U.S. President Donald Trump holds up his signed signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill," on July 4, 2025.
Times-Dispatch coverage of 1st Congressional District
Virginia's 1st Congressional district is on the Democratic Party's Red to Blue target list. Here's a look at some recent coverage of the race.
Early voting in the 1st Congressional District leads the state for turnout, as the race between Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, and Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor emerges as a major battle in a national showdown.
Members of Congress from around Chesapeake Bay split on party lines reacting to President Donald Trump’s move to rescind a federal order on cleaning up the Bay.
President Donald Trump held a Virginia call-in rally Thursday evening to encourage Virginians to vote for Republicans in the midterm elections.
Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor, challenging Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, in November, tells supporters she'll restore Medicaid funding cut by President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
“These have all been analyzed before, but there’s nothing wrong with taking another look,” said Rob Wittman, R-1st, about Trump's demands that the Navy return to some older technology.
U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, says that he, not Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor, has the political support of sheriffs across the 1st Congressional District.
Shannon Taylor, the Democrat challenging Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, said she opposes NextEra Energy’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy.
Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st.
Virginia Democrats are regrouping after their attempt to redistrict the state in their favor was halted by the state Supreme Court on Friday.
Special report: Spending on the rise in Virginia politics
Politics is big business in Virginia, a Richmond Times-Dispatch special report detailed.
Virginia is one of six states that have no limits on what anyone or any company or organization can give a political candidate.
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