Roanoke’s Beth Macy has been an award winning journalist, a bestselling author, the subject of a Jeopardy! question and now she’ll add “congressional candidate” to her resume.
Macy is set to announce her campaign to run for Virginia’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday. She joined two other Democratic candidates, Pete Barlow and Ken Mitchell, seeking to challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Ben Cline, of Botetourt County, for his seat in the 2026 midterm election. The Democratic primary contest to determine who will face Cline will likely take place in June.
Macy, 61, sat in her office, which was repurposed from her youngest child’s bedroom, for her “first big interview of the campaign” on Friday. Her 1-year-old rescue terrier mix, Pippa, curled up on an armchair behind her, and slept peacefully after wreaking havoc in the house that morning and getting kicked out of doggy daycare later that day, Macy said…