn (Dem), token black member... it’s the VRA. Challenger - Gerhard Gressmann. PVI: D+19

SC-07(Chesterfield, Florence, Myrtle Beach): Incumbent - Tom Rice (Rep), who got lucky last time... Challenger - Robert Williams or Mal Hyman. PVI: R+9

VA-01(Fredericksburg, Tappahannock, West Point): Incumbent - Rob Wittman (Rep). Challenger - Vangie Williams, black female, what a name! PVI: R+8

VA-02(Williamsburg, Cape Charles, Virginia Beach): Incumbent - Scott Taylor (Rep). Challenger - Elaine Lurie, another Navy vet. PVI: R+3

VA-03(Franklin, Newport News, Norfolk): Incumbent - Bobby Scott (Dem), first black rep in Virginia since Reconstruction. NO CHALLENGERS. PVI: D+16

VA-04(Richmond, Petersburg, Suffolk): Incumbent - Donald McEachin (Dem), fellow black member... Challenger - Ryan McAdams. PVI: D+10

VA-05(Danville, Charlottesville, Warrenton): Incumbent - Tom Garrett (Rep) NOT RUNNING [because he’s a mess] Replacement - Tom Riggleman, he’s not so much better actually. Challenger - Leslie Cockburn, she’s fine? PVI: R+6

VA-06(Roanoke, Lynchburg, Harrisonburg): Incumbent - Bob Goodlatte (Rep) NOT RUNNING Replacement - Ben Cline, tough delegate fight there... Challenger - Jennifer Lewis, mental health worker. PVI: R+13

VA-07(Culpeper, Glen Allen, Blackstone): Incumbent - Dave Brat (Rep), famously primaried Eric Cantor. Challenger - Abigail Spanberger. PVI: R+6

VA-08(West Falls Church, Alexandria, Woodlawn): Incumbent - Don Beyer (Dem), not black! Ambassador to Swiss? Challenger - Thomas Oh. PVI: D+21

VA-09(Blacksburg, Tazewell, Pennington Gap): Incumbent - Morgan Griffith (Rep), part of Freedom Caucus... Challenger - Anthony Flaccavento. PVI: R+19

VA-10(Winchester, Ashburn, Manassas): Incumbent - Barbara Comstock (Rep), she’s gone. Challenger - Jennifer Wexton, she’ll be good. PVI: D+1

VA-11(Centreville, Fairfax, Neabsco): Incumbent - Gerry Connolly (Rep), he does acting in his spare time? Challenger - Jeff Dove. PVI: D+15

There you go, break next week, I think, and after that... five states! Till then.

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