Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
Shawn Ponterio
Shawn Ponterio (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Virginia's 1st Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2020.
Ponterio completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: Virginia's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
Virginia's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)
Virginia's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 1
Incumbent Robert J. Wittman defeated Qasim Rashid in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert J. Wittman (R) | 58.1 | 260,614 |
 | Qasim Rashid (D)  | 41.7 | 186,923 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 641 | ||
| Total votes: 448,178 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shawn Ponterio (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 1
Qasim Rashid defeated Vangie Williams in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 1 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Qasim Rashid | 52.5 | 21,625 |
 | Vangie Williams | 47.5 | 19,545 | |
| Total votes: 41,170 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Easley (D)
- Kevin Washington (D)
- Thomas Cox (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Robert J. Wittman advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 1.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shawn Ponterio completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ponterio's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
- Government functions at its best at the lowest level possible. A strong local government is more capable to fit the needs of its residents than a large and bloated Federal government.
- Reduce federal excise taxes. In theory, excise taxes are meant to persuade or deter citizens from purchasing certain products. However, all they do is take money out of the hands of citizens and adversely affect the poor and middle class.
- The Affordable Care Act is increasing the cost of private health insurance. Section 9008 imposes an annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers. Section 9009 imposes an annual fee on medical device manufacturers and importers. Section 9010 imposes an annual fee on health insurance providers.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
