Heritage Action is investing in winning key districts in Virginia away from “far-Left candidates backed by national progressive groups.” On Tuesday, Heritage Action announced the Virginia Battle Plan 2025—a significant investment strategy targeting vulnerable blue districts in the Virginia Legislature.
Although all eyes are on the statewide elections for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, all 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates are also up for election this November.
Heritage Action has targeted four key seats that could flip the state House and bring power back to Republicans in Richmond.
“Virginia is the frontline of the fight for America’s future,” Heritage Action Executive Vice President Tiffany Justice shared in a press release. “The only way to stop the Left’s radical takeover is to win elections. That starts by flipping key seats in Virginia and standing firm for faith, family, and freedom.”
Amid the current outrage over Democrat attorney general nominee Jay Jones’ text messages calling for the murder of a political rival and his children, Heritage Action states it is protecting Virginia from “extreme leftists,” like Jones and his allies in the state Legislature.
“Jones has become the latest example of how extreme the left has become in Virginia politics,” the press release states. “Heritage Action says Jones’ record and rhetoric make him completely wrong for Virginia.”
Heritage Action is a conservative grassroots and advocacy organization founded in 2010 as the lobbying arm of The Heritage Foundation. Its mission is to “fight for conservative policies in Washington, D.C., and in state capitals across the country. [It turns] ideas and policies researched by The Heritage Foundation into bills—and turn those bills into laws.” The organization is a 501(c)(4) and does not align with any one political party.
Among the Virginia candidates receiving support are Republican Sean Steinway in Fredericksburg District 65, Republican Timothy Anderson in Virginia Beach District 97, Republican Mike Lamonea in Chesapeake’s District 89, and Republican Felisha Storm in Suffolk District 84.
“All politics is local politics,” Storm told The Daily Signal.
When she’s not running for office, Storm works with grassroots organizations to support the policies she cares about. “Groups like Heritage Action are fortunate enough to have really secure donor funding and people that believe in breaking down these issues, bringing them to voters. Focusing the education to voters so that they feel really engaged in this process is what’s holding the line from apathy taking over the electorate.”
“By focusing on the issues and focusing on local races, they’re able to have that impact and start really whipping up an electorate that is issue focused, that is well educated, and that is willing to demand good representation.”
The organization is not just supporting candidates but also exposing ones with far-left agendas. In District 65, Democrat Delegate Joshua Cole is being held accountable for allowing boys in girls’ bathrooms, and in Districts 84 and 97, Heritage Action is targeting voter education.
This grassroots effort is what Heritage Action does. It has a national group of over 2 million advocates known as Sentinels. They are responsible for the passage of dozens of pieces of legislation on Capitol Hill and across the country every year.
Heritage Action’s most recent achievement was the passage of Senate Bill 8—the Women’s Privacy Act—in Texas. The Heritage Action Sentinel group worked extensively on this bill, which Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law on Sept. 22. The bill enforces “separate bathrooms for men and women in public schools, universities, and government buildings, and codifies the objective differences between men and women.”
