Fighting for the 5th: Can Democrats retake Virginia’s largest district?


Republican 5th District U.S. Representative Robert Hurt (left) debates Democratic challenger General John douglass in Warrenton October 15. Photo: Adam Goings/Fauquier Times-Democrat

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