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Defining Conservative Leadership: Heritage’s Dr. Kevin Roberts on Policy, Politics, and 2025 Virginia Elections

Joe Thomas •   November 2, 2025

From the campus of Virginia Tech where he earned his master’s degree in history, to the presidency of the Texas Public Policy Foundation where he shepherded work in energy policy and criminal justice to help the first Trump administration change the nation’s perceptions of those sectors, to the influential presidency of The Heritage Foundation, Dr. Kevin Roberts has come to define conservative leadership in America.

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We spend some time with Roberts talking about that conservatism, the redistricting fight happening in Virginia and other states as the political parties battle to reshuffle seats in Congress, and the critical upcoming Virginia elections and what they mean to the country.

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