Faith driven Democrats seek to sway Christian voters in US midterm congressional races Unlike many previous faith leaders who have run as Democrats, including Georgia U.S. "It is really important that people of faith speak to issues in the public realm, because faith is about how we live together,” Trone Garriott told Reuters. Mike Marinella, a spokesman for the Republican Party's national House campaign arm, dismissed the notion that candidates like Trone Garriott and Schultz can threaten Republicans' popularity with Christian voters. “I am pro-choice, not despite my Christian faith, but because of it,” he said. “(Jesus) welcomed the stranger, he fed the hungry, he stood up for the vulnerable, he cared for the poor, and that is our calling as Christians,” Trone Garriott said.

Source: The Telegraph February 17, 2026 13:45 UTC