Delegate Rodney T. Willett will be seeking a second term representing House District 73, running against the same opponent as in 2019 – Republican Mary Margaret Kastelberg.

The two fought a close race in 2019 for the open seat Democratic Delegate Debra Rodman vacated in order to run for the state Senate. The race is proving to be another high-dollar contest.

The district contains five precincts in the northwestern portion of Richmond, with the majority of the district stretching into Western Henrico County. The seat was held by Republicans until 2017.

An attorney and technology consultant who was political newcomer during the 2019 election, Delegate Willett has campaigned on a re-election platform of improving health care access, providing universal pre-kindergarten for children, raising the minimum wage, moving toward renewable energy sources to protect the environment, supporting a woman’s right to choose an abortion, supporting sensible gun laws and lessening the red tape for businesses.

In the General Assembly, he serves on the House Finance Committee and the committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resource and Health, Welfare and Institutions.

A financial services adviser, Ms. Kastelberg, 58, has presented her campaign as resolving important issues in the community left unaddressed by legislators. Her website lists priorities that include consumer protection, rebuilding small businesses and working to “keep politics out of the classroom.”

Data on the Virginia Public Access Project’s website shows the race as highly contested and very expensive, with Delegate Willett raising $917,418 as of Sept. 30 and Ms. Kastelberg raising $557,028.