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Democratic Party primaries in Virginia, 2024
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| June 18, 2024 |
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| Democratic Party of Virginia |
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This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that took place in Virginia on June 18, 2024.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Virginia utilizes an open primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Federal elections
U.S. Senate
A Democratic Party primary took place on June 18, 2024, in Virginia to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tim Kaine advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Virginia.
U.S. House
District 1
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 2
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 3
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Robert C. Scott (Incumbent) ✔
District 4
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Jennifer McClellan (Incumbent) ✔
District 5
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 6
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 7
Democratic primary candidates- Andrea Bailey
- Carl Bedell
- Margaret Franklin
- Elizabeth Guzman
- Clifford Heinzer
- Briana Sewell
- Eugene Vindman ✔
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 8
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
District 9
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 10
Democratic primary candidates- Jennifer Boysko
- Marion Devoe
- Eileen Filler-Corn
- Dan Helmer
- Krystle Kaul
- Mark Leighton
- Michelle Maldonado
- Travis Nembhard
- Adrian Pokharel
- Atif Qarni
- David Reid
- Suhas Subramanyam ✔
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 11
Democratic primary candidates- Gerald Edward Connolly (Incumbent) ✔
- Ahsan Nasar
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyVoting information
- See also: Voting in Virginia
Context of the 2024 elections
Virginia Party Control: 1992-2025
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Four years of Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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State party overview
Democratic Party of Virginia
- See also: Democratic Party of Virginia
State political party revenue
State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Five of 133 Virginia counties—3.8 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Buckingham County, Virginia | 11.28% | 2.43% | 0.87% | ||||
| Caroline County, Virginia | 5.02% | 8.24% | 11.97% | ||||
| Essex County, Virginia | 2.14% | 7.30% | 10.35% | ||||
| Nelson County, Virginia | 5.59% | 2.72% | 9.15% | ||||
| Westmoreland County, Virginia | 7.14% | 6.95% | 10.24% | ||||
Note: Although it is highlighted in the map above, the city of Chesapeake is not considered a county and not included in our calculations as such.
In the 2016 presidential election, Virginia was a battleground state. Hillary Clinton (D) won Virginia with 49.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic three times (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Republican two times (2000 and 2004).
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
