Ballotpedia is the digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Our goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government. We are firmly committed to neutrality in our content.

This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Virginia, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

See also:Virginia election calendar

Statewide election dates in Virginia are listed below. For more statewide dates, please see thestatewide elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

April 21, 2026: Statewide ballot measure election
June 16, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: 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.

• Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
• Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2026

Statewide ballot measures

See also:Virginia 2026 ballot measures

April 21, 2026:

November 3, 2026:

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
Mark Warner Incumbent	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kim Farington	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Al Mina	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bert Mizusawa	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chuck Smith	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Williams	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lorita Daniels	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gregory Eichelberger	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mark Moran	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Reynolds	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert J. Wittman Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Elizabeth Beggs	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Salaam Bhatti	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tim Cywinski	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lisa Khanna	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Knapp	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ericka Kopp	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lewis Littlepage	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Lucchetti	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Amanda Pohl	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Shea	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sean Sublette	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Shannon Taylor	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Melvin Tull	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jennifer Kiggans Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Matthews	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nila Devanath	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Elaine Luria	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Patrick Mosolf	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Osyf	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nicolaus Sleister	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matt Strickler	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Stringfellow	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Williamson	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
DeVinche Albritton	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Bishop Staten	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Robert C. Scott Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Justin Maffett	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Taylor	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Dawn Vasquez	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Jennifer McClellan Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Brown	U.S. House Virginia District 4	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
John McGuire Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bob Good	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Melanie Lucero	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Suzanne Krzyzanowski	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tom Perriello	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Pruitt	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Paul Riley	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert Tracinski	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kate Zabriskie	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cooke Harvey	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Chris Register	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Benjamin Lee Cline Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Pete Barlow	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Wendy Gooditis	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Beth Macy	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ken Mitchell	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hugh Murray	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Eugene Vindman Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tara Durant	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Gray	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Darius Mayfield	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Douglas Ollivant	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Waverly Washington	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matthew Rainforth	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alex Thymmons	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Heerak Christian Kim	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Luke Nathan Phillips	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tony Sabio	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Duffin	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Dunigan	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Frank Ferreira	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Daniel Gray	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mo Seifeldein	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
H. Morgan Griffith Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brandon Cook	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Douglas Crockett	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brandi Hall	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Murphy	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joy Powers	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Jackson	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Suhas Subramanyam Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Julie Perry	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sam Wong	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Walkinshaw Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nathan Headrick	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Van Meter	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bree Fram	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stella Pekarsky	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Amy Roma	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary

State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Michael Jones	Virginia State Senate District 15 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
John Thomas	Virginia State Senate District 15 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker	Virginia State Senate District 39 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Julie Robbens Lineberry	Virginia State Senate District 39 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Kirk McPike	Virginia House of Delegates District 5 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Mason Butler	Virginia House of Delegates District 5 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Gretchen Bulova	Virginia House of Delegates District 11 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Adam Wise	Virginia House of Delegates District 11 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Garrett McGuire	Virginia House of Delegates District 17 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Christopher Cardiff	Virginia House of Delegates District 17 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Margaret Franklin	Virginia House of Delegates District 23 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Verndell Robinson	Virginia House of Delegates District 23 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Charlie Schmidt	Virginia House of Delegates District 77 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Richard Stonage Jr.	Virginia House of Delegates District 77 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General

Local Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Tom Dannan	Fairfax County Public Schools, Braddock District (Special election)	Nonpartisan	On the Ballot General
Saundra Davis	Fairfax County Public Schools, Braddock District (Special election)	Nonpartisan	On the Ballot General

Local election officials

---

Do you need information about elections inyour area? Are you looking foryour local election official?Click here to visit theU.S. Vote Foundation and use their election official lookup tool.

---

Footnotes

v • e Election information Resources Sample Ballot Lookup •Elections calendar •State poll opening and closing times •Ballot access for major and minor party candidates •Elections by state and year •State voter ID laws •Absentee voting •Early voting •Online voter registration •Election result canvassing Elections by state Alabama •Alaska •Arizona •Arkansas •California •Colorado •Connecticut •Delaware •Florida •Georgia •Hawaii •Idaho •Illinois •Indiana •Iowa •Kansas •Kentucky •Louisiana •Maine •Maryland •Massachusetts •Michigan •Minnesota •Mississippi •Missouri •Montana •Nebraska •Nevada •New Hampshire •New Jersey •New Mexico •New York •North Carolina •North Dakota •Ohio •Oklahoma •Oregon •Pennsylvania •Rhode Island •South Carolina •South Dakota •Tennessee •Texas •Utah •Vermont •Virginia •Washington •West Virginia •Wisconsin •Wyoming 2026 elections U.S. Congress special elections •State executives •State legislature •Statewide ballot measures •State judicial •Municipal government •Mayors •School boards •Local judicial •Local ballot measures •Recall How to vote in each state Alabama •Alaska •Arizona •Arkansas •California •Colorado •Connecticut •Delaware •Florida •Georgia •Hawaii •Idaho •Illinois •Indiana •Iowa •Kansas •Kentucky •Louisiana •Maine •Maryland •Massachusetts •Michigan •Minnesota •Mississippi •Missouri •Montana •Nebraska •Nevada •New Hampshire •New Jersey •New Mexico •New York •North Carolina •North Dakota •Ohio •Oklahoma •Oregon •Pennsylvania •Rhode Island •South Carolina •South Dakota •Tennessee •Texas •Utah •Vermont •Virginia •Washington •West Virginia •Wisconsin •Wyoming