Daniel Gray (Virginia)
Daniel Gray (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Virginia's 8th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Gray completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 8
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) | |
 | Michael Duffin (D) | |
 | Adam Dunigan (D) | |
 | Frank Ferreira (D)  | |
 | Daniel Gray (D) | |
| Mo Seifeldein (D) | ||
 | Heerak Christian Kim (R) | |
 | Luke Nathan Phillips (R) | |
 | Tony Sabio (R) | |
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Daniel Gray completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gray's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We are in deep trouble as a country. Our national debt has more than doubled in the last ten years. The dream of home ownership is receding out of sight for the next generation of Americans. Trump is back in office. What about this is working? The Democratic establishment is simply not delivering the results we need. We need to chart a new course for our party and our country, and it's time for a new generation of leadership in the House of Representatives.
- Daniel wants to live in a country that works for everyone. It shouldn't matter what ZIP code your were born in, you should be able to get a good education, have quality and affordable health care, and have access to good job opportunities. It's an easy thing to say, but we have an enormous amount of work to do to accomplish that.
- Voters shouldn't have to sift through hundreds of press releases, votes, and news articles to understand what their Representative did during their term. Instead, every year the Representative should publish a scorecard that lays out their top priorities and explains the efforts they made toward achieving those priorities, what they learned, and what they intend to do differently next year. The status quo now is that Representatives aren't so much re-elected on their performance as on the incumbency advantage, which results in incumbents being re-elected 95% of the time.
Second, we need age limits in Congress. In 2025, we were unable to stop Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" because too many Democrats had passed away in the House of Representatives. This is no way to run a country, especially considering the stakes right now.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
