Congressman PP is no stranger to constituent power. The Congressman, who represents Chesapeake’s First Congress District (consisting of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware) in the House of Representatives, has previously called on voters to make their voices heard in the statehouse.

In the past few days, he’s been taking his own message to Chesapeake’s constituents, stumping for infrastructure and agriculture — and not just in his own district. PP has stumped in Greensboro, Charlotte, and Cleveland to talk to voters about state and federal issues.

Voters have been fans of his impromptu style. At an ice cream stand in Greensboro, he weighed the challenges of the Israel-Palestine dispute before shifting to the obesity epidemic. In Cleveland, he told voters to have their say before election day.

“Tell everyone you know about this and make sure to have your voices heard before the elections,” he said. “They are approaching extremely fast and by getting your voice out there, the state politicians will consider what you have to say.”

PP chows down on Israeli ice cream at the Greensboro Exotic Food Festival last week. | Mega

Not everyone is a fan of the Congressman’s excursions. Democratic Party of Virginia chair Susan Swecker said in a statement ,“If he cared about his district, he would be on the ground in Arlington,” referencing Amazon’s new headquarters in the Northern Virginia county, which lies in PP’s district.

Incumbent Senator Check Brain (D-CH), is up for election at the next midterms. Some analysts think PP is gearing up early for a challenge.

Chesapeake Access Project chairman Daniel Matherson, writing in Politico, suggested there was nothing for Democrats to worry about. “It’s completely normal for a Congressman to travel across his state. Politically, it means he’s representing everyone in the state, which Members of Congress are technically supposed to do. And practically, he could just be fundraising. There’s no indicators right now that PP is aiming for the Senate.”

An anonymous intern in PP’s office disagrees. “The Congressman? Oh, he’s running. This guy is the best shot we have at taking down Brain. PP’s got money coming out of his” many donors’ pockets, the intern explained over the phone.

Regardless, Brain isn’t taking any chances, and is confident in his odds. “I’m the best in the game,” he said to reporters Sunday. “You put a sorry Republican like PP up against me, this is the result you gonna get. Don’t you ever talk about me.”

Rachel Fischer contributed to this report.

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A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Congressman PP represents Chesapeake’s Second Congressional District. He represents the First Congressional District.