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Candidates › VA-10 race › 2025–2026
Dave Beckwith
R Republican nominee for U.S. House, VA-10
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Virginia US House 10
- Where to vote
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- Top priorities
- Defending our Constitution
- UPHOLDING OUR CONSTITUTION
- RELEASE AMERICAN ENERGY
- Defending our Constitution
- FOSTERING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
- Money
- $256.5K raised, $232.7K spent, $31.8K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 15% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 85% from Virginia · largest committee giver THE GUARDIAN FUND, $5K
- Outside groups
- $87 supporting Beckwith
- Backed by
- Sheriff Mike Chapman · Xi Van Fleet · Howie Lind and 5 more. As the campaign lists them
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Dave will fight to keep taxes low, cut burdensome regulations, and pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy that lowers costs for families and small businesses.
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Dave believes Washington should live by the same rules Virginia families do: don't spend more than you take in. He will be a steadfast voice for eliminating wasteful spending and combating the fraud that costs taxpayers up to $521 billion every year.
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Dave is a staunch supporter of law enforcement and believes that well-resourced law enforcement agencies make safer communities.
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Dave will defend the constitutional rights of every law-abiding citizen. The Constitution is not a suggestion, it is the foundation this country stands on, and every right it guarantees deserves a Congressman who will defend it without exception.
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Defending Our Rights ↗ (opens beckwithforcongress.com/uphold-our-constitution at this heading)
Dave Beckwith believes the Constitution is not a suggestion, it is the foundation this country stands on, and every right it guarantees deserves a Congressman who will defend it without exception.
As a 30-year Air Force veteran, Dave swore an oath to defend the Constitution, and he has carried that oath through his entire career. That commitment doesn't end when the uniform comes off. It's why he believes government's role is to protect the rights the Founders enshrined, not to chip away at them one regulation at a time.
Dave believes in the whole document, not just the parts that are politically convenient. Rights aren't privileges handed down by Washington to be granted or revoked depending on who's in power, they're guarantees the government exists to protect.
In Congress, Dave will oppose legislation that infringes on the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans, fight federal overreach into decisions that belong to states, local communities, and individuals, and stand firm against the kind of incremental erosion that turns constitutional rights into permission slips.
Before every vote, he'll ask himself the same question: does this uphold, or infringe, on the constitutional rights of the people I represent? That's the standard he'll hold himself to in Congress.
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Dave supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy that ends market-distorting subsidies and unleashes American innovation, including a bold reinvestment in nuclear power to lower costs and create good jobs.
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Energy Reform for Economic Growth ↗ (opens beckwithforcongress.com/unleashing-american-energy at this heading)
Dave Beckwith supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy that ends market-distorting subsidies, cuts regulatory red tape, and makes a bold bet on nuclear power to lower costs and create good jobs.
America is the world's leading energy producer. We have the resources, the technology, and the workforce to power our country affordably and reliably for generations. And yet Washington continues to pick winners and losers, manipulate markets with subsidies, and layer regulation upon regulation that drives up costs for families and businesses. That stops when Dave Beckwith gets to Congress.
Dave believes in a true all-of-the-above energy strategy, one that lets the market, not the government, determine the best mix of sources. That means ending the distorting subsidies that artificially inflate some energy sectors while strangling others, removing the bureaucratic obstacles that slow down domestic production, and giving American innovators the freedom to compete and win. Lower energy costs are not just an economic issue. They are a national security issue, a family budget issue, and a jobs issue all at once.
Central to Dave's energy vision is a serious, long-overdue reinvestment in nuclear power. Nuclear is safe, clean, reliable, and American-made, and it has been held back for decades by regulatory inertia and political timidity. Dave will fight to streamline nuclear permitting, support the development of next-generation reactor technology, and make sure Virginia and the rest of the country can access the abundant, affordable baseload power that nuclear provides. The future of American energy is bright, if Washington gets out of the way.
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Every Student Deserves a Dignified Path Forward ↗ (opens beckwithforcongress.com/education-for-our-modern-economy at this heading)
Dave Beckwith will fight for parental rights, expand vocational training and apprenticeships, and make sure Washington serves students and families, not the other way around.
For too long, Washington has treated education as a one-size-fits-all system, funneling students toward a four-year college degree as the only acceptable measure of success, while the trades, the skilled workforce, and the technical careers that actually power our economy go begging for talent. The result is a generation burdened with student debt, a workforce with critical skills gaps, and millions of Americans who were never given a real choice about their own futures. Dave Beckwith intends to change that.
Dave is set on restoring the dignity and opportunity of the skilled trades. He will champion federal investment in vocational training and apprenticeship programs that connect students directly to high-paying careers in construction, manufacturing, technology, and the defense industry. A young person who graduates from an apprenticeship program debt-free and earning a competitive wage is not a lesser success story than one who graduates from a four-year university, and it is time Washington started acting like it.
Additionally, Dave believes every family should have the right to direct their child's education, whether that is a public school, a charter school, a private school, a vocational program, or a homeschool curriculum. As a homeschool dad of three, he does not just support school choice as a policy position - he has lived it. Parents know their children better than any federal agency does. Dave believes school should do what it was always meant to do: give every child a strong foundation in reading, writing, and math, and prepare them for the road ahead. Instilling values and beliefs in children is the sacred responsibility of parents and families alone. That is not Washington's job, and it never should have been.
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Dave will fight for the veterans who defended this country, ensuring they get timely healthcare, real support for their mental health, and the benefits they've earned without the bureaucratic runaround.
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As a two-time cancer survivor, Dave knows firsthand what it means to depend on quality care when it matters most. Dave will fight to ensure every VA-10 family has access to quality, affordable health care without Washington dictating your choices or driving up your costs.
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Healthcare Access & Affordability ↗ (opens beckwithforcongress.com/health-communities at this heading)
Dave believes every family in Virginia's 10th District deserves access to quality, affordable health care without Washington dictating your choices or driving up your costs.
That means putting patients and doctors back in charge of medical decisions instead of insurance bureaucrats, giving families real price transparency and more control over their own health care dollars, and making sure rural communities in Fauquier, Rappahannock, and western Loudoun aren't left behind just because they're farther from a hospital.
As a two-time cancer survivor, Dave knows firsthand what it means to depend on quality care when it matters most, waiting on a diagnosis, trusting a doctor with decisions that affect your whole family, and needing a system that shows up when you need it instead of getting in the way. At the end of the day, health care isn't really an argument about insurance policy. It's about whether you and your family will be okay when it matters most, and that's the question every part of Dave's plan is built to answer.
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The current tax code is a maze, and that complexity almost always benefits people who can afford the best accountants, not working families. Dave supports a flat 5% federal tax rate for anyone earning under $200,000 a year.
In Northern Virginia, that means real relief: a family earning $175,000 currently pays roughly $21,400 in federal income tax, an effective rate of about 12%. Under a flat 5% rate, that same family would owe closer to $8,750, a difference of over $1,000 a month back in their pocket. Simple, fair, and it rewards hard work instead of penalizing it.
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Right now, Washington taxes you on money you already paid to Virginia and your local county. The deduction cap was raised from $10,000 to $40,000 in 2025, but that relief is temporary. It's set to revert back down to just $10,000 in 2030.
Dave will fight to make the $40,000 SALT deduction permanent, so Northern Virginia families, who face some of the highest property values and state taxes in the country, don't lose that relief right when they've come to count on it.
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It's simply wrong to tax a homeowner on gains that are really just the result of inflation, not real wealth. In Loudoun County, the median home price rose over 41% between 2020 and 2024, but roughly half of that increase was driven by inflation alone, not real appreciation. Right now, a homeowner selling after years in their house can get hit with a capital gains tax bill on that entire increase, inflation included.
Dave will push for policy allowing homeowners to index capital gains to pre-inflation home prices, so families are only taxed on real gains, not on a number inflated by economic policies they had no control over.
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Common-sense regulation is necessary for safety, but the current federal bureaucracy has become a maze. Since 1993, over 120,000 new rules have been issued, costing our economy billions, roughly the size of our annual deficit. It is estimated the average American inadvertently breaks multiple regulations every day just by living their lives. We need to codify regulatory relief into law so that future administrations cannot unilaterally reimpose stifling rules on small businesses.
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Healthcare represents nearly 18% of our economy, yet costs continue to climb. We can lower prices without sacrificing quality by focusing on three pillars:
- Absolute price transparency so you can shop for care
- Expanded access to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) paired with catastrophic coverage
- An end to corporate subsidies for insurance giants
Most importantly, we will protect the American research base that leads the world in finding cures, ensuring the next generation of medical breakthroughs happens right here at home.
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For over a quarter-century, Washington has failed to balance its books. While the pandemic required immediate action, we cannot allow emergency-level outlays to become the permanent "baseline" for government spending. It is time to recognize that we do not have a revenue problem—we are currently collecting record-high federal revenues surpassing $5.2 trillion annually. Despite this, the national deficit remains roughly $1.8 trillion. We must grow our economy while simultaneously implementing disciplined spending caps that reflect the reality of our taxpayers’ budgets.
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With the national debt approaching $40 trillion, the cost of inaction has become staggering. We now pay approximately $1 trillion per year in interest alone—a sum that exceeds our entire national defense budget and Medicaid spending. This "interest tax" drains resources that could otherwise be used for innovation, infrastructure, or tax relief. While some suggest inflating our way out of this debt, we have seen that inflation only makes everyday Americans poorer. We must reform federal programs and cut wasteful spending to protect our financial sovereignty.
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A critical pillar of fiscal health is ensuring that taxpayer dollars actually reach their intended targets. Investigations into pandemic-era programs have uncovered staggering levels of improper payments. Conservative estimates suggest at least $200 billion to $500 billion may have been lost to fraud, with some third-party reports placing the figure even higher. I will fight to recover these stolen funds and implement rigorous oversight to ensure such a breach of public trust never happens again
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As we approach our nation's 250th anniversary, we have a moral obligation to the next generation. To ensure our grandchildren can celebrate the 300th birthday of a strong, prosperous America, we must solve this debt crisis now. By leveraging American innovation and talent to drive historic economic growth, while simply slowing the growth of government spending, we can return to a sustainable path and hand over a nation that is full of opportunity.
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When a hospital and an insurance company negotiate a price behind closed doors, the patient never gets a chance to shop around, they just get whatever bill lands in their mailbox weeks later. Dave supports requiring hospitals and insurers to post real, usable prices before a procedure happens, so a patients can compare costs at face value, the same way they'd compare prices on anything else they pay for out of pocket.
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Most families don't need a plan that covers every visit but comes with a $1,200 monthly premium attached. Dave supports expanding access to Health Savings Accounts paired with low-cost catastrophic coverage, letting families keep more of their paycheck month to month while still being protected if something serious happens. It rewards saving instead of penalizing it, and puts the decision back with the patient instead of an insurance company.
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Some of the largest insurance companies in the country collect billions in federal subsidies every year, and those savings rarely make it back to the people paying premiums. Dave supports ending corporate subsidies for insurance giants so competition, not a government backstop, is what keeps prices in check.
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The United States leads the world in medical research, and that's the result of decades of investment in the people and institutions doing the work. Dave will fight to protect that research base so the next breakthrough treatment, the next cure, gets discovered here at home instead of overseas.
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Nearly 55% of rural Virginia localities are federal Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas, and 44% of the state's census tracts lack adequate primary care access. In more than one in five rural Virginia counties, there wasn't a single behavioral health prescriber as of 2022, and rural Virginians face a median drive of nearly an hour just to reach substance-use treatment. Dave supports loan repayment and workforce incentive programs to bring more doctors and dentists to rural Virginia, and expanding telehealth access for families in Fauquier, Rappahannock, and western Loudoun.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · beckwithforcongress.com/health-communities