Rep.-Elect Abigail Spanberger:

I think it's the difference between offensive and defensive.

I think, when we're looking at trying to solve problems, we need to talk about these issues that are impacting our communities and our districts as issues that impact the American people, like prescription drug costs and other related issues.

When we're talking about upholding American values, when we're talking about who it is that we are as a people, that doesn't necessarily have to be partisan. I think that one of the things that in our district people are very tired of is the lack of civility and decency in politics.

And so I think it's incredibly important that we stand up for our ideals, we stand up against attacks on the foundational principles of who we are, a free press, freedom of expression, freedom for people to be who they are, and certainly attacks on the intelligence community, and all of these things that we have seen in this shifting world that we're in.

But it doesn't always have to be an us vs. them. It has to be that this is who we are, and we need to stand up for it, as opposed to a left vs. right, or Republicans vs. Democrats. It should be American values that we all stand up for.

And, frankly, at this point, a lot of the loudest voices standing up for those values are Democrats. But turning everything into a partisan battle, I think, is where certain groups start to shut off, and it becomes a little bit less effective.