Dan Helmer | Virginia’s 10th District

Delegate Dan Helmer is the son of an immigrant and the grandson of Holocaust survivors. Growing up, he ended Passover Seder the same way every year: with the singing of God Bless America. Why? Because for Dan’s family, America has always been the Promised Land. And that is why Dan has always stood up to defend our democracy when it has been under attack.

After Donald Trump was elected President, Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Dan Helmer stepped up to run for the state legislature and defeated a 17-year Republican incumbent. Since then, Dan has gone on to be one of the most effective lawmakers in Richmond and The Washington Post has praised Helmer for his “guts, independence, and intelligence” as a lawmaker.

And that’s the kind of effective fighter Dan will be in Washington, and we need members of Congress who are going to stand up for our democracy, so that the country that welcomed his family as refugees and survivors is still here for our grandchildren.