Rick Smithers is not currently a resident of Virginia’s 7th District—but he says he’ll move the day after the primary if voters choose him. In this Potomac Local News interview, the pastor, veteran, construction business owner, and recent public-policy doctoral graduate lays out why he’s running in the Republican primary for the seat that includes Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Prince William and surrounding localities.

Republican primary Election Day is Tuesday, August 4. The winner will face incumbent Democrat Eugene Vindman in November. Smithers sits down with Kelly Sienkowski to discuss the cost-of-living pressures hitting Northern Virginia and Central Virginia families, his plan to cut “frivolous” spending and foreign aid he considers unnecessary, the proper (limited) federal role in K-12 education, government shutdowns, and h ...