John McGuire

Virginia’s 5th (VA - 05)

Updated: October 17, 2026

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Overview

John McGuire has voted for policies that increase costs for Virginia families, including on groceries, electricity, gas, and health care, while taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporate PACs.

Summary:

  • Beginning on Oct 23rd, voters, especially voters in the Roanoke and Richmond media markets need to see ads on broadcast and cable and voters, especially voters in the Roanoke, Richmond and Charlottesville media markets need to see ads on OTT, Youtube and other digital platforms that:
    • Congressman John McGuire voted for the war in Iran and other bills that raised costs on groceries, electricity, gas, health care, and housing, taking $3,200 out of the pockets of Virginia families.
  • Voters district-wide need to read in the mail that:
    • Voters are paying $3,200 more since last year because of John McGuire. He voted for the war in Iran, which is raising the cost of gas, fuel and fertilizer. And he voted for legislation that raised the cost of groceries, utility bills, housing, health care, and other basic necessities.
    • While voting to increase costs for Virginians, McGuire has profited off higher prices and trading stocks of companies impacted by his votes.
  •  Voter, especially Black voters who voted in 2020 and 2024 but not 2022 need to see mail and hear radio ads about how:
    • President Obama urges them to vote for Tom Perriello. They worked closely together to take on the big health insurance companies to expand access to affordable care. 
    • Congressman John McGuire is closely aligned with President Trump. Together they are making things more expensive and trying to make it harder for Black people to vote.  
  • Voters districtwide, especially white college educated men, should see ads on CTV, YouTube, Meta and other streaming platforms and receive mail about how:
    • There are three candidates in this race, Democrat Tom Perriello, Republican John McGuire and Independent Cooke Harvey.
    • While John McGuire voted multiple times to spend billions on the Iran War, give an $80 billion tax break to data center developers and increase our national debt by nearly $5 trillion, Independent Cooke Harvey and Democrat Tom Perriello oppose reckless spending on foreign wars, oppose more data center development and will reduce federal spending and the national debt. Independent Cooke Harvey will fight for Virginia’s farmers against big government. 

Additional Resources

  • Voters will receive sufficient positive communication about Tom Perriello and need to be given a clear, repeated case against John McGuire.
  • Voters need to know that while costs keep rising for Virginians, John McGuire is getting richer.
  • Voters who are white college educated men need to see on digital platforms that there are three candidates in this race, Democrat Tom Perriello, Republican John McGuire and Independent Cooke Harvey. 
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