{"id":1223,"date":"2025-10-18T20:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/?page_id=1223"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:33:48","slug":"congressional-leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/about-us\/congressional-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Find your Congressional District and connect with your Virginia Federation of NARFE representative.\u00a0 These members serve as NARFE\u2019s \u201con the ground\u201d advocacy links in their local\/federal legislative districts.<\/p>\n

Gaston Gianni<\/strong>, VFN National Legislative Chair<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Senators<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n

Senatorial Leader 1<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Senatatorial Leader Charles Kawecki (2358)
\nSenatorial Leader 2<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Senatorial Leader Eddie Eitches (0489)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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U.S. House of Representatives<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n

District 1<\/strong><\/a> \u2013\u00a0 \u00a0Congressional District Leader Marilyn Riddle<\/strong> (0685)
\nDistrict 2<\/strong><\/a> \u2013\u00a0 Congressional District Leader Barbara Patrick<\/strong> (1827)
\nDistrict 3<\/strong><\/a> \u2013\u00a0 Congressional District Leader Maggie Keator<\/strong> (0682)
\nDistrict 4<\/strong> <\/a>\u2013\u00a0 Congressional District Leader Deborah Fisk<\/strong> (2265)
\nDistrict 5<\/strong><\/a> \u2013\u00a0 Congressional District Leader Patricia Gwathmey<\/strong> (0111)
\nDistrict 6<\/strong><\/a> \u2013\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b>\u00a0(Vacant)
\nDistrict 7<\/strong>\u2013<\/a>\u00a0 Congressional District Leader Jeffrey Riddel<\/strong> (1270)
\nDistrict 8<\/strong><\/a> \u2013\u00a0 Congressional District Leader Thomas Hart<\/strong> (0737)
\nDistrict 9<\/strong>\u2013<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Congressional District Leader Frances Boatman<\/strong> (0111)
\nDistrict 10<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Congressional District Leader Angelo Wider<\/strong> (1241)
\nDistrict 11<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Congressional District Leader Jayne Seidman<\/strong> (1116)<\/p>\n

Congressional District Leader (CDL)<\/strong><\/a>: covers a U.S. Representative (definition of CDL in FAQ Advocacy)
\nSenatorial Leader (SL)<\/strong>:<\/a> covers a U.S. Senator (definition of SL in FAQ Advocacy)<\/p>\n

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NARFE mobilizes its members not only through national-level lobbying and outreach, but also through a grassroots network of volunteers assigned to specific geographic and legislative jurisdictions in the Virginia Federation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-1223","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1223"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1488,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1223\/revisions\/1488"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=1223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}