Matthew Berry for Congress in Virginia’s 8th District

We did it!  Our campaign has advanced in the National Republican Congressional Committee’s “Young Guns” program, and we have officially put Virginia’s 8th District “On the Radar.” I am honored that the NRCC has placed me in the same category as candidates, such as Pat Herrity in Virginia’s 11th District, running in traditional swing districts.  I am the only candidate in Virginia’s 8th District to have achieved this recognition from the national party.  To see the complete national list of “On the Radar” candidates, please click here.

This would not have been possible without your help.  When we launched the BERRY’S PATRIOTS donor program, we needed to raise $25,000.  Thanks to your support, we raised over $29,000 (and over $35,000 for the fund-raising period that ended on May 19)! I am extremely grateful to each and every one of the hundreds of donors to our campaign who made this happen.

Thanks to you, we have put Virginia’s 8th District in play.  If I am the Republican nominee, our district will not be an afterthought come this summer and fall as we have been in past election cycles.  Rather, we will be in a position to wage an aggressive, competitive, and ultimately successful campaign to unseat Jim Moran.

I know that this will not be easy.  That is why we need to nominate a candidate who will be able to send out the mailings, run the media advertisements, and put up the signs necessary to get our message out this fall.  And there is only one Republican campaign in the 8th District that has demonstrated the ability to do these things.

If you continue to stand with me, as you have stood with me all year, this is going to be a very, very hot summer for Jim Moran. It’s still a long road until November but with your continued support, I believe that we will be celebrating a tremendous victory together on Election Day.