RESULTS: Nick Freitas squares off against Democratic incumbent Abigail Spanberger in Virginia's 7th Congressional District

First-term Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger will face off against Republican Nick Freitas in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.
Spanberger has raised over four times more than her opponent, Freitas.
The district is one of 30 which was won by President Trump in 2016 and represented by a Democrat in the House of Representatives.
Polls began closing in the district at 7 p.m. local time.
The race will be called as soon as there is sufficient data to make a conclusion.
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First-term Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger will face Republican Nick Freitas in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.

The candidates

Spanberger, a former operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency and an agent with the United States Postal Service Inspection Service, was later appointed to the Virginia Governor’s Fair Housing Board where she assisted the state in ensuring affordable housing for its citizens.

Spanberger defeated two-term Republican incumbent Dave Brat in 2018. Brat, a staunch conservative, had previously defeated former Majority Whip Eric Cantor in a major primary upset in 2014.

Freitas is a two-tour Army veteran and member of the Green Berets who currently represents Virginia’s 30th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. In previous elections, Freitas has campaigned against Obama-era programs such as the Affordable Care Act, which The Virginian Pilot reported Freitas describing as a “cancer.”

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The district

Virginia’s 7th Congressional District is located in the center of the state and includes Culpepper, Goochland, Orange, Nottoway, Powhatan, and Amelia counties, as well as portions of Chesterfield and Henrico counties.

The district is one of 30 districts won by President Donald Trump in 2016 that is currently represented by a Democrat in the House. Trump carried the district by a margin of six percentage points in 2016, according to the Daily Kos. The 2017 GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, carried the district by nearly three points before Spanberger won back the seat by a margin of two points in 2018.

The money race

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Spanberger has raised $7.2 million, spent $4.8 million, and has $2.5 million cash on hand. Freitas has raised $2.8 million, has spent $2 million, and has around $778,000 in cash on hand.