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2026 Virginia U.S. House — District 6 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Election: November 3, 2026 General Election
Office Title: Member, House of Representatives
District: 6th District
Candidate Party: Democratic
Candidate Name: Beth A. Macy
Incumbent: No
Campaign Email: [email protected]
Campaign Website: bethmacyforcongress.com
Campaign Phone: 540-309-2222
Campaign Address: 2330 Maiden Ln SW, Roanoke, VA, 24015-2212
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Campaign Phone: 540-309-2222
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Election: November 3, 2026 General Election
Office Title: Member, House of Representatives
District: 6th District
Candidate Party: Democratic
Candidate Name: Beth A. Macy
Incumbent: No
Campaign Email: [email protected]
Campaign Website: bethmacyforcongress.com
Campaign Phone: 540-309-2222
Campaign Address: 2330 Maiden Ln SW, Roanoke, VA, 24015-2212
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Twenty percent of all child-care workers are immigrants; 23 percent are Latina. In 2025, 40,000 immigrant child-care workers were deported, greatly increasing the already too-high ratio of two children for every one child-care slot available in Western Virginia. Without immigrant labor, birth rates in Virginia and in the United States would need to rise by a third to meet workforce demands.
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Twenty percent of all child-care workers are immigrants; 23 percent are Latina. In 2025, 40,000 immigrant child-care workers were deported, greatly increasing the already too-high ratio of two children for every one child-care slot available in Western Virginia. Without immigrant labor, birth rates in Virginia and in the United States would need to rise by a third to meet workforce demands.
Beth Macy never planned on entering politics. She grew up poor in a small Ohio town, the first in her family to go to college, and built her adult life in Roanoke, where she and her husband raised two kids on a reporter’s and a teacher’s salary. For 25 years at The Roanoke Times, Beth covered the stories of people and communities across western Virginia, listening without judgment and digging for the truth even when it was uncomfortable.
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Beth Macy never planned on entering politics. She grew up poor in a small Ohio town, the first in her family to go to college, and built her adult life in Roanoke, where she and her husband raised two kids on a reporter’s and a teacher’s salary. For 25 years at The Roanoke Times, Beth covered the stories of people and communities across western Virginia, listening without judgment and digging for the truth even when it was uncomfortable.
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Ben Cline enables Donald Trump because he wants to keep his job (and his cushy healthcare plan), and most of all, he fears being primaried by someone even more right-wing. As a result, Cline and his colleagues have given away their power and constitutional duty to be an independent branch of government. I’m running to be part of a Congress that leads again—one that supports working people who are struggling to make ends meet and striving for a better life.
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Ben Cline enables Donald Trump because he wants to keep his job (and his cushy healthcare plan), and most of all, he fears being primaried by someone even more right-wing. As a result, Cline and his colleagues have given away their power and constitutional duty to be an independent branch of government. I’m running to be part of a Congress that leads again—one that supports working people who are struggling to make ends meet and striving for a better life.
I will reach across party lines to work with Congressional colleagues to regulate the proliferation of data centers that consume massive quantities of electricity and water, which raises prices for my constituents.
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I will reach across party lines to work with Congressional colleagues to regulate the proliferation of data centers that consume massive quantities of electricity and water, which raises prices for my constituents.
Congress needs to stop ongoing attempts to privatize programs that have long been part of the American social contract, including Medicare and Veterans Administration benefits. Under Trump, even Social Security has come under attack; it’s now a $15.4 billion agency run by someone with no management experience.
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Congress needs to stop ongoing attempts to privatize programs that have long been part of the American social contract, including Medicare and Veterans Administration benefits. Under Trump, even Social Security has come under attack; it’s now a $15.4 billion agency run by someone with no management experience.
Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk now own the equivalent of half of all Americans’ wealth. Meanwhile, more than half of Americans don’t even have enough savings to cover a $40 emergency expense. A billionaire has 20,000 times as much money as you do, and that’s just the guy with $1 billion. Do you think a billionaire is paying 20,000 times as much income tax as you are? Chances are, he’s found ways to invest in shell companies, offshore accounts, trusts, and complex financial transactions to avoid paying anything at all.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk now own the equivalent of half of all Americans’ wealth. Meanwhile, more than half of Americans don’t even have enough savings to cover a $40 emergency expense. A billionaire has 20,000 times as much money as you do, and that’s just the guy with $1 billion. Do you think a billionaire is paying 20,000 times as much income tax as you are? Chances are, he’s found ways to invest in shell companies, offshore accounts, trusts, and complex financial transactions to avoid paying anything at all.
Higher ed research is being gutted, a huge threat to Roanoke, where health care and education are our largest economic drivers. The Fralin Biomedical Research Center—one of the nation’s fastest-growing institutes and Roanoke’s biggest incubator for high-salary jobs—has already lost $11 million in NIH funding in the wake of DOGE cuts and was forced to lay off workers from a groundbreaking research project.
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Higher ed research is being gutted, a huge threat to Roanoke, where health care and education are our largest economic drivers. The Fralin Biomedical Research Center—one of the nation’s fastest-growing institutes and Roanoke’s biggest incubator for high-salary jobs—has already lost $11 million in NIH funding in the wake of DOGE cuts and was forced to lay off workers from a groundbreaking research project.
America must restore/preserve legal pathways for permanent legal status and/or citizenship.
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America must restore/preserve legal pathways for permanent legal status and/or citizenship.
Beth is running to make life affordable again for working families, expand access to health and mental health care, invest in rural communities, and ensure every child has a real chance at a better future by rebuilding the ladder that helped her escape poverty.
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Beth is running to make life affordable again for working families, expand access to health and mental health care, invest in rural communities, and ensure every child has a real chance at a better future by rebuilding the ladder that helped her escape poverty.
Look for our veterans to wait longer to receive less efficient health care. The Republicans and Ben Cline voted three times in 2025 alone to cut VA benefits, claiming falsely that the most efficient health system in our nation suffers from fraud, waste and abuse. Almost 40,000 VA employees lost their jobs in 2025 through DOGE-pushed buyout offers and attrition, with 35,000 more pink slips predicted to land. I support fully funding and staffing VA because VA works well, with years of research proving that it’s better, faster, and less expensive than the private sector. In contrast, Cline voted to privatize VA, following the Project 2025 playbook, and to cut funding for PACT ACT healthcare for disabled veterans
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Look for our veterans to wait longer to receive less efficient health care. The Republicans and Ben Cline voted three times in 2025 alone to cut VA benefits, claiming falsely that the most efficient health system in our nation suffers from fraud, waste and abuse. Almost 40,000 VA employees lost their jobs in 2025 through DOGE-pushed buyout offers and attrition, with 35,000 more pink slips predicted to land. I support fully funding and staffing VA because VA works well, with years of research proving that it’s better, faster, and less expensive than the private sector. In contrast, Cline voted to privatize VA, following the Project 2025 playbook, and to cut funding for PACT ACT healthcare for disabled veterans
We need long-term investment in our immigration justice system to insure humane conditions in detention centers as well as timely hearings. A cooperative approach should be taken with our allies toward finding lasting solutions.
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We need long-term investment in our immigration justice system to insure humane conditions in detention centers as well as timely hearings. A cooperative approach should be taken with our allies toward finding lasting solutions.
Guardrails must be placed on data centers and Big Tech, which includes containing Artificial Intelligence before it controls us.
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Guardrails must be placed on data centers and Big Tech, which includes containing Artificial Intelligence before it controls us.
Congress should raise the cap on Social Security taxes so the wealthy pay their fair share. Republican politicians want to ruin these programs so they can privatize them for the benefits of their rich friends. Six million Social Security cases are currently moldering on a backlog.
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Congress should raise the cap on Social Security taxes so the wealthy pay their fair share. Republican politicians want to ruin these programs so they can privatize them for the benefits of their rich friends. Six million Social Security cases are currently moldering on a backlog.
Making sure corruption doesn’t go unpunished by our leaders. Cline is not a co-sponsor of the bipartisan Stock Trading Ban discharge petition, a wildly popular bill supported by 90 percent of Americans that would forbid members of Congress from trading stocks.
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Making sure corruption doesn’t go unpunished by our leaders. Cline is not a co-sponsor of the bipartisan Stock Trading Ban discharge petition, a wildly popular bill supported by 90 percent of Americans that would forbid members of Congress from trading stocks.
We need to invest in job training happening in community colleges and high schools, creating direct workforce pathways to local industries. Expanding locally grown small- and medium-sized businesses helps workers and employers alike.
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We need to invest in job training happening in community colleges and high schools, creating direct workforce pathways to local industries. Expanding locally grown small- and medium-sized businesses helps workers and employers alike.
Look for rural communities to bear the brunt of OBBB and veteran cuts. In Augusta and Rockbridge counties, three clinics closed in the aftermath of Trump/Cline’s OBBB. A Fishersville hospital, Augusta Health, has projected $40 million in operating debt by 2034. Cuts at the Salem VA will impact 78,000 patients and providers.
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Look for rural communities to bear the brunt of OBBB and veteran cuts. In Augusta and Rockbridge counties, three clinics closed in the aftermath of Trump/Cline’s OBBB. A Fishersville hospital, Augusta Health, has projected $40 million in operating debt by 2034. Cuts at the Salem VA will impact 78,000 patients and providers.
I will support federal legislation to make Big Tech pay for all costs related to data centers: construction, energy and water consumption, investing in a sustainable electrical grid and ensuring that AI does not put millions of people out of work.
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I will support federal legislation to make Big Tech pay for all costs related to data centers: construction, energy and water consumption, investing in a sustainable electrical grid and ensuring that AI does not put millions of people out of work.
Congress should create incentives for state and local governments to enact reforms that pave the way for more affordable housing, including zoning reform. Ben Cline doesn’t even know how federal housing grants work, that they helped fund housing for 41 formerly homeless families in the Roanoke Valley! He stood silent as the Trump White House illegally cut the Continuum of Care program by 70 percent, even though that funding was already approved by Congress. We need a representative who will do his or her homework and fight to build, not abandon, critical affordable housing when Roanoke and Harrisonburg each now have more than 4,000 people on a wait list for housing choice vouchers. The list is so large they’re not even accepting new applicants.
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Congress should create incentives for state and local governments to enact reforms that pave the way for more affordable housing, including zoning reform. Ben Cline doesn’t even know how federal housing grants work, that they helped fund housing for 41 formerly homeless families in the Roanoke Valley! He stood silent as the Trump White House illegally cut the Continuum of Care program by 70 percent, even though that funding was already approved by Congress. We need a representative who will do his or her homework and fight to build, not abandon, critical affordable housing when Roanoke and Harrisonburg each now have more than 4,000 people on a wait list for housing choice vouchers. The list is so large they’re not even accepting new applicants.
While not everyone should have to go to college to get a good job, everyone who wants to go should be able to afford it. We should double Pell grants, which helped me claw my way out of poverty by paying the full freight of my four-year tuition in the 1980s (whereas now those grants cover just 30 percent). Pell grants pay for themselves in just 10 years’ time, through the grantees’ increased income taxes.
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While not everyone should have to go to college to get a good job, everyone who wants to go should be able to afford it. We should double Pell grants, which helped me claw my way out of poverty by paying the full freight of my four-year tuition in the 1980s (whereas now those grants cover just 30 percent). Pell grants pay for themselves in just 10 years’ time, through the grantees’ increased income taxes.
I will fight for universal healthcare coverage including Medicare for All so that anyone can join and stop worrying about how they’ll pay for an emergency room visit or a hospital stay. A majority of voters support this approach. Medicare for All will let seniors age in place. It guarantees that everyone will have healthcare rather than be at the mercy of private health insurance companies or not have any coverage at all. It’s our surest path to stave off the health care deserts Cline promotes.
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I will fight for universal healthcare coverage including Medicare for All so that anyone can join and stop worrying about how they’ll pay for an emergency room visit or a hospital stay. A majority of voters support this approach. Medicare for All will let seniors age in place. It guarantees that everyone will have healthcare rather than be at the mercy of private health insurance companies or not have any coverage at all. It’s our surest path to stave off the health care deserts Cline promotes.
A nationwide moratorium on new data centers should be enforced until energy, environmental, cost, workforce and other citizens’ concerns are addressed through legislation.
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A nationwide moratorium on new data centers should be enforced until energy, environmental, cost, workforce and other citizens’ concerns are addressed through legislation.
Congress needs to reduce the price of food by cracking down on corporate profiteering, preventing Big Ag from secretly colluding to keep prices high. It should end tariffs, which are really a tax on purchased items. (A pound of ground beef now costs more than the federal minimum wage.) Blanket tariffs shut farmers out of overseas markets and make imported farming equipment more expensive.
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Congress needs to reduce the price of food by cracking down on corporate profiteering, preventing Big Ag from secretly colluding to keep prices high. It should end tariffs, which are really a tax on purchased items. (A pound of ground beef now costs more than the federal minimum wage.) Blanket tariffs shut farmers out of overseas markets and make imported farming equipment more expensive.
The CD-6 is rich with private four-year institutions that support local economies and rely on Pell and Virginia’s Tuition Assistant Grants for survival. We have one of the largest concentrations of colleges in the country; when they are hurting because students can’t afford to go, the communities around them also hurt.
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The CD-6 is rich with private four-year institutions that support local economies and rely on Pell and Virginia’s Tuition Assistant Grants for survival. We have one of the largest concentrations of colleges in the country; when they are hurting because students can’t afford to go, the communities around them also hurt.
In Virginia, eight rural hospitals are at immediate risk of closure at a time when rural residents’ lifespan is already two-three years behind urban residents’. Rural mothers are dying in childbirth at twice the rate of urban moms, a situation that will only make hospital closures more dire.
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In Virginia, eight rural hospitals are at immediate risk of closure at a time when rural residents’ lifespan is already two-three years behind urban residents’. Rural mothers are dying in childbirth at twice the rate of urban moms, a situation that will only make hospital closures more dire.
Data center builders must be encouraged, either through market or legislative forces, to use renewable energies and invest in technologies that reduce greenhouse gases. Big Tech must mitigate job losses caused by AI.
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Data center builders must be encouraged, either through market or legislative forces, to use renewable energies and invest in technologies that reduce greenhouse gases. Big Tech must mitigate job losses caused by AI.
Rockingham County is the state’s powerhouse for agribusiness, responsible for more than 13,000 jobs regionally in agriculture. Augusta, Shenandoah, and Page counties also help make agriculture the No. 1 economy in Virginia, generating $1.2 billion statewide annually. Between 2020 and 2025, Virginia lost 18 percent of its family-owned farms. We should end Trump’s ruinous trade wars so that farmers can sell their products for a fair price in a fair market. For every dollar spent on food, just 12 cents now goes to the farmer who raised the product. I will protect the federal crop insurance safety net.
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Rockingham County is the state’s powerhouse for agribusiness, responsible for more than 13,000 jobs regionally in agriculture. Augusta, Shenandoah, and Page counties also help make agriculture the No. 1 economy in Virginia, generating $1.2 billion statewide annually. Between 2020 and 2025, Virginia lost 18 percent of its family-owned farms. We should end Trump’s ruinous trade wars so that farmers can sell their products for a fair price in a fair market. For every dollar spent on food, just 12 cents now goes to the farmer who raised the product. I will protect the federal crop insurance safety net.
Why are we spending more on health care but getting sicker? Everyone in the world’s richest country should be able to see a doctor and get the medicine they need without going broke.
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Why are we spending more on health care but getting sicker? Everyone in the world’s richest country should be able to see a doctor and get the medicine they need without going broke.
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Candidate ID: H6VA06173
Name: MACY, BETH
Office: House
State: VA
District: 06
Party: DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Coverage start: 2025-11-01
Coverage end: 2026-07-15
Total receipts: $1686322.36
Total disbursements: $838851.95
Cash on hand: $847470.41
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
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