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Barlow makes appearance at Page Valley Fair just after announcing bid for Congress
“The Valley’s custom is to bring people together to deal with the things that matter. For too long, political leaders have driven us apart. So I’m going to visit with people throughout this district and listen to the folks Ben Cline refuses to hear,” Barlow stated during his Aug. 20 announcement in Weyers Cave." Read More
Rural health clinics are closing after Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill
“Pete Barlow is a Democrat running to unseat Cline and lives in Augusta County, where two of the affected clinics are. “This administration has really taken a bloody ax to rural health care. It’s incredible, and it’s going to have downstream effects for years to come,” Barlow told CNN. Read More
Democrat Pete Barlow launches campaign for 6th Congressional District
“I’m running really early because Ben Cline has a machine behind him,” Barlow said. “He’s been funded by corporate power. We aren’t going to take corporate donations, but we have to get a war chest behind us.” Read More
Pete Barlow Launches Congressional Bid With Standing-Room Crowd, Kicks Off ‘People Talk to Pete’ Truck Tour
“Pete Barlow, a tenth-generation Shenandoah Valley native and former official with FEMA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, launched his campaign for Congress on Wednesday, Aug. 20, drawing an estimated 140 supporters to Valley Pike Farm Market in Weyers Cave. The standing-room crowd marked the start of his “People Talk to Pete: The Truck Tour,” a swing through towns and hollows across Virginia’s 6th Congressional District to hear directly from families and small businesses.” Read More
The 6th Congressional District could see two Democratic challengers to Cline in 2026 midterms
“The Valley’s custom is to bring people together to deal with the things that matter. For too long, political leaders have driven us apart. So I’m going to visit with people throughout this district and listen to the folks Ben Cline refuses to hear,” Barlow said during a campaign kick-off event in Weyers Cave on Wednesday.” Read More
Pete Barlow to kick off Sixth District congressional campaign next week
“I never fancied myself a politician. Congress unleashed disastrous policies on our region, and Congress is where we must fight,” Barlow says in a quote on the landing page for Pete-Barlow.com, which makes clear that he is taking direct aim at our feckless MAGA congressman, Ben Cline. Read More
Katrina’s Legacy Haunts Disaster Workers as Trump Weakens FEMA
“If you cut off the head and the tail, you’re not left with much except a bunch of people who are too young to retire or just hoping for the next deferred resignation option,” said Pete Barlow, an emergency manager who left FEMA this year and is running for Congress as a Democrat in Virginia. Read More
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North River conservation group seeks volunteers
We're going to take kids out and do a benthic macroinvertebrate activity," Barlow said. "We use a net, and we see what kind of critters are growing in the stream, so the kids can identify what different species they find and thereby evaluate the health of the water."
Barlow, who has a background in biology and lives near Weyers Cave in Augusta County, said he wanted to get involved in local river conservation right now because he's lived here all his life. Read More