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This page provides information on the 2024 elections in Virginia, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

Statewide election dates in Virginia are listed below. For more dates, please see theelections calendar.

Statewide election dates

March 5, 2024: Presidential preference primary
June 18, 2024: Primary
November 5, 2024: General election

Offices on the ballot

Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• United States Senate election in Virginia, 2024
• United States Senate election in Virginia, 2024 (June 18 Republican primary)
• Virginia's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Democratic primary)
• Virginia's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Republican primary)
• Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024

Statewide ballot measures

See also:Virginia 2024 ballot measures

What's on your ballot?

See also:Sample Ballot Lookup

List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Virginia. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Pleaseclick here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Tim Kaine Incumbent	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Won General
Hung Cao	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Lost General
Jonathan Walker Emord	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Lost Primary
Eddie Garcia	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Lost Primary
Scott Parkinson	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Lost Primary
Chuck Smith	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Lost Primary
Robert J. Wittman Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Republican	Won General
Herb Jones	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Lost Primary
Leslie Mehta	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Lost General
Jennifer Kiggans Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Republican	Won General
Missy Cotter Smasal	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Lost General
Jake Denton	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Lost Primary
Robert Reid	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Independent	Lost General
Robert C. Scott Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Democratic	Won General
John Sitka III	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Republican	Lost General
Jennifer McClellan Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 4	Democratic	Won General
Bill Moher	U.S. House Virginia District 4	Republican	Lost General
John McGuire	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Republican	Won General
Bob Good Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Republican	Lost Primary
Paul Riley	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Lost Primary
Gary Terry	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Lost Primary
Gloria Tinsley Witt	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Lost General
Benjamin Lee Cline Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Republican	Won General
Ken Mitchell	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Lost General
Robert Wells Jr.	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Independent	Lost General
Eugene Vindman	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Won General
Derrick Anderson	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Lost General
Cameron Hamilton	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Lost Primary
Maria Martin	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Lost Primary
Jonathon Myers	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Lost Primary
John Prabhudoss	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Lost Primary
Terris Todd	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Lost Primary
Andrea Bailey	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Lost Primary
Carl Bedell	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Lost Primary
Margaret Franklin	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Lost Primary
Elizabeth Guzman	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Lost Primary
Clifford Heinzer	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Lost Primary
Briana Sewell	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Lost Primary
Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Won General
Jerry Torres	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Republican	Lost General
Bentley Hensel	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Independent	Lost General
David Kennedy	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Independent	Lost General
H. Morgan Griffith Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Republican	Won General
Karen Baker	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Democratic	Lost General
Suhas Subramanyam	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Won General
Manga Anantatmula	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Republican	Lost Primary
Aliscia Andrews	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Republican	Lost Primary
Mike Clancy	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Republican	Lost General
Alexander Isaac	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Republican	Lost Primary
Jennifer Boysko	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Marion Devoe	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Eileen Filler-Corn	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Dan Helmer	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Krystle Kaul	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Mark Leighton	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Michelle Maldonado	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Travis Nembhard	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Adrian Pokharel	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Atif Qarni	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
David Reid	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Lost Primary
Gerald Edward Connolly Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Democratic	Won General
Michael Van Meter	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Republican	Lost General
Ahsan Nasar	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Democratic	Lost Primary

State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Tammy Mulchi	Virginia State Senate District 9 (Special election)	Republican	Won General
Tina Younger	Virginia State Senate District 9 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost General
Eric Phillips	Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (Special election)	Republican	Won General
Melody Cartwright	Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost General

Local Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Richard West Incumbent	Mayor of Chesapeake	Nonpartisan	Won General
Don Carey III	Mayor of Chesapeake	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Kenny Alexander Incumbent	Mayor of Norfolk	Nonpartisan	Won General
Giovanni Dolmo	Mayor of Norfolk	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Thomas Leeman Jr.	Mayor of Norfolk	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Danny Avula	Mayor of Richmond	Nonpartisan	Won General
Andreas D. Addison	Mayor of Richmond	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Michelle Mosby	Mayor of Richmond	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Maurice Neblett	Mayor of Richmond	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Harrison Roday	Mayor of Richmond	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Bob Dyer Incumbent	Mayor of Virginia Beach	Nonpartisan	Won General
Richard Kowalewitch	Mayor of Virginia Beach	Nonpartisan	Lost General
John Moss	Mayor of Virginia Beach	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Chris Taylor	Mayor of Virginia Beach	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Sabrina Wooten	Mayor of Virginia Beach	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Rocky Holcomb Incumbent	Virginia Beach Sheriff (Special election)	Republican	Won General
PeaceMaker ALDO	Virginia Beach Sheriff (Special election)	Independent	Lost General
William Fowler	Virginia Beach Sheriff (Special election)	Democratic	Withdrew General
Jeremy McGee	Norfolk City Council Superward 6	Nonpartisan	Won General
Jeremy Mason	Norfolk City Council Superward 6	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Carlos Clanton	Norfolk City Council Superward 7	Nonpartisan	Won General
Phillip Hawkins	Norfolk City Council Superward 7	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Rodney Jordan	Norfolk City Council Superward 7	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Leon Judge	Norfolk City Council Superward 7	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Christine Smith	Norfolk City Council Superward 7	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Andrew Breton	Richmond City Council 1st Voter District	Nonpartisan	Won General
Paul Goldman	Richmond City Council 1st Voter District	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Zachary Walker	Richmond City Council 1st Voter District	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Katherine Jordan Incumbent	Richmond City Council 2nd Voter District	Nonpartisan	Won General
Kenya Gibson	Richmond City Council 3rd Voter District	Nonpartisan	Won General
Maria Carra Rose	Richmond City Council 3rd Voter District	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Ann-Frances Lambert Incumbent	Richmond City Council 3rd Voter District	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Sarah Abubaker	Richmond City Council 4th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Won General
Stephanie Lynch Incumbent	Richmond City Council 5th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Won General
Ellen Robertson Incumbent	Richmond City Council 6th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Won General
Tavares Floyd	Richmond City Council 6th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Willie Hilliard Jr.	Richmond City Council 6th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Cynthia Newbille Incumbent	Richmond City Council 7th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Won General
Eric Sundberg	Richmond City Council 7th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Reva Trammell Incumbent	Richmond City Council 8th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Won General
Frank Wilson Jr.	Richmond City Council 8th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Nicole Jones Incumbent	Richmond City Council 9th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Won General
Stephanie Starling	Richmond City Council 9th Voter District	Nonpartisan	Lost General
David Hutcheson Incumbent	Virginia Beach City Council District 1	Nonpartisan	Won General
Ryan Gilliam	Virginia Beach City Council District 1	Nonpartisan	Lost General
David Hutcheson	Virginia Beach City Council District 1 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
Teresa Tara Gladney	Virginia Beach City Council District 1 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
John Napier	Virginia Beach City Council District 1 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Michael Berlucchi Incumbent	Virginia Beach City Council District 3	Nonpartisan	Won General
Christina Felder	Virginia Beach City Council District 3	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Cleon Jones	Virginia Beach City Council District 3	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Rosemary Wilson Incumbent	Virginia Beach City Council District 5	Nonpartisan	Won General
L.G. Shaw	Virginia Beach City Council District 5	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Cash Jackson-Green	Virginia Beach City Council District 7	Nonpartisan	Won General
Mabinty Scott	Virginia Beach City Council District 7	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Stacy Cummings Jr.	Virginia Beach City Council District 8 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
M. Cody Conner	Virginia Beach City Council District 8 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Phillip Hines	Virginia Beach City Council District 8 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Leland Jones	Virginia Beach City Council District 8 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Sarah DiCalogero	Norfolk Public Schools, Superward 6	Nonpartisan	Won General
Rebecca Danchise Topping	Norfolk Public Schools, Superward 6	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Alfreda Thomas	Norfolk Public Schools, Superward 7	Nonpartisan	Won General
Ronald White	Norfolk Public Schools, Superward 7	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Ken Paulson	Norfolk Public Schools, Ward 5 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
Matthew Percival	Richmond City Public Schools, District 1	Nonpartisan	Won General
Katie Ricard	Richmond City Public Schools, District 2	Nonpartisan	Won General
Mariah White Incumbent	Richmond City Public Schools, District 2	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Ali Faruk	Richmond City Public Schools, District 3	Nonpartisan	Won General
Charlene Riley	Richmond City Public Schools, District 3	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Kevin Starlings	Richmond City Public Schools, District 3	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Wesley Hedgepeth	Richmond City Public Schools, District 4	Nonpartisan	Won General
Angela Fontaine	Richmond City Public Schools, District 4	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Garrett Sawyer Incumbent	Richmond City Public Schools, District 4	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Stephanie Rizzi Incumbent	Richmond City Public Schools, District 5	Nonpartisan	Won General
Mamie Taylor	Richmond City Public Schools, District 5	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Shonda Harris-Muhammed Incumbent	Richmond City Public Schools, District 6	Nonpartisan	Won General
Cheryl Burke Incumbent	Richmond City Public Schools, District 7	Nonpartisan	Won General
Emmett Jafari	Richmond City Public Schools, District 8	Nonpartisan	Won General
Cruz Sherman	Richmond City Public Schools, District 8	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Shavonda Dixon Incumbent	Richmond City Public Schools, District 9	Nonpartisan	Won General
Rose Dwyer	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 1	Nonpartisan	Won General
Jennifer Franklin Incumbent	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 1	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Mark Bohenstiel	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 3	Nonpartisan	Won General
Alveta Green	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 4 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
Anissa Bowden	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 4 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Shannon Kendrick Incumbent	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 4 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Melinda Rogers	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 5	Nonpartisan	Won General
Vincent Smith	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 5	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Matthew Cummings	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 7	Nonpartisan	Won General
Noah Moreland	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 7	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Patricia King	Chesapeake City Council 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
S.Z. Ritter Incumbent	Chesapeake City Council 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Les Smith Jr.	Chesapeake City Council 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Reagan Davis	Chesapeake City Council 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Robert Ike Incumbent	Chesapeake City Council 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Jeff Jefferies	Chesapeake City Council 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Jennifer Naperala	Chesapeake City Council 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Jeff Staples	Chesapeake City Council 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Eric Wray	Chesapeake City Council 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Elijah Colon	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Malia Huddle	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Norman Pool Incumbent	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Angie Swygert Incumbent	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Samuel Boone Incumbent	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Gregory Dono	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Tom Mercer Incumbent	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
L. Jameel Shaheer	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Daniel Stahler	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Rue Willis	Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Sharon Felton	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, At-large	Nonpartisan	Won General
Monty Ashliman Jr.	Virginia Beach City Public Schools, At-large	Nonpartisan	Lost General

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