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U.S. House, District 1: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Shannon L. Taylor

Shannon L. Taylor

Running for U.S. House · Virginia District 1

NationalDemocrat

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Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

U.S. House · Virginia District 1

NationalRepublican

Shannon L. TaylorCandidateRobert J. "Rob" WittmanCurrent rep

Job fit

Shannon L. Taylor

Offices held

  • Shannon Taylor has served as Henrico County's Commonwealth's Attorney since January of 2012. 1

Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

Offices held

  • elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Tenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Jo Ann Davis, and to the nine succeeding Congresses (December 11, 2007-present). 2
  • member of the Montross, Va., town council, 1986-1996; 2

Education

  • B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., 1981; 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Shannon L. Taylor

  • Health care costs
    Shannon will fight to restore the ACA tax credits Wittman let expire, expand Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices, end surprise billing, and protect Social Security and Medicare for seniors. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Shannon will invest in energy, infrastructure, and good-paying jobs that strengthen Virginia's economy, while cutting taxes for working families and small businesses, not billionaires and corporate special interests. 3
  • Guns
    Taylor pledges to fight in Congress for universal background checks, a ban on untraceable ghost guns, and disarming domestic abusers, while investing in community violence intervention. 4

No public stance found on: Immigration, Climate & energy

More on their website →

Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

Shannon L. Taylor

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

  • Crime & safety → Tougher sentences and more police (10 of 10 votes) 5
  • Clean water and pipes that work → Federal money for water and stricter standards (9 of 9 votes) 5
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 5

Who pays them

Shannon L. Taylor

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorsother politicianspolitical allies (same party)labor unionsOther kinds of donors
small donors$332Klarge donors$1.4Motherpoliticians$129Kpolitical allies(same party)$84Klabor unions$35KOther kinds ofdonors$19K$2.0M raised
$331,5526Small individual donors
$1,356,3746Large individual donors

Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsother politiciansOther kinds of donors
small donors$54Klarge donors$1.4Mcompanies$661Kindustryassociations$163Kotherpoliticians$153KOther kinds ofdonors$222K$2.7M raised
$54,3247Small individual donors
$1,388,2197Large individual donors

Checks

Shannon L. Taylor

No voting record to check yet

Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 129 since 2021. 8

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Commonwealth's Attorney's Office » Henrico County, Virginia · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  2. WITTMAN, Robert J. | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  3. shannontaylorva.com used in: Top issues
  4. giffords.org used in: Top issues
  5. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  8. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2026-07-02 used in: Checks