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Shannon Taylor Fighting for Affordability

October 12, 2026
By: Colleen Phelps

Affordability is about more than just groceries. From health insurance and prescription drugs to our electric bills and taxes, families are feeling the squeeze. And it shouldn’t be this hard to make ends meet.

That’s why I want to share a little about Shannon Taylor, the Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 1st Congressional District, and her focus on affordability.

Healthcare: Shannon supports restoring tax credits that help people afford health insurance, lowering prescription drug costs, and protecting Medicare and Medicaid. Because no one should have to worry about whether they can afford the care they need.

Utilities: Our electric bills are a real concern, especially as data centers bring growing demands for power and water. Shannon believes data centers should pay their fair share of those costs instead of passing the bill along to local families.

Taxes: Shannon wants to cut taxes for working families and small businesses, not give the biggest breaks to billionaires and large corporations. She also opposes tariffs that can make everyday goods more expensive.

At the end of the day, affordability is personal. It’s about being able to see a doctor, pay your bills, and have a little breathing room at the end of the month.

Incumbent Rob Wittman has not focused on these issues. This IS a flippable seat if everyone gets out to vote!

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“I want a better society for my kids. I’m passionate about healthcare. I’m a physician, my wife is in public health and the way healthcare is going right now is very frightening and I just want a candidate who is willing to go against what is happening on the national level. The vaccination piece is definitely scary, I think it’s really important to stay up to date with those things, the pandemic changed so much about how people trust the healthcare system, and while there are a lot of ways the healthcare system needs to improve, leadership from the top down needs to be solid and it’s just not solid right now”.

“I’m mostly concerned about the SNAP funding. Because in my profession, I know some people through Virginia Cooperative Extension who were doing nutrition education for SNAP beneficiaries, all of those programs were cut as kind of a ripple effect from the (Big, Beautiful) bill, but they lost those programs, which is important to me – nutrition information. I’m concerned about out healthcare, I’m concerned about what’s happening with immigration right now and for me personally, I’m soon going on Medicare, and I’m concerned with what’s happening with that. Things are so divisive, you can’t even really talk about issues in a calm way”.

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“I am passionate about gun safety regulation. I am passionate about enforcement of the anti-trust laws. Those are two big ones for me. And also intelligent AI regulation and data center/environmental regulations. I have concern about the kind of Wild West style lack of regulation of artificial intelligence. I think we need to take a systematic thoughtful approach so that we targeted AI rather than just an uncontrolled profit for a few big companies”.

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