Virginia District 9 Candidates

Barry A. Klinger and Austin Reed, October 2022

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Democratic Challenger: Aysha DeVaughan

Names "climate change" as the greatest challenge facing the US over the next decade.

Among top public policy interests, "a just transition for fossil fuel communities"

https://www.devaughanforcongress.com/

Republican Incumbent: Morgan Griffith

Supports "'all of the above' energy strategy that serves American economic and security interests. Coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, hydropower, domestic oil, and biomass all may play a critical role in America's energy future."

https://morgangriffith.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=44643

Supported Trump effort to undo Obama climate actions: "what we have to have is a plan to rebuild the coal industry". "if...we're just going to fix the US., we're not going to fix the rest of the world"

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

"While the data indicates a changing climate due in part to human activities, it does not support the doomsday scenarios... Innovation has allowed fossil fuels to be used in a more environmentally-safe fashion, and technologies such as carbon capture promise to build on that progress... I have introduced and supported bills that develop a wide array of energy resources, including legislation to promote closed-loop pumped storage hydropower and to facilitate construction of hydropower projects."

https://morgangriffith.house.gov/spotlight/