From EMILY’s List:
EMILYs List Puts Three U.S. House Republicans from Virginia “On Notice” As Key 2026 Flip Targets
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, EMILYs List put U.S. Reps. Robert Wittman (VA-01), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and John McGuire (VA-05) “On Notice,” naming them among 46 House Republicans as top targets for defeat in the 2026 midterm elections. Their districts constitute the Democratic Party’s best path to flip Republican-held seats and take back power in the U.S. House.
These Republicans — each with their own extremist record — support an agenda that threatens our livelihoods and our fundamental rights in direct opposition to the will of the American people. They are rubber stamps for Trump’s Project 2025 agenda, in which billionaires profit and people lose. EMILYs List is committed to relieving them of their power in 2026 and replacing them by electing Democratic pro-choice women in districts across the country.
EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:
“House Republicans are working in lockstep to advance the Trump-Musk agenda and people all across the country are feeling the pain. The chaos and cruelty has no bounds — from slash-and-burn cuts to critical programs for veterans and farmers, to voting to strip millions of health care, to their continued assault on our fundamental rights and freedoms. It’s time for House Republicans to go. That’s why EMILYs List is putting their extremism on blast. As they run scared, hiding from voters to avoid accountability, EMILYs List is exposing their real agenda to the American people.
“In 2026, we must take back the majority in the U.S. House to create a federal check on Donald Trump and beat back GOP attacks on our rights and our livelihoods. Democratic pro-choice women will be at the heart of the fight for the majority by flipping competitive seats across the country. House Republicans beware; we are coming for your seats.”
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Robert Wittman (VA-01)
- Signed the amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
- Co-sponsored deceptive anti-choice legislation in January 2025 used to stigmatize abortion care and criminalize doctors.
- Voted against the Women’s Health Protection Act twice, legislation that would have codified Roe v. Wade.
- Voted against the 2022 Right to Contraception Act, which would safeguard the right to birth control nationwide.
- Endorsed by National Right to Life and received an “A+” rating from radical anti-choice extremist group Susan B. Anthony List, whose goal is to end abortion.
- Endorsed by Donald Trump, whose dangerous Project 2025 agenda includes a path towards a total ban on abortion and ripping health care from people with pre-existing conditions.
- Voted for the 2025 House Republican Budget that could undermine health care for more than 100,000 people in his district.
Jen Kiggans (VA-02)
- Applauded the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
- Voted for deceptive anti-choice legislation in January 2025 used to stigmatize abortion care and criminalize doctors.
- Her election to the U.S. House was celebrated by National Right to Life, and she received an “A+” rating from radical anti-choice extremist group Susan B. Anthony List, whose goal is to end abortion.
- Voted for the 2025 House Republican Budget that could undermine health care for more than 104,000 people in her district.
- Endorsed by Donald Trump, whose dangerous Project 2025 agenda includes a path towards a total ban on abortion and ripping health care from people with pre-existing conditions.
- Refused to show up for a town hall focused on the impact of the federal firings on Virginians and then called constituents upset with her agenda “phony paid protesters” and the peaceful town hall “political terrorism.”
John McGuire (VA-05)
- Co-sponsored a total national abortion ban without exceptions in January 2025.
- Co-sponsored deceptive anti-choice legislation in January 2025 used to stigmatize abortion care and criminalize doctors.
- Voted against the 2020 Reproductive Health Protection Act to expand abortion access for Virginians.
- Endorsed by Donald Trump, whose dangerous Project 2025 agenda includes a path towards a total ban on abortion and ripping health care from people with pre-existing conditions.
- Voted for the 2025 House Republican Budget that could undermine health care for nearly 162,000 people in his district.
- Praised Donald Trump at a campaign rally.
See all of the “On Notice” U.S. House Republicans and their extreme records HERE.
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EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, works to elect Democratic pro-choice women up and down the ballot and across the country with a goal of fighting for our rights and our communities. Over nearly 40 years, EMILYs List has raised nearly $950 million to help Democratic women win competitive elections by recruiting and training candidates, supporting and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running one of the most impactful independent expenditure operations for Democrats, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country’s first woman as vice president, 192 women to the House, 29 to the Senate, 20 governors, and over 1,600 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. Visit www.emilyslist.org for more information.
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