The ad also quotes a Facebook post by Chase from July, when she wrote, “It’s those who are naive and unprepared that end up raped. Sorry. But I’m not going to be a statistic.”

Chase, who has not gone on TV in the election, said in an interview that she will not go negative and is running on her record.

“People are tired of all the negative commercials,” she said. “We both claim to be Christians but yet she sure is quick to turn into a politician with the attack ads.”

Chase is a gun rights supporter who this year began wearing a handgun on her hip during the General Assembly session, saying she feared for her security. And she prides herself on being an outsider persona, saying hostility she has faced from Republicans in Chesterfield County arises from her opposition to a good-old-boy system.

The Pohl ad also attacks Chase for opposing Medicaid expansion under the federal Affordable Care Act.

Chase said her campaign’s internal polling shows she is up 4 points in the district, and if Republicans turn out to vote, she’ll win re-election.

“The Democrats are getting thousands of dollars from outside of the state of Virginia, which is why I put in the [proposed] constitutional amendment to limit that,” she said.