As for Dan Ward's political aspirations, he's got an uphill battle. That's Cantor's old seat (he got primaried by Dems in that district because they have open primaries in VA and many Ds intentionally voted for Cantor's opponent, Brat).

However, VA-7's got a Cook PVI (partisan voting index) of R+6. Brat (or any other R candidate) will very likely beat Dan Ward.