Representative Andy Barr announced that his campaign manager for his 2026 U.S. Senate bid has died

What remains now is not just the ache of her absence, but the imprint of how she chose to live: steady instead of loud, faithful instead of performative, present instead of distracted. Campaigns will come and go; candidates will rise and fall. Yet in the quiet corners where people still need to be seen and heard, Tatum Dale’s example endures as both a blessing and a challenge—to serve like she did, when no one is watching.