Republican nominee for Virginia's 7th District U.S. House seat Name: Derrick Anderson Age: 40 Professional experience: former dishwasher, mopped floors at my mother's Spotsylvania restaurant, attorney Military experience: Major in the US Army National Guard, former Special Forces Green Beret (six deployments, including Iraq and Afghanistan; multiple combat deployments) Family: Engaged to Maggie, family based in Spotsylvania area Place of residence: Spotsylvania Why are you running to represent the 7th District? "I was raised here in the 7th District and my family and friends live here.
I served as a U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret and did six tours.
Following the botched withdrawal in Afghanistan, a place where I lost multiple Green Berets in a firefight with the Taliban, I was frustrated with the direction that the country was going and I saw the slide into partisanship and making regular Virginians bear the brunt of highcost, high-crime policies like the ones my opponent supports. People are also reading..
. "I'm running to make life easier for regular folks in the 7th District. There's a strong contrast between my opponent and I on the issues that matter most: he supports the failed high-cost, high-crime, partisan policies of the past as well as his revenge tour against his political enemies.
"I'm a regular guy from Spotsylvania County who's focused on improving our future. Go to my website at DerrickAnderson.com to learn more and visit DerrickAnderson.
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