Virginia District 1 Candidates

Barry A. Klinger and Austin Reed, October 2022

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Democratic Challenger: Herbert Jones

“It is essential that we invest in clean energy to power our future. We can encourage this by providing tax incentives for clean energy companies and revoking the tax breaks that the fossil fuel industry benefits from. By expanding our sources of renewable energy, we will create new jobs for an emerging generation of working-class citizens.”

https://herbjonesforvirginia.com/priorities/

Republican Incumbent: Robert Wittman

“We need to focus on ways we can address climate change, while promoting economic prosperity... We can protect our environment by promoting policies that encourage clean energy such as nuclear, hydropower, natural gas, wind, and solar power.”

https://wittman.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=128027

“regardless of the causation behind it, we’ve got to look at what we do to adapt and in Norfolk obviously it has an impact there on the Navy base and in coastal communities.”

“Wittman says the US needs to focus on how to deal with sea level rise, not try to stop it."

https://www.wvtf.org/news/2017-04-18/not-all-gop-members-deny-climate-change-but-theyre-still-the-minority#stream/0