Rob Wittman

Virginia’s 1st (VA - 01)

Updated: September 28, 2026

Overview

Career politician Rob Wittman has spent nearly two decades taking advantage of the culture of corruption in Washington to benefit himself and his corporate donors while it costs Virginians. Shannon Taylor is a prosecutor, not a politician, who has spent her career holding anyone accountable, even members of her own party, to keep Virginians safe and do what’s right. 

Summary:

• Voters in the Richmond and Norfolk media markets need to continue seeing digital ads on CTV, YouTube, and other streaming platforms and on broadcast TV and cable, and voters in the DC market need to see digital ads on CTV, YouTube, and other streaming platforms and voters especially in the Norfolk market and Independent, Black voters, white women, seniors, and men under 55 across the district need to receive mail and hear radio ads about how:
  • Wittman’s net worth multiplied by up to 40 times over his time in Congress. He violated an anti-insider trading law and traded $2.5 million worth of stocks including in companies that he was supposed to be regulating, and may have had access to information no other American had access to. He personally profited as these companies raised prices on Virginians.

• In the two decades he’s been in Congress, Wittman has gotten up to 40 times richer, becoming a multi-millionaire while working on the taxpayers’ dime – all while voting to give himself a tax break of up to nearly $60,000, voting 7 times to raise his own pay, and voting to give himself taxpayer-subsidized health care for life, while voting to jack up healthcare costs on the people he serves.
• Wittman has personally invested in stocks of a monopoly utility giant and companies building data centers, so while Virginians pay more, he profits more. He voted to give a massive tax break to big tech companies to keep building data centers in Virginia, which could make Virginians’ heating and electrical bills go up 50%.  He even voted to increase our electricity rates. Never forget: he profits when we pay more.  

• Voters districtwide need to see digital ads on CTV, YouTube, meta and other streaming platforms about how:
  • First, Shannon Taylor has spent her career keeping Virginia safe. As Henrico’s top prosecutor, Taylor has overseen an 87% drop in murders over the past 5 years, put away fentanyl dealers and fraudsters, and made Henrico a statewide leader in prosecuting sex trafficking. She’s endorsed by thirteen sheriffs, because she’ll hold anyone accountable, even her own party, to do what’s right. 
  • Then, Shannon Taylor was raised by a nurse and an educator, who taught her hard work should be enough to pay our bills. But politicians in both parties are cheating the system, getting rich by trading stocks using information only they have and personally profiting when corporations rip us off. Shannon doesn’t take a dime of corporate pac money and is running to lower costs, stop politicians from abusing our tax dollars, pass term limits and ban congressional stock trading, so they don’t profit while we pay more
  • Next, Shannon Taylor knows that data centers and monopoly utilities are getting rich off of our tax dollars and by jacking up our rates, because politicians sell us out – taking millions from these companies, then giving them billions in tax breaks. She’ll hold them accountable, making sure data centers can’t pass their energy costs onto regular people, because Virginians shouldn’t have to pay so monopoly utilities can profit. 
  • And finally, Shannon Taylor has spent her career protecting women and children, starting in juvenile court prosecuting offenders who harmed children and babies, and later putting away domestic abusers, sex traffickers, and dangerous predators who prey on women and girls – while making Henrico a statewide leader in prosecuting sex trafficking.

• Voters, especially Black voters and Democratic voters who have voted in 1 of the last 3 or 1 of the last 4 General Elections who live in Henrico zip codes 23294, 23060 Hanover zip code 23738 and Williamsburg Area zip codes 23185, 23690 need to hear from canvassers that:
  • Shannon Taylor was raised by a nurse and an educator here in Virginia. She’s spent her career keeping our communities safe – first in juvenile court, protecting young girls, and now as Henrico’s top prosecutor, combatting sex trafficking. She’s a prosecutor, not a politician, and she’ll hold anyone accountable, even members of her own party, to keep Virginians safe and do what’s right. Shannon doesn’t take a dime of corporate pac money and is running to lower costs, stop politicians from abusing our tax dollars, pass term limits and ban congressional stock trading, so politicians can’t profit while we pay more.
  • Rob Wittman has voted with Donald Trump 100% of the time, even when it raises our costs. He voted to protect Trump’s tariffs, to continue the war in Iran, and to raise our healthcare premiums and prescription drug prices. All told, these policies have raised prices by $4,200 per family since last year. Wittman voted for Trump’s plan to kick hundreds of thousands of Virginians off their health care and put rural hospitals on the brink of closure, all to pay for tax breaks for himself and big corporations, including price-gouging energy companies, who have donated millions to his campaign.

Additional Resources

• Voters should hear from former Wittman voters who regret their vote, seniors who are struggling with higher drug prices, families who live near data centers and whose utility bills are going up.
• Voters should hear from Law enforcement about Wittman’s shady stock dealings, trading stocks in companies that he was supposed to be regulating and may have had access to private information about – personally profiting as companies raised prices on Virginians.
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