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Government — Federal Government — Election 2026 — Rob Wittman — First District — 1st Congressional District — Department of Defense

Wittman, running again in VA-01, supports Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense spending budget

The Republican incumbent seeks an eighth term in Congress and aims to chair the Armed Forces Committee, as Democratic critics caution against rising deficit and Trump’s ‘war of choice’ with Iran.

,   and  Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury
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 U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, speaks at a campaign event for then-Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears on Aug. 14, 2025. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)

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