Virginia — 11th District

James Walkinshaw

Supports ACA and lower drug prices

Walkinshaw views health care as a human right and supports strengthening the Affordable Care Act while lowering prescription drug prices. He opposes cuts to NIH research, Planned Parenthood, Medicaid, and Medicare.

• Defend and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and Medicare.
• Pass federal legislation to lower prescription drug costs.
• Protect funding for the NIH, Planned Parenthood, and life-saving medical research.

“James believes that health care is a human right—not a privilege reserved for the wealthy or well-connected.”

Arthur Purves

Reduce medical costs via diet

Purves contends that 90 percent of healthcare spending goes toward chronic diseases caused by ultra-processed food and flawed federal dietary pyramids. He advocates eating real food to reverse chronic illness, reduce healthcare demand, and lower federal spending as an alternative to Obamacare.

• Reduce federal healthcare spending on Medicare and Medicaid by addressing ultra-processed food and chronic disease.
• Eliminate synthetic dyes, additives, and seed oils from diets in favor of unprocessed real foods.
• Promote an updated food pyramid prioritizing full-fat dairy, eggs, red meat, and whole foods.

“America is the sickest nation in the world and spends the most on health care.”

“Want an alternative to Obamacare? Eat real food and you may not need Obamacare!”

James Walkinshaw

Supports public school funding and DoE

Walkinshaw advocates strong federal support for public education and opposes efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. He supports fully funding special education under IDEA and Title I grants for low-income schools.

• Protect the U.S. Department of Education against spending cuts or elimination.
• Fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Title I programs.
• Increase support for military-connected students through federal Impact Aid.

“In Congress, James fights to protect the Department of Education, fully fund IDEA and Title I, and increase support for military-connected students through the federal Impact Aid program.”

Arthur Purves

Supports vouchers and phonics instruction

Purves argues that public schools perpetuate poverty through progressive education methods that reject phonics and math drill. He advocates school choice vouchers for private or home schooling and returning the Ten Commandments to public classrooms.

• Provide school choice vouchers to public school students who leave for private or home schooling.
• Return intensive phonics, arithmetic drill, and accurate history instruction to school curricula.
• Display the Ten Commandments in public schools to foster morality and ethical standards.

“Public schools perpetuate poverty”

“School districts should give vouchers to students who attend for at least a year and then leave for private or home-schooling.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports infrastructure and tech innovation

Walkinshaw focuses on economic growth through federal infrastructure funding, small business support, and local federal workforce protections. He supports modern regulatory frameworks for emerging technologies like AI and blockchain, while opposing casino development in Fairfax County.

• Secure federal investments in regional rail, broadband, and transportation infrastructure.
• Establish modern, risk-based regulatory frameworks for AI, quantum technology, and blockchain.
• Oppose casino expansion in Fairfax County.

“In Congress, James will fight for infrastructure investments that grow our economy and improve quality of life.”

“James has said since the first time it was proposed: a casino in Fairfax County just doesn’t make sense.”

Arthur Purves

Slash spending and eliminate deficits

Purves identifies out-of-control federal spending and annual $2 trillion deficits as the root cause of inflation. He advocates slashing federal spending by reducing chronic healthcare demand without cutting programs, while opposing tax hikes.

• Slash the $2 trillion annual budget deficit and reduce federal debt interest payments.
• Oppose tax hikes that reduce family self-sufficiency.
• Reduce federal expenditures by tackling chronic disease causes rather than eliminating benefit programs.

“Soaring government spending is a crisis, and I am the only candidate addressing it and the only candidate with a solution.”

“Tax hikes make families less self-sufficient.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports clean energy and electrification

Walkinshaw supports federal investments in clean energy innovation, energy efficiency, and electrification to combat climate change. He advocates strengthening clean air and water standards and accelerating restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.

• Invest in clean energy innovation, energy efficiency, and electrification.
• Strengthen protections for clean air and clean water.
• Accelerate restoration efforts for the Chesapeake Bay.

“In Congress, James supports bold federal investments in clean energy innovation, energy efficiency, and electrification.”

Arthur Purves

Opposes carbon taxes and regulations

Purves disputes that warming is a climate crisis and contends that carbon footprint reduction spending has no effect on atmospheric CO2. He opposes carbon credit mandates, fuel taxes, and regulations that elevate gas and energy prices.

• End carbon credit requirements like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
• Oppose inflation indexing on gasoline taxes and regulations targeting fossil fuels.
• Protect domestic fossil fuel production to lower gas and food prices.

“Billions spent reducing carbon footprint has no impact on atmospheric CO2.”

“It is warming. It is not a crisis, but Democrats will still raise gas prices.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports assault weapons ban and background checks

Walkinshaw supports federal gun safety legislation, including bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. He advocates universal background checks, closing the Charleston loophole, and promoting Red Flag laws.

• Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
• Require universal background checks on all gun sales and close the Charleston loophole.
• Oppose federal concealed carry mandates that override state protections.

“In Congress, he supports legislation to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, close the Charleston loophole, require background checks on all gun sales, and opposes federal concealed carry mandates that override state protections.”

Arthur Purves

Opposes complex gun control laws

Purves contends that complex gun control laws turn law-abiding citizens into inadvertent felons without reducing crime. He attributes gun violence to poverty, mental illness caused by ultra-processed food, and the removal of moral instruction in schools.

• Oppose complex gun control laws that criminalize law-abiding gun owners.
• Address gun violence by reforming public schools, cleaning up food, and restoring religious instruction.

“That complex gun laws reduce crime is debatable. What's not debatable is that these laws turn law-abiding citizens into inadvertent felons.”

“To end gun violence, fix schools and clean up food.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports codifying reproductive rights

Walkinshaw considers access to comprehensive reproductive health care to be a fundamental right. He opposes national abortion bans and supports federal protections for abortion, contraception, IVF, and prenatal care.

• Protect nationwide access to abortion, contraception, IVF, prenatal care, and cancer screenings.
• Oppose federal and state proposals for a national abortion ban.

“James believes that access to comprehensive reproductive health care—including contraception, IVF, abortion, prenatal care, and cancer screenings—is a fundamental right.”

Arthur Purves

Opposes abortion with rare exceptions

Purves holds that human life begins at conception and that abortion takes a human life. He advocates keeping abortion legal only in rare cases to save the mother's life while encouraging marriage.

• Restrict legal abortion except in rare cases to save the life of the mother.
• Promote marriage and family structures to reduce abortion demand.

“Abortion: Life begins at conception.”

“Keep abortion legal for those rare cases but encourage marriage.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports path to citizenship and local protections

Walkinshaw supports comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and protections for Dreamers. He opposes mass deportations and supports local non-cooperation Trust Policies to protect immigrant access to services.

• Pass comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship for undocumented residents and Dreamers.
• Support local Trust Policies preventing local official disclosure of resident information to federal immigration authorities.
• Oppose efforts to criminalize asylum seekers and support impeaching DHS leadership over immigration enforcement abuses.

“In Congress, James serves on the Homeland Security Committee, where he has fought to end the abuses from ICE and supports impeaching Kristi Noem.”

Arthur Purves

Supports strict vetting before entry

Purves advocates strict vetting of all immigrants prior to entry into the United States. He focuses on blocking drug traffickers, sex traffickers, and gang members from entering the country.

• Enforce strict pre-entry background vetting for all immigrants.
• Deny entry to gang members and human traffickers.

“Vet immigrants before they enter.”

“Do not let in the drug- and sex-traffickers and gang members from whom other immigrants are trying to flee.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports federal voting rights legislation

Walkinshaw supports passing federal voting rights legislation to expand voting access, protect election workers, and ban partisan gerrymandering. He advocates protecting democratic institutions against executive overreach.

• Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.
• Ban partisan gerrymandering and protect election workers from intimidation.
• Expand early voting access and strengthen ethics and transparency rules.

“In Congress, James supports the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.”

Arthur Purves

Opposes mail-in voting

Purves opposes mail-in and absentee voting, asserting that mail-in ballots enable widespread election fraud. He also favors geographic rather than political redistricting.

• Restrict or eliminate mail-in ballots to prevent election fraud.
• Establish geographic redistricting maps rather than political ones.

“Mail-in ballots enable election fraud.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports transit and infrastructure funding

Walkinshaw advocates robust federal investment in public transit, commuter rail, and road infrastructure in Northern Virginia. He supports expanding commuter rail services and transit-oriented development.

• Secure federal funding for public transit, commuter rail (VRE), and road infrastructure.
• Promote transit-oriented development to reduce commute times and carbon emissions.

“In Congress, James fights for robust federal investment in public transit, rail, and road infrastructure, with a focus on reducing commute times, supporting economic development, and tackling climate change.”

Arthur Purves

Opposes gas taxes and fuel fees

Purves opposes gas tax increases indexed to inflation and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative costs on utility bills. He argues these policies drive up the cost of living for commuters.

• Repeal automatic inflation indexing on state gas taxes.
• End RGGI carbon credit requirements on energy providers to lower fuel costs.

“Virginia Democrats indexed the state gasoline tax to inflation, so gasoline taxes increase every July 1st.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports VAWA reauthorization and community policing

Walkinshaw supports reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and expanding domestic violence prevention programs. He advocates increased funding for community policing, behavioral health co-responders, and police body cameras.

• Reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
• Expand the Lethality Assessment Program for domestic violence victims.
• Increase federal COPS program funding and support behavioral health co-responder teams.

“In Congress, James is working to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by improving services for victims, addressing the needs of underserved communities, and protecting the rights of non-citizen survivors to seek immigration relief.”

Arthur Purves

Attributes crime to moral decline

Purves attributes crime and violence to the breakdown of moral and religious instruction in schools and deteriorating family structures. He advocates returning religious values to public institutions to reduce welfare and public safety costs.

• Reduce crime and public safety costs by restoring Christian principles and moral training in schools.

“How do you determine what is ethical if you don't have God-given commandments?”

James Walkinshaw

Supports federal anti-discrimination legislation

Walkinshaw supports expanding federal civil rights protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity. He advocates amending the Fair Housing Act and enforcing Title IX in higher education.

• Add sexual orientation and gender identity protections to federal non-discrimination laws and the Fair Housing Act.
• Enforce Title IX and anti-harassment programs at colleges and universities.

“In Congress, James supports legislation to expand federal non-discrimination protections, add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Fair Housing Act, and require colleges and universities to strengthen anti-harassment programs and Title IX enforcement.”

Arthur Purves

Opposes progressive public school curricula

Purves criticizes progressive public education programs, including Family Life Education, arguing that moral and family values are best taught by religious institutions.

• Remove Family Life Education from public school curricula in favor of faith-based family instruction.

“The school board should drop FLE and concentrate on reading, math, and history that is both accurate and patriotic.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports civil service protections and pay raises

Walkinshaw champions civil service merit protections and the Northern Virginia federal workforce. He introduced legislation to repeal the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and restrict executive elimination of federal agencies.

• Champion the Delete DOGE Act to repeal DOGE policy.
• Co-sponsor the Saving Civil Service Reform Act to prevent Schedule F non-merit reclassifications.
• Support the FAIR Act to secure fair pay raises for federal employees.
• Require Congressional approval before any President can eliminate federal agencies.

“He is championing the Delete DOGE Act to repeal this reckless policy and stop its destructive attacks on federal employees.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports aid to Ukraine

Walkinshaw strongly supports military, economic, and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine to counter Russian aggression. He advocates repurposing frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine and closing sanctions loopholes.

• Maintain military aid including long-range artillery and air defense systems to Ukraine.
• Repurpose frozen Russian sovereign assets to finance Ukraine's reconstruction.
• Close sanctions loopholes on Russian goods moving through third-party nations.

“In Congress, James is fighting to ensure that weapons and aid continue flowing to Ukraine, including long-range artillery, air defense systems, and critical training for Ukrainian forces.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports affordable housing funding and tax credits

Walkinshaw advocates expanding the affordable housing supply through federal tax credits and housing grants. He supports federal incentives for local governments to reform restrictive zoning regulations.

• Strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and increase Housing Trust Fund resources.
• Incentivize local governments to reform restrictive zoning laws.

“In Congress, James supports legislation to strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), increase funding for the Housing Trust Fund, and incentivize local governments to reform restrictive zoning laws to allow more housing options.”

James Walkinshaw

Supports VA oversight and survivor benefits

Walkinshaw supports improving Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) oversight and expanding mental health and suicide prevention services. He advocates enhancing survivor benefits for military families.

• Enhance VA oversight and expand mental health and suicide prevention programs.
• Strengthen survivor benefits for military families.

“In Congress, James fights for improved oversight of the VA, stronger mental health care and suicide prevention programs, and enhanced survivor benefits to ensure our veterans and their families receive the support and respect they’ve earned.”