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Virginia’s 7th Congressional District is one of the tightest races in the country, and Republican primary voters head to the polls on August 4. In this Potomac Local News interview, Kelly Sienkowski sits down with Philip Harding, the businessman, former presidential fellow, and entrepreneur seeking the Republican nomination to take on incumbent Democrat Eugene Vindman in November.
Harding, a first-generation college graduate who earned degrees from Harvard, worked in Congress and the Pentagon, and founded the global company Impact Junkie, makes the case that Northern Virginia families are crushed by government overreach, rising taxes, and a national debt he says exceeds $100 trillion when unfunded liabilities are counted. He argues the solution is not more programs but stronger families, fewer regulations, lower tax burdens, and a return to free-market principles that let people create and flourish.
From Stafford and Fredericksburg to Spotsylvania and Prince William, Harding says voters keep telling him the same thing: the cost of living is too high, parental rights in schools are under threat, and federal shutdowns keep punishing the region’s large federal workforce and contractors. He supports reducing or eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, backs private-sector solutions like Invest America accounts, and wants Congress to stop the cycle of shutdowns by focusing on outcomes instead of grandstanding.
Harding also discusses his campaign album Grit and Dreams, his background as a pastor’s son and associate pastor, and why he believes the Democratic Party’s direction toward socialism is a dead end that Virginians are rejecting. He frames the race as a choice between failed systems of the past and a brighter future built on the American dream.
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