NOVEMBER 3, 2026
MIDTERM ELECTION
Vote Early In-Person
from Sep 18 – Oct 31
Virginia voters in several Congressional Districts have the opportunity to elect Independent or third-party candidates this year. Congressional District 5 voters can vote for Cooke C. Harvey to replace John McGuire. All voters can write in Cherokee Sampson for U.S. Senate to replace Mark Warner.
The two-party system of government has allowed corporate CEOs and billionaires to become richer while pushing more people into poverty. Both major parties are complicit and benefit from corporate and billionaire donations. Neither major party is dealing with the bombardment of concentration camps, surveillance camera systems, data centers, and AI.
We cannot survive under a self-serving duopoly. To be safer, more secure, healthier, and to regrow the middle class, we must VOTE for Independent and third-party candidates. We must dilute the power of the two parties and take back that power that is rightfully ours.
NOVEMBER 2, 2027
WE MUST STAND UNITED
FOR ONE GOVERNMENT
OF, BY, AND FOR THE PEOPLE
Elect TRUDY BELL BERRY
House of Delegates – District 50
Charlotte, Halifax (part), Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward (part)
EARLY VOTING STARTS SEPTEMBER 17, 2027
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VISION STATEMENT
My vision is to turn our government back to one of the people, by the people, and for the people starting in 2027 by getting elected to give the people of Virginia’s House District 50 a Delegate who is not influenced by corporate and utility company donations, and who will put people over party and profits.
MISSION STATEMENT
Our two-party system of government is heavily influenced by the moneyed elite – corporations and oligarchs – so much so that our Representatives don’t represent us. That is a problem, and the solution I am working toward is to reduce their influence on federal and state government by getting Independent candidates elected.
GOAL
My goal is to increase by 10% the number of Independent legislators in both Congress and the Virginia General Assembly over the next four General Elections.
UNITE
A losing proposition for all of us is political parties and factions breaking up unity by pitting us against each other. Do you know the story about the ants? You put red ants and black ants together in a jar. They live together, neither one bothering the other. Then someone comes along and shakes the jar. The ants start fighting each other, the red and black ants both thinking the other one caused the disruption.
Who shook our jar? Who caused the disruption in our lives? Who has us fighting each other? The Republican and Democratic Parties and the moneyed elite. They are who we should stand united against. The two-party system (duopoly) is what we should stand united against. The corporate and utility company lobbyists who write the laws that benefit them and hurt us are who we should stand united against.
POWER CORRUPTS, ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY
A strong government has a strong foundation. Good governance stands on a strong foundation. Our government foundation has been shaken to the ground by the corruption of the duopoly. The Republicans and Democrats have given themselves too much power and control. They write the rules that keep candidates of other party affiliations from getting elected. They have us believing that only they can govern. All the while we sit back and watch them bicker with each other and focus on winning for their Party. While they accept large donations from corporate lobbyists and the moneyed elite and make promises that they break as soon as they are elected, we lose.
This year (2026) it is important to rebuild and strengthen our government foundation. We must not only reduce the Republicans’ power and control in Congress, but we must also keep the Democrats in check and limit their power and control. To do this, we must elect Independent candidates. We deserve to have representatives in Congress and our state legislature (General Assembly) who don’t manipulate us to believe that one Party is better than the other and is the only Party that has our best interests in mind. This year I will be voting for Cooke Costa Harvey to represent Virginia’s 5th Congressional District in Congress. I will also be writing in Cherokee Sampson to represent Virginia in the U.S. Senate. I hope you join me.
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Mail donations to:
Berry for Virginia
1662 Bethel Church Road
Green Bay, VA 23942-2008
