Shannon has raised over $2 million total and has nearly $1 million cash on hand in this critical red-to-blue race
HENRICO, VA — Today, Shannon Taylor – Henrico County’s top prosecutor and candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 1st District – announced that her campaign raised nearly $750,000 in the second quarter of 2026, a clear sign of momentum in one of the country’s most competitive congressional races.
“Rob Wittman has spent nearly 20 years in Washington voting to drive up healthcare costs, trading stocks, and looking out for himself instead of Virginia’s families,” said Taylor. “From the Northern Neck, to Chesterfield, to the Historic Triangle, Virginians see Rob Wittman’s record for the betrayal that it is, and they’re ready to hold him accountable.”
Taylor has made cleaning up corruption in Washington and holding politicians like Rob Wittman accountable a defining issue of her campaign. As part of her “Serve the People First” agenda, she supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks, instituting a lifetime ban on members of Congress becoming lobbyists, and mandating real jail time for politicians who break the public trust and abuse their office. Taylor has also pledged not to take a dime of corporate PAC money in her campaign or in Congress.
Taylor enters the third quarter with growing support from across the Commonwealth. She has earned endorsements from Governor Abigail Spanberger, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, and the entire Virginia Democratic Congressional coalition. She also has the support of 25 law enforcement leaders across the Commonwealth, signaling that her campaign is building the broad coalition needed to flip this seat.
Both non-partisan elections race raters Cook Political Report and Inside Elections recently shifted Virginia’s 1st Congressional District in Democrats’ direction, specifically citing the strength of Taylor’s campaign as a major reason for the change.
ABOUT SHANNON:
Shannon Taylor is a battle-tested prosecutor with 25 years of experience and a 90% conviction rate in homicide cases, taking on the toughest threats to Virginia families and delivering justice. A native of Charlottesville and graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Richmond Law School, she began her career as a prosecutor in Richmond before serving as a Special Assistant in the U.S. Attorney’s office. In 2011, she flipped the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office from Republican to Democrat, becoming the first woman elected to the role. She has since been re-elected three times, proving she knows how to win tough races.
As Commonwealth’s Attorney, Taylor has pioneered programs to support victims of human trafficking, created a task force to tackle the opioid epidemic, and led prosecutors statewide in pledging not to criminalize women or doctors for abortion care. She has worked alongside law enforcement to keep families safe, fought fraud that harms working people, and partnered with gun safety advocates to take illegal guns off the streets.
Shannon Taylor has built her career on protecting Virginians and delivering justice for families regardless of their politics.
For more on Shannon Taylor’s campaign, visit ShannonTaylorVA.com.
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