Eight of Virginia’s eleven Representatives to the U. S. House face opposition in the November 5 elections. Second District pro-life Congressman Ed Schrock (R) is being challenged by Democrat attorney David Ashe. Law student Jonathan Menefee, a Democrat, is running against pro-life Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R), Fourth District incumbent. Pro-life Congressman Virgil Goode (R) who represents Virginia’s Fifth District faces vintner Democrat Al Weed. Tenth District pro-life Republican Congressman Frank Wolf is being challenged by former congressional aide, Democrat James Socas. In the Eleventh District, Republican Congressman Tom Davis’s opponent is Democrat Kenneth Longmeyer , a retired Foreign Service Officer.

Challengers to incumbents include former House of Delegates Republican Winsome Sears who is challenging pro-abortion Congressman Bobby Scott (D) for the Third District congressional seat. Sears had a 100 percent pro-life voting record during her term in the Virginia House of Delegates. Pro-life Republican Lisa Marie Cheney (no relation to Vice President Cheney) seeks to unseat pro-abortion Congressman Jim Moran (D) in the Eighth District. Kevin Triplett, a former NASCAR official and journalist, is the pro-life Republican challenger to pro-abortion Congressman Rick Boucher (D) for the Ninth District seat in Southwest Virginia.

Pro-life incumbents JoAnn Davis, Bob Goodlatte and Eric Cantor, members of Congress from the first, sixth, and seventh House districts respectively, have no major party opposition.

VSHL PAC candidate endorsements will be announced in the October issue of the Lifesaver.

Published in VSHL Lifesaver, August, 2004

For further information, please see:

• Key Votes by Virginia Representatives in 108th Congress
• 1995-2002 US House Voting on Pro-Life Issues