{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_jmx7d5it53qfr4vhusya","title":"Griffith seeks a ninth term in the 9th District. This time, he faces a cattle farmer from Bedford County.","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/griffith-seeks-a-ninth-term-in-the-9th-district-this-time-he-faces-a-jmx7d5it53","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_jmx7d5it53qfr4vhusya","seq":623618,"kind":"article","title":"Griffith seeks a ninth term in the 9th District. This time, he faces a cattle farmer from Bedford County.","url":"https://cardinalnews.org/2026/09/29/griffith-seeks-a-ninth-term-in-the-9th-district-this-time-he-faces-a-cattle-farmer-from-bedford-county","summary":"Challenger Joy Powers has blamed rising costs on the incumbent’s party and attacked him as unavailable to constituents. The congressman is running on his record of protecting “conservative family values.” The post Griffith seeks a ninth term in the 9th District. This time, he faces a cattle farmer from Bedford County. appeared first on Cardinal News .","published":"2026-09-29T08:10:00Z","seen":"2026-09-29T09:10:48Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-cardinalnews-org-395cb0","name":"cardinalnews.org","domain":"cardinalnews.org"},"via":"kite-cardinalnews-org-395cb0","topics":["virginia","politics","bristol/southwest zone","martinsville zone"],"authors":["Andrew Kerley"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1292410","name":"Edward Griffith","type":"person"},{"id":"Q494216","name":"Bedford County","type":"place"}],"story":"st_jmx7d5it53qfr4vhusya","category":"politics","category_p":0.5600000023841858,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.03999999910593033,"political":0.6299999952316284}]}