Independent candidate in Virginia’s 2nd District did not authorize, fund, or coordinate the mailing. FEC records show three layers of committees and nonprofits behind it, and no individual donors. NORFOLK, Va. (October 26, 2026) — Matt Baker, independent candidate for Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, today disavowed a mailer sent to district voters by Progressive Champions PAC. One side of the mailer presents Baker as “the independent choice for Congress.” The other sid

10 On Your Side asked every candidate in this race the same four questions: why we’re running, what qualifies us, whether campaign contributions influence our votes, and how we’d tackle the national debt. I answered each one plainly. I explain why an independent can say what party nominees can’t, and what 28 years of command and a decade of engineering power grids taught me about accountability. I also explain why this campaign takes no PAC money, and what honest, on-time bud

Matt joins his Naval Academy classmate Mike Cantwell to discuss his 28-year Marine Corps career, three combat deployments, and why he's running for Congress in Virginia's 2nd District as an Independent.

Marine Corps veteran collects more than 2,500 signatures in roughly one month, more than double the state requirement, to give Hampton Roads voters an independent choice.