(WAMU 88.5) “The group includes an army veteran, a scientist, a prosecutor, a communications strategist, a human trafficking expert and a Virginia state senator. The challenge facing all of them: How do you separate from the pack?”


If Democrats have any shot of taking back the House of Representatives from Republicans this fall, they’ll need to win races like Virginia’s 10th Congressional District.

That’s where Republican incumbent Barbara Comstock is fighting to a hang on in a district where Donald Trump is so unpopular that she has had to keep distancing herself from the president.

The seat has been held by Republicans for nearly four decades, but like the rest of Northern Virginia, the 10th District has been trending more Democratic each election cycle.

Click to continue reading. By Patrick Madden – May 10, 2018