Republicans for Liberty On May 30, 2026, 1,633 Lynchburg Republicans stood in line at the Brookville Ruritan Club and picked their nominees for City Council. They picked Veronica Bratton, Councilman Martin Misjuns, and Mayor Larry Taylor. Two weeks later a room full of party insiders in Stafford County threw their votes in the trash. On November 3, Lynchburg elected three Democrats to every at-large seat on the ballot: Nat Marshall, Christina Delzingaro and Dave Henderson. Ly

Republicans for Liberty exists because the state Republican Party has repeatedly failed its core mission. For too long it has prioritized access, donor comfort, and “electability” over principle—tolerating candidates who expand government, soften on constitutional rights, and treat fiscal restraint as optional rhetoric. We reject managing decline. We are here to restore a party that actually restrains power, not rearranges it. Liberty first. Always.