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Michael Christian Duffin
Democratic · Virginia · 2026Duffin is a national security specialist who spent 12 years at the U.S. Department of State and previously worked as a teacher and journalist, per Virginia Mercury. His campaign site says his federal career ended in July when the Trump administration cut State Department operations, and he now campaigns under the label the Fired Fed.
Priorities
- Rebuilding the federal workforce and reinstating employees affected by cuts, per his campaign site
- Campaign finance reform, including a congressional stock trading ban and refusing corporate donations, per his campaign site
- Defending federal workers, per Virginia Mercury
On the ballot
U.S. House, VA-8 · Virginia · 2026
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