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 ...