In New Jersey and Virginia, Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger Have “A Relentless Focus on One Word: Affordability”

In New Jersey and Virginia, Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger Have “A Relentless Focus on One Word: Affordability”

New reporting from CNN illustrates how tackling affordability is at the core of how Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger will make life better for families in their states. Both candidates have a “relentless focus” on lowering everyday costs through Sherrill’s plans to stop the energy rate hikes and her “Save You Time and Money” agenda, as well as Spanberger’s “Affordable Virginia” plan — all of which will make food, prescription drugs, housing, energy bills, and everything in between less expensive.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Republicans’ reckless tariffs and deeply unpopular budget bill have forced American families to bear the brunt of spiking costs on everything from groceries to gas to toilet paper and other everyday goods. New reports show that “rising inflation and a deteriorating job market” have put American families in a “difficult spot,” but GOP candidates Jack Ciattarelli and Winsome Sears continue to cheer on exactly what’s making life in New Jersey and Virginia more expensive.

Read more on how Sherrill and Spanberger are focused on the issues that matter most to families across New Jersey and Virginia: 

• The Democratic candidates in this fall’s top statewide races have chosen a relentless focus on one word: affordability.

• Rep. Mikie Sherrill rolled out a “Save You Time and Money” plan in New Jersey. Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger turned to “Affordable Virginia” as the name for her economic proposal. Their ads about the need to bring down costs are running on repeat in both states.

• If successful, their strategy could offer a model for Democrats in next year’s midterm elections.

• There’s evidence that the economy and rising costs are a key vulnerability for President Donald Trump with independent voters.

• Soaring utility prices have emerged as a major campaign issue in New Jersey where residential electricity costs have spiked much more than the national average.

• In August, Sherrill unveiled a plan to freeze utility rates, a proposal she highlighted in her first ad of the general election campaign. “On day one as governor, I’m declaring a state of emergency on utility costs, using emergency powers to end these rate hikes and drive down your bills,” Sherrill said in the ad.

• Spanberger has made cost-of-living issues a cornerstone of her campaign, rolling out plans to tackle high costs for health care, energy and housing. She’s also seized on Trump’s cuts and the work of the Elon Musk-inspired Department of Government Efficiency given the impact on the large federal workforce based in the state.

• “Like every day on the campaign trail, I’m hearing about issues of affordability,” Spanberger said in a recent video between campaign stops.

• Many of her recent TV ads have highlighted her plans to drive down costs. One recent attack ad criticizes her GOP opponent, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, for praising Trump’s domestic agenda bill. “The Trump budget raises health care costs, raises mortgages, raises the price of electricity and gas,” a narrator says in the ad. “You pay more so billionaires can pay less.”

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