RELEASE: Beth Macy for Congress TV Advertising Campaign Begins Today

With just 17 days until early voting starts here in Virginia, see below for a press release and video from VA06 Democratic nominee Beth Macy, who “is burning up the TV airwaves from the valleys through the highlands beginning this week.” And yes, it should really go without saying that Macy would make an INFINITELY better US Representative than the worse-than-worthless Trump lackey Ben Cline.

RELEASE: Beth Macy for Congress TV Advertising Campaign Begins Today

September 1, 2026

ROANOKE — Beth Macy, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 6th District, is burning up the TV airwaves from the valleys through the highlands beginning this week.

Today, Macy’s campaign will launch a series of television commercials as part of a seven-figure advertising buy in the 6th district. The commercials highlight Macy’s background as an investigative reporter who tells truth to power and who will fight for the people of the 6th.

See the ads here:

Jingle – https://youtu.be/OCSyPO7cd-0

Uncover – https://youtu.be/BFNTB0fvHtQ

The commercials feature headlines that call attention to Macy’s newspaper work, to her bestseller Dopesick that exposed Big Pharma’s responsibility for the opioid crisis, and to her campaign of “Running to Hold the Powerful Accountable.”

Macy said:

“I spent my career telling the stories of people abused by powerful, corrupt systems, and seeking justice for them. I will stand up for my constituents the same way, from the cities and college towns through the beautiful rolling hills and mountains of this wonderful district.”

The commercials are set to “Beth Macy Goes to Washington,” the original bluegrass campaign song currently heard in her radio commercials.

The song is a musical testament to Western Virginia’s heritage and culture.

Its chorus illustrates Macy’s commitment to reaching folks across the 6th District, from the Roanoke and Shenandoah valleys to the Allegheny Highlands and beyond, where she has met farmers, veterans, doctors, working families and others along the way.

 

Beth Macy’s burning up the road

Everyone on 81 has a story to be told

She’ll fight the fight, she’ll do what’s right

She’ll work for everyone

When Beth Macy goes to Washington

 

“I love this song. It really captures the energy of the campaign, especially my driving everywhere on the dreaded I-81! It’s fun and catchy, a real earworm,” said Macy. “It hits all the right notes, from addressing real concerns to giving people hope.”

Elsa Howell, the song’s vocalist, is a Roanoke native and a rising star in old-time and folk music circles. She studied with the renowned Elizabeth LaPrelle as part of the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, and has been a featured performer at the Richmond Folk Festival, Roanoke’s Taubman Museum of Art and the Floyd Country Store. Howell was a resident artist at the 2024 MidMountain Festival in Natural Bridge Station.

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Beth Macy has spent her career holding truth to power. She grew up poor in a small Ohio town, became the first in her family to graduate from college, and built her adult life in Roanoke, Va., where she and her husband, Tom, raised their two children. 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.

She’s spent her career highlighting how the system has devolved to benefit billionaires over working families. She has listened to, grieved with and advocated alongside parents who lost children to addiction, workers whose jobs disappeared, and communities forced to fight for basic services that include childcare, healthcare and mental health treatment. She has watched families across the 6th District work harder than ever while falling further behind, as the people in power have become more beholden to corporations and the ultra-wealthy than to the communities that elected them.

Now Beth’s running for Congress to make life affordable for working families, expand access to health care and ensure every child has a real chance at a better future.