Better Win a District: Virginia’s Sixth

Beth Macy, the Democratic nominee to flip Virginia’s Sixth Congressional District, might have national name recognition, but her career is deeply rooted in the Appalachian communities she’s running to represent. A former reporter for the Roanoke Times, her 2018 book Dopesick chronicles the emergence of the opioid crisis and the path of destruction cut through communities like those in western Virginia. 

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