Kitchen-table issues — housing costs, energy bills and jobs — dominated the conversation at a forum for Shenandoah Valley candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates earlier this month.

And despite sitting on opposite sides of the aisle, candidates found much they agreed upon.

Del. Ellen Campbell, R-Rockbridge, who holds the 36th District seat her late husband vacated upon his death in 2022, said one of the biggest challenges for housing development is red tape. K-12

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“We need to back off regulations,’’ she told a full house at the Sept. 3 forum at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona hosted by the Staunton News Leader and the Victory Worship Center.

The 36th District includes Staunton, Waynesb

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