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How Second District selects topics, distinguishes evidence from interpretation and handles corrections, candidate scope and public records.

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Second District selects stories for public consequence and local relevance. It separates what a member of Congress voted for, what a law actually changed, what researchers project, what agencies observe and what candidates say in response. The public record comes first: House Clerk votes, legislative text, committee records, CBO, CRS, government agencies, courts and public datasets. Reporting provides context when official files cannot answer a local question alone.

The Kiggans–Luria page compares non-overlapping congressional terms. It is not a complete ballot guide and does not rank candidates. Substantive factual corrections should be timestamped rather than silently rewritten. A public corrections contact has not yet been approved; readers should not mistake that gap for an established intake process.

The website was created and initially published by one individual, personally funded and produced with Manus. No donations or reimbursement were sought or accepted for its creation. It was provided free to an informal group of concerned VA-02 residents; the individual is not publicly identified for privacy. This history does not replace any disclosure that might become necessary for paid ads, sponsored distribution, fundraising or other regulated activity.

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