Virginia's 1st congressional district

He is asking the court for $1.25 million for that part of the lawsuit.

Taylor is the current Democrat in Congress for Virginia's 1st District, running against Rob Whitman.

And when WTVR reached out for comments...

This is what they get back from the Taylor campaign.

Rob Wittman is joining us.

Rob, of course, represents the 1st District in our beloved Commonwealth and Congress.

You know, you talk about supporting law enforcement.

Let's talk about law enforcement support of the sheriffs in the 1st District.

And I'll let you do the math.

The vast majority of them, I think it's with the exception of one, have all stood up and endorsed you and not Shannon Taylor.

They're just not.

Uh, Virginia 1 goes Republican.

Virginia 2 does not.

Virginia 2, I think, goes to the left.

I think it's too close, and I think the Democrats have momentum in Virginia.

Um, Virginia 1, the reason that I give that to Rob, uh, uh, Wittman, is that you have William and Mary that's being way over-polled there.

Wisconsin 3 goes red.

Uh, Iowa 1 and 3 both go red.

From the VPM Newsroom in Richmond, I'm Kim Strother.

Republican Rob Wittman represents Virginia's 1st District, which includes parts of Chesterfield and Henrico Counties, the Historic Triangle, and the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula.

This year, he is facing the toughest race of his nearly 20 years in office.

His Democratic challenger is Shannon Taylor, Henrico County's Commonwealth's attorney.

This is basically g- the get out the vote people.

So we, we model voters in Virginia, and so we're going with, uh, one out of four voters and two out of four voters.

That's how they're ranked by, uh, frequency of participation.

And yeah, the entirety of the 1st District chairman were going to...

Seth Keshel, the captain's, really got it.

But yesterday I was in a meeting for hours with really smart people that drilled down on this.

The message in Virginia 1, and maybe 2, is the same.

"Oh, this is a safe hold," and I go, thinking, "Hey, you've got grassroots people out that understand this enthusiasm gap right now, some people are not gonna do it." It is em- y- you are, um, emblematic of the whole nation.