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This page covers the deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines of political incumbents, candidates, and government officials that resulted from COVID-19. It also covers individuals confirmed to have been tested and found not to carry COVID-19. Listed incumbents, candidates, and government officials are limited to those within Ballotpedia's scope of coverage. Only confirmed cases appear on this page. Suspected or speculated cases are not included here. These numbers are based on cases found by Ballotpedia staff and readers and may not be comprehensive.

This page was maintained from March 2020 to January 2022. It no longer receives regular updates, but our email is always open. We encourage you to reach out at editor@ballotpedia.org.

In this article you will find:

• Statistics on diagnosed officials and candidates by state and level of government
• A list of officials and candidates who died from COVID-19
• A list of diagnosed officials and candidates
• A list of self-quarantined officials and candidates
• Notable influencers who tested positive for coronavirus
• General resources for citizens

Chart of state and federal official and candidate deaths and diagnoses

The following chart shows the number of state and federal officials and candidates we identified who were diagnosed with or died as a result of COVID-19 between March 2020 and January 2022.

Statistics

Diagnosed politicians by state and level of government

The following table shows the number of officials and candidates who tested positive for COVID-19 by state and level of government between March 2020 and January 2022. The table includes members of Congress, but not federally appointed officials or members of the executive branch.

Diagnosed officials and candidates by state and level of government
State	Federal	State	Total
Alabama	2	2	4
Alaska	1	4	5
Arizona	1	3	4
Arkansas	0	11	11
California	9	6	15
Colorado	4	5	9
Connecticut	2	2	4
Delaware	2	0	2
Florida	8	15	23
Georgia	4	9	13
Hawaii	2	1	3
Idaho	0	7	7
Illinois	6	11	17
Indiana	0	3	3
Iowa	1	2	3
Kansas	1	1	2
Louisiana	4	5	9
Maine	1	3	4
Maryland	1	0	1
Massachusetts	4	3	7
Michigan	2	7	9
Minnesota	0	6	6
Mississippi	1	9	10
Missouri	0	4	4
Montana	0	6	6
Nebraska	0	2	2
Nevada	1	1	2
New Hampshire	0	4	4
New Jersey	3	1	4
New Mexico	0	2	2
New York	7	13	20
North Carolina	4	6	10
North Dakota	0	4	4
Ohio	3	6	9
Oklahoma	0	4	4
Oregon	0	1	1
Pennsylvania	6	23	29
Rhode Island	0	3	3
South Carolina	7	7	13
South Dakota	0	8	8
Tennessee	1	5	6
Texas	7	11	18
Utah	2	11	13
Vermont	1	0	1
Virginia	1	3	4
Washington	3	6	9
West Virginia	0	3	3
Wisconsin	3	5	8
Wyoming	0	2	2

Incumbents, candidates, and government officials who died as a result of coronavirus

The following is a list of political incumbents, candidates, and government officials confirmed to have died as a result of COVID-19 between March 2020 and January 2022.

Federal

Ballotpedia identified 3 politicians at the federal level who died as a result of COVID-19.

Name	Office	Date	Status
Ronald Wright	U.S. House Texas District 6	February 7, 2021	Wright died from complications related to COVID-19.
Luke Letlow	Representative-elect, Louisiana's 5th Congressional District	December 29, 2020	Letlow died from complications related to COVID-19.
Stephen F. Williams	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	August 7, 2020	Williams died as a result of complications related to COVID-19.

State

Ballotpedia identified 10 politicians at the state level who died as a result of COVID-19.

Name	Office	Date	Status
David Andahl	Candidate, North Dakota House of Representatives District 8	October 5, 2020	Andahl died from complications related to COVID-19.
Roy Edwards	Wyoming House of Representatives District 53	November 2, 2020	Edwards died on November 2, 2020 due to complications related to COVID-19.
Johnny Lee Baynes	New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District	March 26, 2020	Baynes died from complications caused by COVID-19.
A. Benton Chafin	Virginia State Senate District 38	January 1, 2021	Chafin passed away from complications related to coronavirus.
Dick Hinch	New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 21	December 9, 2020	The New Hampshire attorney general's office announced Hinch died from complications caused by COVID-19 on December 9.
Jerry Relph	Minnesota State Senate District 14	December 18, 2020	Relph passed away from complications related to coronavirus. Relph announced he had tested positive for coronavirus on November 16, 2020.
Ruben Reyes (Texas judge, District 72)	Texas 72nd District Court	December 12, 2020	Reyes died from complications related to COVID-19.
Reggie Bagala	Louisiana House of Representatives District 54	April 9, 2020	A friend of Bagala's announced he was in the hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. Bagala passed away from complications related to COVID-19 on April 9, 2020.
Bob Glanzer	South Dakota House of Representatives District 22	April 3, 2020	Glanzer died from complications caused by COVID-19.
Noach Dear	New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District	April 20, 2020	Dear died from complications caused by COVID-19.

Local

Ballotpedia identified 5 politicians at the local level who died as a result of COVID-19.

Name	Office	Date	Status
Marny Xiong	At-large representative, Saint Paul Public Schools school board	June 7, 2020	Xiong died from complications caused by COVID-19.
Lillian Blancas	El Paso Municipal Court	December 7, 2020	Blancas died from complications caused by COVID-19.
Benny Napoleon	Wayne County Sheriff	December 17, 2020	Napoleon died from complications caused by COVID-19.
Michael Yun	Jersey City Council Ward D	April 6, 2020	Yun died of complications from COVID-19 on April 6, 2020.
Nancy Stephenson	Dougherty County Probate Court	April 1, 2020	Stephenson died from complications caused by COVID-19.

This list is not comprehensive. We encourage you to share updates from local officials, politicians, and candidates in your community at editor@ballotpedia.org.

Diagnosed incumbents, candidates, and government officials

The following is a list of political incumbents, candidates, and government officials confirmed to have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Federal

Ballotpedia identified 112 diagnosed politicians, candidates, and government officials at the federal level.

Name	Office	Date	Status
Darren Soto	U.S. House Florida District 9	September 8, 2021	Soto announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Tim Ryan (Ohio)	U.S. House Ohio District 13	September 20, 2021	Ryan announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated before contracting the virus.
Bob Latta	U.S. House Ohio District 5	September 20, 2021	Latta announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Jahana Hayes	U.S. House Connecticut District 5	September 20, 2020	On Sept. 20, Hayes announced she had tested positive for coronavirus and would quarantine for 14 days.
Joseph Morelle	U.S. House New York District 25	September 12, 2021	Morelle announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated when he contracted the virus.
Salud Carbajal	U.S. House California District 24	October 6, 2020	Carbajal announced he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Jen Psaki	White House Press Secretary	October 31, 2021	Psaki announced on October 31, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was fully vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Drew Ferguson	U.S. House Georgia District 3	October 30, 2020	Ferguson announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and would be working from home for the time being.
Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)	U.S. Senate, Wisconsin	October 3, 2020	Johnson's office announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Glenn Thompson (Pennsylvania)	U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania	October 22, 2021	Thompson's office announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mike Lee (U.S. Senate, Utah)	U.S. Senate, Utah	October 2, 2020	On October 2, 2020, Lee announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Donald Trump	President of the United States	October 2, 2020	Trump announced on Twitter that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for coronavirus.
Thom Tillis (North Carolina)	U.S. Senate North Carolina	October 2, 2020	Tillis announced on Twitter that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Alejandro Mayorkas	Secretary of Homeland Security	October 19, 2021	Mayorkas announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Bill Huizenga	U.S. House Michigan District 2	October 14, 2020	Huizenga announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Mike Bost	U.S. House Illinois District 12	October 12, 2020	Bost announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mark Meadows (North Carolina)	White House Chief of Staff	November 4, 2020	Meadows announced to advisors that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Austin Scott	U.S. House Georgia District 8	November 30, 2020	Scott announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ben Carson	U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	November 3, 2020	Carson's deputy chief of staff announced that Carson had tested positive for COVID-19.
Carlos Gimenez	Member-elect, Florida's 26th Congressional District	November 27, 2020	On November 27, 2020, Gimenez announced that he and his wife had tested positive for coronavirus the previous day.
Susie Lee	U.S. House Nevada District 3	November 25, 2020	Lee announced she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Rick Allen	U.S. House Georgia District 12	November 24, 2020	Allen announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Virginia Foxx	U.S. House North Carolina District 5	November 23, 2020	On November 23, 2020, Foxx announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Bryan Steil	U.S. House Wisconsin District 1	November 22, 2020	Steil announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Joe Courtney	U.S. House Connecticut District 2	November 22, 2020	Courtney announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Rick Scott	U.S. Senate Florida	November 20, 2020	Scott announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Doug Lamborn	U.S. House Colorado District 5	November 18, 2020	Lamborn announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Dan Newhouse	U.S. House Washington District 4	November 18, 2020	Newhouse announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Chuck Grassley	U.S. Senate Iowa	November 17, 2020	Grassley announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ed Perlmutter	U.S. House Colorado District 7	November 17, 2020	Perlmutter announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Scott Perry	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	November 16, 2021	Perry announced on November 16, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Tim Walberg	U.S. House Michigan District 7	November 16, 2020	Walberg announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Cheri Bustos	U.S. House Illinois District 17	November 16, 2020	Bustos announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Don Young (Alaska)	U.S. House Alaska At-large District	November 12, 2020	Young announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Suraj Patel	Candidate, U.S. House New York District 12	March 30, 2020	Patel announced that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Joe Cunningham	U.S. House South Carolina District 1	March 27, 2020	Cunningham announced he tested positive for coronavirus. He self-quarantined after learning a fellow congressman was infected.
Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania)	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 16	March 27, 2020	Kelly announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Rand Paul	U.S. Senate, Kentucky	March 22, 2020	Paul announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mario Diaz-Balart	U.S. House Florida District 25	March 18, 2020	Diaz-Balart announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ben McAdams (Utah)	U.S. House Utah District 4	March 18, 2020	McAdams announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Tom Rice (South Carolina)	U.S. House South Carolina District 7	June 15, 2020	Rice announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus.
Raúl Grijalva	U.S. House Arizona District 3	July 29, 2020	Grijalva announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Louie Gohmert	U.S. House Texas District 1	July 28, 2020	Gohmert tested positive for coronavirus during a pre-screen at the White House. He had been scheduled to fly with President Trump (R) to Texas that day.
Wesley Hunt (Texas Congress)	Candidate, U.S. House Texas District 7	July 28, 2020	Hunt announced that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was not experiencing any symptoms when he received his diagnosis.
Clay Higgins	U.S. House Louisiana District 3	July 25, 2021	Higgins announced on Facebook that he and his family tested positive for coronavirus.
Joe Biden	President of the United States	July 21, 2022	The White House announced Biden tested positive for COVID-19.
Vern Buchanan	U.S. House Florida District 16	July 19, 2021	Buchanan announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus. He said he had received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Morgan Griffith	U.S. House Virginia District 9	July 14, 2020	Griffith announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	U.S. House New York District 14	January 9, 2022	Ocasio-Cortez announced on January 9, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Michael McCaul	U.S. House Texas District 10	January 7, 2022	McCaul announced on January 7, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Michelle Steel	U.S. House California District 48	January 7, 2021	Steel announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Jacob LaTurner	U.S. House Kansas District 2	January 7, 2021	LaTurner announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Gus Bilirakis	U.S. House Florida District 12	January 6, 2021	Bilirakis announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Kevin Brady (Texas)	U.S. House Texas District 8	January 6, 2021	Brady announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Rob Portman	U.S. Senate Ohio	January 4, 2022	Portman announced on January 4, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Kay Granger	U.S. House Texas District 12	January 4, 2021	Granger announced she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Stephen Lynch	U.S. House Massachusetts District 8	January 29, 2021	Lynch announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Lori Trahan	U.S. House Massachusetts District 3	January 28, 2021	Trahan announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Raul Ruiz	U.S. House California District 36	January 19, 2021	Ruiz announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Lou Correa	U.S. House California District 46	January 16, 2021	Correa announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Adriano Espaillat	U.S. House New York District 13	January 14, 2021	Espaillat announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Brian Schatz	U.S. Senate Hawaii	January 13, 2022	Schatz announced on January 13, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Brad Schneider	U.S. House Illinois District 10	January 12, 2021	Schneider announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Pramila Jayapal	U.S. House Washington District 7	January 11, 2021	Jayapal announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus after sheltering with Republican colleagues who she said refused to wear masks during the January 6 breach of the Capitol.
Bonnie Watson Coleman	U.S. House New Jersey District 12	January 11, 2021	Coleman announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Nancy Mace	U.S. House South Carolina District 1	January 10, 2022 June 23, 2020	Mace announced on January 10, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus. Mace announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus.
Nancy Mace	South Carolina House of Representatives District 99, Candidate, U.S. House South Carolina District 1	January 10, 2022 June 23, 2020	Mace announced on January 10, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus. Mace announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus.
John Katko	U.S. House New York District 24	January 10, 2022	Katko announced on January 10, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Charles Fleischmann	U.S. House Tennessee District 3	January 10, 2021	Fleischmann announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
David Valadao	Representative-elect, U.S. House California District 21	January 1, 2021	Valadao announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ronald Wright	U.S. House Texas District 6	February 7, 2021	Wright died from complications related to COVID-19.
Brett Guthrie	U.S. House Kentucky District 2	December 8, 2021	Guthrie announced on December 8, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Robert Aderholt	U.S. House Alabama District 4	December 4, 2020	On December 4, 2020, Aderholt announced he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Ayanna Pressley	U.S. House Massachusetts District 7	December 31, 2021	Pressley announced on December 31, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Maria Elvira Salazar	U.S. House Florida District 27	December 31, 2020	Salazar announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Bill Pascrell	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	December 30, 2021	Pascrell announced on December 30, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Doris Matsui	U.S. House California District 6	December 29, 2021	Matsui announced on December 29, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Luke Letlow	Representative-elect, Louisiana's 5th Congressional District	December 29, 2020	Letlow died from complications related to COVID-19.
Gwen Moore	U.S. House Wisconsin District 4	December 28, 2020	On December 28, 2020, Moore announced she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Bobby Rush	U.S. House Illinois District 1	December 27, 2021	Rush announced on December 27, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Kaiali'i Kahele	U.S. House Hawaii District 2	December 26, 2021	Kahele announced on December 26, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Chris Coons	U.S. Senate Delaware	December 23, 2021	Coons announced on December 23, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Jan Schakowsky	U.S. House Illinois District 9	December 23, 2021	Schakowsky announced on December 23, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Rick Larsen	U.S. House Washington District 2	December 23, 2020	Larsen announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
James Clyburn	U.S. House South Carolina District 6	December 22, 2021	Clyburn announced on December 22, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Antonio Delgado (New York)	U.S. House New York District 19	December 22, 2021	Delgado announced on December 22, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Barbara Lee (California)	U.S. House California District 13	December 21, 2021	Lee announced on December 21, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Nicole Malliotakis	U.S. House New York District 11	December 21, 2021	Malliotakis announced on December 21, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Maddy Salucka/Barbarasandbox	U.S. House California District 13	December 21, 2021	Lee announced on December 21, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Larry Hogan	Governor of Maryland	December 20, 2021	Hogan announced on December 20, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Matt Cartwright	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8	December 19, 2021 March 18, 2020	Cartwright announced on December 19, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. Cartwright announced he was entering a self-quarantine after learning he had been in contact with a family friend who tested positive for coronavirus.
Matt Cartwright	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8	December 19, 2021 March 18, 2020	Cartwright announced on December 19, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. Cartwright announced he was entering a self-quarantine after learning he had been in contact with a family friend who tested positive for coronavirus.
Jason Crow	U.S. House Colorado District 6	December 19, 2021 March 17, 2020	Crow announced on December 19, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Crow announced his decision to enter into a self-quarantine after learning he had been in contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus.
Jason Crow	U.S. House Colorado District 6	December 19, 2021 March 17, 2020	Crow announced on December 19, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Crow announced his decision to enter into a self-quarantine after learning he had been in contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus.
Cory Booker	U.S. Senate, New Jersey	December 19, 2021	Booker announced on December 19, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Elizabeth Warren	U.S. Senate, Massachusetts	December 19, 2021	Warren announced on December 19, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Mike Rogers (Alabama)	U.S. House Alabama District 3	December 17, 2020	Rogers announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Cedric Richmond	U.S. House Louisiana District 2	December 17, 2020	Announced that Richmond had tested positive for coronavirus.
David Bernhardt	U.S. Secretary of the Interior	December 16, 2020	Bernhardt announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Joe Wilson (South Carolina)	U.S. House South Carolina District 2	December 16, 2020	Wilson announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Barry Loudermilk	U.S. House Georgia District 11	December 15, 2020	Loudermilk announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ken Calvert	U.S. House California District 42	December 15, 2020	Calvert announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus in late November.
Ted Budd	U.S. House North Carolina District 13	December 1, 2020	Budd announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ralph Norman	U.S. House South Carolina District 5	August 5, 2021	Norman announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated before he contracted the virus.
Rodney Davis (Illinois)	U.S. House Illinois District 13	August 5, 2020	Davis announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Michael Doyle (Pennsylvania Congress)	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 18	August 25, 2021	Doyle announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Jenniffer González-Colón	U.S. House Puerto Rico At-large District	August 24, 2020	Gonzalez-Colon announced on Facebook that she tested positive for coronavirus.
Dan Meuser	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 9	August 22, 2020	Meuser announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Bill Cassidy	U.S. Senate Louisiana	August 20, 2020	Cassidy announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Lindsey Graham	U.S. Senate, South Carolina	August 2, 2021	Graham announced he tested positive for COVID-19. Graham said he had previously received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Roger Wicker	U.S. Senate Mississippi	August 19, 2021	Philip Waller, Wicker's communications director, issued a statement saying Wicker tested positive for COVID-19. He said Wicker was fully vaccinated.
John Hickenlooper	U.S. Senate Colorado	August 19, 2021	Hickenlooper announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He received his second COVID-19 shot on January 21, 2021.
Angus King	U.S. Senate Maine	August 19, 2021	King announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated.
Troy Nehls	U.S. House Texas District 22	August 18, 2021	Nehls announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time of his positive test.
Neal Dunn	U.S. House Florida District 2	April 9, 2020	Dunn announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.

State

Ballotpedia identified 266 diagnosed politicians, candidates, and government officials at the state level.

Name	Office	Date	Status
Gerald Neal	Kentucky State Senate District 33	September 8, 2020	Neal announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Attica Scott	Kentucky House of Representatives District 41	September 6, 2020	Scott announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
Beau LaFave	Michigan House of Representatives District 108	September 29, 2020	LaFave announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ralph Northam	Governor of Virginia	September 25, 2020	Northam announced that he and his wife had tested positive for coronavirus.
Katrina Shealy	South Carolina State Senate District 23	September 24, 2020	Shealy announced that she and her husband had tested positive for coronavirus.
Evan Vickers	Utah State Senate District 28	September 23, 2021	Vickers announced on September 23, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Mike Parson	Governor of Missouri	September 23, 2020	Parson announced that he and his wife had tested positive for coronavirus.
Tom Takubo	West Virginia State Senate District 17	September 21, 2020	Takubo announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Fred Hawkins	Candidate, Florida House of Representatives District 42	September 21, 2020	Hawkins announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
Sam Yingling	Illinois House of Representatives District 62	September 21, 2020	On September 21, a spokesperson for Yingling announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus and began self-quarantining.
Rebecca Kleefisch	Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin	September 17, 2021	Kleefisch tested positive for COVID-19.
Eloise Vitelli	Maine State Senate District 19	September 15, 2021	Vitelli announced she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated before she contracted the virus.
Troy Dale Jackson	Maine State Senate District 1	September 14, 2021	Jackson announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Bob Peterson (Ohio)	Ohio State Senate District 17	September 14, 2020	The Columbus Dispatch reported that Peterson had tested positive for coronavirus.
Pamela Evette	Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina	September 14, 2020	a representative for Gov. McMaster (R) announced that Evette had tested positive for coronavirus and was quarantining at home.
Loretta H. Rush	Indiana Supreme Court	September 13, 2020	Rush announced on September 13 that she had tested positive for coronavirus and was quarantining at home.
Dan Sparks (Minnesota)	Minnesota State Senate District 27	October 8, 2020	Sparks announced he had tested positive for coronavirus on October 8.
Stacy Garrity	Candidate, Pennsylvania Treasurer	October 5, 2020	Garrity's campaign announced she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Lorenzo Sierra	Arizona House of Representatives District 19	October 5, 2020	Arizona House Democrats announced that Sierra had been admitted to the hospital due to complications related to COVID-19.
Peggy Flanagan	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota	October 30, 2021	Flanagan announced on October 30, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was fully vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Jim Ott	Wisconsin State Assembly District 23	October 3, 2020	Ott announced that he was self-quarantining after attending an event with Senator Ron Johnson (R), who later tested positive for coronavirus.
Cecile Bledsoe	Arkansas State Senate District 3	October 26, 2020	Arkansas state Senate president Jim Hendren announced that Bledsoe had tested positive for COVID-19.
Manuel Guzman	Candidate, Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 127	October 26, 2020	On October 29, 2020, Guzman announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Robert Burch Jr.	Candidate, Utah House of Representatives District 30	October 24, 2020	Burch announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Charlene Fite	Arkansas House of Representatives District 80	October 24, 2020	Fite announced on Facebook that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
Dan McCay	Utah State Senate District 11	October 24, 2020	McCay announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Fatima Dirie	Candidate, Utah House of Representatives District 33	October 24, 2020	Dirie announced she tested positive for COVID-19.
Alessandra Biaggi	New York State Senate District 34	October 22, 2021	Biaggi announced on October 22, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was fully vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Will Ainsworth	Lieutenant Governor of Alabama	October 21, 2020	On October 21, 2020, Ainsworth announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus and that he would self-quarantine.
Joe Miller (Ohio House District 53)	Ohio House of Representatives District 56	October 2, 2020	Miller announced on Twitter that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Steven Haugaard	South Dakota House of Representatives District 10	October 19, 2020	Haugaard announced he had spent the last two weeks battling coronavirus.
David Welter	Illinois House of Representatives District 75	October 16, 2020	Welter announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Blake Moore	Candidate, U.S. House Utah District 1	October 16, 2020	Moore announced he been diagnosed with coronavirus.
Gary VanDeaver	Texas House of Representatives District 1	October 13, 2020	VanDeaver announced he had tested positive for coronaviurs.
Lora Reinbold	Alaska State Senate District G	October 12, 2021	Reinbold announced on October 12, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19.
Meg Froelich	Colorado House of Representatives District 3	October 1, 2020	Froelich announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
James Gregory (Pennsylvania)	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 80	October 1, 2020	Gregory announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Paul Schemel	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 90	October 1, 2020	Schemel announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
D. Ryan McCabe	South Carolina House of Representatives District 96	October 1, 2020	McCabe announced on Facebook that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ashley Hinson	Iowa House of Representatives District 67	November 9, 2020	Hinson announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mike Groene	Nebraska State Senate District 42	November 9, 2020	Groene announced that he had contracted COVID-19 in late October.
Ray Rodrigues	Florida State Senate District 27	November 9, 2020	Rodrigues announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Jeff Hoverson	North Dakota House of Representatives District 3	November 8, 2021	Hoverson announced on November 8, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Geraldine Thompson	Florida House of Representatives District 44	November 8, 2020	Thompson announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Jim Ananich	Michigan State Senate District 27	November 6, 2020	Ananich announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Sean Ryan	New York State Senate District 60	November 3, 2021	Ryan announced on November 3, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Jenny Graham (Washington)	Washington House of Representatives District 6-Position 2	November 3, 2020	Graham announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19 and was recovering at home.
Todd Rokita	Attorney General-elect of Indiana	November 3, 2020	Rokita announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Kerry Benninghoff	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 171	November 29, 2021	Benninghoff announced on November 29, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Mark Gillen	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 128	November 29, 2021	Gillen announced on November 29, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Chris Welch	Illinois House of Representatives District 7	November 29, 2020	Welch announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Richard Bennett (Maine)	member-elect of the Maine State Senate, District 19	November 29, 2020	Bennett announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Jared Polis	Governor of Colorado	November 28, 2020	Polis announced that he and his partner, Marlon Reis, had tested positive for coronavirus.
Arlando Teller	Arizona House of Representatives District 7	November 27, 2020	Teller was admitted to the hospital because of complications related to COVID-19.
Andres Cano	Arizona House of Representatives District 3	November 25, 2020	Cano announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mark Gordon (Wyoming)	Governor of Wyoming	November 25, 2020	Gordon announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Kyra Harris Bolden	Michigan House of Representatives District 35	November 24, 2020	Bolden announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Doyle Heffley	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 122	November 23, 2020	Heffley announced on Facebook that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Sean D. Reyes	Utah Attorney General	November 22, 2021	Reyes announced on November 22, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Jordan Harris	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 186	November 18, 2020	Harris announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Drew Perkins	Wyoming State Senate District 29	November 17, 2020	Perkins announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mike Schultz (Utah)	Utah House of Representatives District 12	November 16, 2021	Schultz announced on November 16, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was not vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Paul Gazelka	Minnesota State Senate District 9	November 15, 2020	Gazelka announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
David Senjem	Minnesota State Senate District 25	November 13, 2020	On November 13, 2020, Senjem announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Josh Revak	Alaska State Senate District M	November 13, 2020	Revak announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Steve Sisolak	Governor of Nevada	November 13, 2020	Sisolak announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Doug Ericksen	Washington State Senate District 42	November 12, 2021	The Seattle Times reported on November 12, 2021, that Ericksen tested positive for COVID-19.
Michelle Hinchey	New York State Senate District 46	November 11, 2021	Hinchey announced on November 11, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was fully vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Jake Corman	Pennsylvania State Senate District 34	November 10, 2021	Corman announced on November 10, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Mallory McMorrow	Michigan State Senate District 13	November 10, 2021	McMorrow announced on November 10, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was fully vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Dayan Hochman-Vigil	New Mexico House of Representatives District 15	November 10, 2020	Hochman announced that she tested positive for COVID-19 after her husband tested positive for the virus in October.
Mike Nearman	Oregon House of Representatives District 23	May 7, 2021	Nearman announced on a radio show on May 7, 2021, that he was sick with COVID-19.
John Raney	Texas House of Representatives District 14	May 6, 2021	Raney announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Mike Moser	Nebraska State Senate District 22	May 25, 2020	On May 25, 2020, a Nebraska state senator who wished to remain anonymous confirmed that Moser had been hospitalized due to COVID-19.
Gerald VandeWalle	North Dakota Supreme Court	May 25, 2020	court officials said VandeWalle had tested positive for coronavirus and was receiving medical treatment.
Debra Lehrmann	Texas Supreme Court Place 3	May 21, 2020	Lehrmann announced that she and her husband tested positive for COVID-19.
Edgar Gonzalez Jr.	Illinois House of Representatives District 21	May 18, 2020	On May 18, 2020, Gonzalez announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Jon Lundberg	Tennessee State Senate District 4	May 14, 2021	Lundberg announced on May 14, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19.
James L. Seward	New York State Senate District 51	March 30, 2020	it was announced that James Seward tested positive for COVID-19.
Brian Smith (Pennsylvania)	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 66	March 29, 2021	Smith announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Matthew Gambill	Georgia House of Representatives District 15	March 27, 2020	Gambill tested positive for coronavirus.
Brian Miller (New York)	New York State Assembly District 101	March 27, 2020	It was announced that Brian Miller tested positive for COVID-19.
Edward James (Louisiana)	Louisiana House of Representatives District 101	March 26, 2020	James tested positive for COVID-19. He began a self-quarantine on March 22, 2020, after experiencing symptoms.
Lester Jackson	Georgia State Senate District 2	March 25, 2020	Jackson announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
Michael Day (Massachusetts)	Massachusetts House of Representatives 31st Middlesex District	March 25, 2020	Day announced he tested tested positive for coronavirus.
Jason Lowe	Oklahoma House of Representatives District 97	March 25, 2020	It was announced that Lowe tested positive for coronavirus.
Paul Rosino	Oklahoma State Senate District 45	March 24, 2020	Rosino announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
Carl Heastie	New York State Assembly District 83	March 23, 2021	Heastie announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Jim Smallwood	Colorado State Senate District 4	March 23, 2020	Jim Smallwood announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
David Bowen (Wisconsin)	Wisconsin State Assembly District 10	March 23, 2020	Bowen tested positive for coronavirus after he came in contact with a fellow local official who had also tested positive.
Nikema Williams	Georgia State Senate District 39	March 23, 2020	Williams announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Joseph Griffo	New York State Senate District 47	March 22, 2021	Griffo announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Bruce Thompson (Georgia)	Georgia State Senate District 14	March 22, 2020	Thompson announced that he tested positive for coronavirus. Previously, he announced a self-quarantine after being hospitalized with an undiagnosed illness.
Luz Escamilla	Utah State Senate District 1	March 22, 2020	Escamilla tested positive for coronavirus.
Brandon Steele	West Virginia House of Delegates District 29	March 21, 2021	On March 21, 2021, Steele announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Clinton Calabrese	New Jersey General Assembly District 36	March 21, 2020	Calabrese announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
Kay Kirkpatrick	Georgia State Senate District 32	March 20, 2020	Kirkpatrick announced she tested positive for coronavirus
Joe Runions	Missouri House of Representatives District 37	March 20, 2020	Runions learned that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Rick Herrick	Candidate, California State Assembly District 33	March 20, 2020	Herrick tested positive for coronavirus.
Clarence Nishihara	Hawaii State Senate District 17	March 20, 2020	Nishihara announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Aaron Bean	Florida State Senate District 4	March 2, 2021	Bean announced that he and his wife tested positive for coronavirus.
Kimberly Jean-Pierre	New York State Assembly District 11	March 19, 2020	Jean-Pierre announced that she tested positive for coronavirus.
Jane Garibay	Connecticut House of Representatives District 60	March 19, 2020	Garibay announced that she tested positive for coronavirus.
Greg Chaney	Idaho House of Representatives District 10B	March 18, 2021	Chaney tested positive for coronavirus.
Julie Yamamoto	Idaho House of Representatives District 10A	March 18, 2021	Yamamoto announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus on March 17.
James Ruchti	Idaho House of Representatives District 29B	March 18, 2021	Ruchti tested positive for coronavirus.
Brandon Beach	Georgia State Senate District 21	March 18, 2020	Beach announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ryan Kerby	Idaho House of Representatives District 9A	March 16, 2021	Kerby announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Terrence Hughes	Candidate, Colorado House of Representatives District 7	March 15, 2020	It was announced that Terrence Hughes tested positive for coronavirus.
Charles Barron	New York State Assembly District 60	March 14, 2020	Barron announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Helene Weinstein	New York State Assembly District 41	March 14, 2020	Weinstein announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Lance Clow	Idaho House of Representatives District 24A	March 12, 2021	Clow announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Bruce Skaug	Idaho House of Representatives District 12A	March 12, 2021	Skaug announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Cynthia Roe	Oklahoma House of Representatives District 42	June 26, 2020	Roe announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
Kwame Raoul	Attorney General of Illinois	June 16, 2020	Raoul announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus.
Jon Huntsman Jr.	Candidate, Governor of Utah	June 10, 2020	Huntsman announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
John Faulkner	Mississippi House of Representatives District 5	July 9, 2020	Faulkner announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Ronnie Crudup Jr.	Mississippi House of Representatives District 71	July 8, 2020	On July 8, 2020, Crudup write in a Facebook post that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Tom Lackey	California State Assembly District 36	July 8, 2020	Lackey's chief of staff announced that Lackey had tested positive for COVID-19.
Earle Banks	Mississippi House of Representatives District 67	July 8, 2020	Banks announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Greg Haney	Mississippi House of Representatives District 118	July 7, 2020	Haney announced that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Kent Calfee	Tennessee House of Representatives District 32	July 7, 2020	Calfee announced on Facebook that he and his wife tested positive for coronavirus.
Autumn Burke	California State Assembly District 62	July 6, 2020	Burke said in a tweet that she had tested positive for coronavirus. She said she was not experiencing any symptoms.
Stephanie Howse-Jones	Ohio House of Representatives District 11	July 6, 2020	Howse announced on Twitter that she tested positive for coronavirus.
Philip Gunn	Mississippi House of Representatives District 56	July 5, 2020	Gunn announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Trey Lamar	Mississippi House of Representatives District 8	July 5, 2020	Lamar confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Tony Tinderholt	Texas House of Representatives District 94	July 31, 2020	Tinderholt announced he tested positive for and was hospitalized because of coronavirus.
Christopher Bowen (Connecticut)	Candidate, Connecticut House of Representatives District 105	July 28, 2020	Bowen announced on Facebook that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Rob Bradley	Florida State Senate District 5	July 28, 2020	Bradley announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
Jason Rapert	Arkansas State Senate District 35	July 23, 2020	Rapert announced that he was in the hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.
Randy Fine	Florida House of Representatives District 53	July 22, 2020	Fine announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Ashley B. Moody	Attorney General of Florida	July 21, 2021	Moody announced in a tweet that she had tested positive for coronavirus. She said in the tweet that she had gotten a COVID-19 vaccine earlier in the year.
Max Wise	Kentucky State Senate District 16	July 20, 2020	Wise announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
William Brown (Mississippi)	Mississippi House of Representatives District 70	July 2, 2020	Brown announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Shevrin Jones	Florida House of Representatives District 101	July 2, 2020	Jones announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Renee Swann	Candidate, Texas' 17th Congressional District	July 2, 2020	On July 2, 2020, Swann announced she and her husband had tested positive for coronavirus.
Julia Salazar	New York State Senate District 18	July 2, 2020	New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) announced in a press release that Salazar had tested positive for COVID-19.
Manly Barton	Mississippi House of Representatives District 109	July 16, 2020	Rep. John Read (R) announced on Facebook that Barton was hospitalized with COVID-19.
Kevin Stitt	Governor of Oklahoma	July 15, 2020	Stitt announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Anthony Williams (Pennsylvania)	Pennsylvania State Senate District 8	July 14, 2020	Williams announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Randy Price	Alabama State Senate District 13	July 11, 2020	Price was hospitalized due to COVID-19.
Danny Earl Britt	North Carolina State Senate District 13	July 10, 2020	Britt announced on Twitter that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Garlin Gilchrist II	Lieutenant Governor of Michigan	January 9, 2022	Gilchrist announced on January 9, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Andy Billig	Washington State Senate District 3	January 8, 2022	Billig announced on January 8, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Abdullah Hammoud	Michigan House of Representatives District 15	January 8, 2021	Hammoud announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
David Bedey	Montana House of Representatives District 86	January 8, 2021	Bedey announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
John Lovick	Washington State Senate District 44	January 7, 2022	Lovick announced on January 7, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Delbert Hosemann	Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi	January 5, 2022 July 7, 2020	Hosemann announced on January 5, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Hosemann tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement released by his spokesperson.
Delbert Hosemann	Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi	January 5, 2022 July 7, 2020	Hosemann announced on January 5, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Hosemann tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement released by his spokesperson.
Josh Becker	California State Senate District 13	January 5, 2022	Becker announced on January 5, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Summer Lee	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 34	January 5, 2021	Lee announced on Twitter that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Molly Mitchell Spearman	South Carolina Superintendent of Education	January 4, 2021	Spearman announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Amy Nielsen	Iowa House of Representatives District 77	January 30, 2021	Nielsen announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Heidi Ganahl	Colorado gubernatorial candidate	January 3, 2022	Ganahl announced on January 3, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19.
Scott Wilk	California State Senate District 21	January 3, 2022	Wilk announced on January 3, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Dan Patrick	Lieutenant Governor of Texas	January 3, 2022	Patrick announced on January 3, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Michael V. Lee (North Carolina State Senate)	North Carolina State Senate District 9	January 28, 2021	Lee announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Todd Weiler	Utah State Senate District 23	January 25, 2021	State Senate President J. Stuart Adams announced Weiler tested positive for coronavirus.
Loranne Ausley	Florida State Senate District 3	January 25, 2021	Ausley announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Jason Shoaf	Florida House of Representatives District 7	January 24, 2021	Shoaf announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Carl Sherman Sr. (Texas House of Representatives)	Texas House of Representatives District 109	January 22, 2021	Sherman announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Andrew Koenig	Missouri State Senate District 15	January 22, 2021	Koenig announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Robert Tomlinson	Pennsylvania State Senate District 6	January 21, 2021	Tomlinson announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Lanny Fite	Arkansas House of Representatives District 23	January 20, 2021	Fite announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mike Harmon	Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts	January 2, 2021	Harmon announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
William Rabon	North Carolina State Senate District 8	January 18, 2021	Rabon announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Keith Slape	Arkansas House of Representatives District 83	January 18, 2021	Slape announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Brian Turner (North Carolina)	North Carolina House of Representatives District 116	January 18, 2021	Turner announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Terry Wanzek	North Dakota State Senate District 29	January 18, 2021	Wanzek announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Aaron Kaufer	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 120	January 17, 2021	Kaufer announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Patty Kim	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 103	January 15, 2021	Kim announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Freddie Sims	Georgia State Senate District 12	January 15, 2021	Sims announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
James Allard	New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 21	January 14, 2022	Allard announced on January 14, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Mari Leavitt	Washington House of Representatives District 28-Position 1	January 14, 2022	Leavitt announced on January 14, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Matthew Bradford	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 90	January 14, 2021	Bradford announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Joe Deshotel	Texas House of Representatives District 22	January 14, 2021	Deshotel announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Fran Nutter-Upham	New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33	January 13, 2022	Nutter-Upham announced on January 13, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Maurice West II	Illinois House of Representatives District 67	January 13, 2022	West announced on January 13, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Milton Nicks Jr.	Arkansas House of Representatives District 50	January 13, 2021	Nicks announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mike Dugan	Georgia State Senate District 30	January 12, 2021	Dugan announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Chuck Grassie	New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11	January 11, 2022	Grassie announced on January 11, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Jim Justice	Governor of West Virginia	January 11, 2022	Justice announced on January 11, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Fiona Nave	Montana House of Representatives District 57	January 11, 2021	Nave announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Nancy Mace	U.S. House South Carolina District 1	January 10, 2022 June 23, 2020	Mace announced on January 10, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus. Mace announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus.
Nancy Mace	South Carolina House of Representatives District 99, Candidate, U.S. House South Carolina District 1	January 10, 2022 June 23, 2020	Mace announced on January 10, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus. Mace announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus.
Kathleen Passidomo	Florida State Senate District 28	January 10, 2021	Passidomo announced she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Aaron Aylward	South Dakota House of Representatives District 6	February 8, 2021	Aylward announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Jim Boyd	Florida State Senate District 21	February 8, 2021	Boyd announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Deb Goldberg	Massachusetts Treasurer	February 7, 2021	Goldberg announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Brian Putnam	Montana House of Representatives District 9	February 7, 2021	Putnam announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Natasha Marcus	North Carolina State Senate District 41	February 3, 2021	Marcus announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mike Dunleavy	Governor of Alaska	February 24, 2021	Dunleavy announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Mike Cronk	Alaska House of Representatives District 6	February 24, 2021	Cronk announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Bride Rose Sweeney	Ohio House of Representatives District 14	February 23, 2021	Sweeney announced on Twitter that she tested positive for coronavirus.
Dan Daley	Florida House of Representatives District 97	February 22, 2021	Daley announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Susan J. Serino	New York State Senate District 41	February 22, 2021	Serino announced on Twitter that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Steve Bair	Idaho State Senate District 31	February 16, 2021	Bair announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Hugh Bartels	South Dakota House of Representatives District 5	February 15, 2021	Bartels announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Will Mortenson	South Dakota House of Representatives District 24	February 12, 2021	Mortenson announced in a tweet that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ross Fitzgerald	Montana House of Representatives District 17	February 12, 2021	Fitzgerald announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Katrina Jackson	Louisiana State Senate District 34	February 12, 2021	Jackson announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Taffy Howard	South Dakota House of Representatives District 33	February 11, 2021	Howard announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Nancy York	South Dakota House of Representatives District 5	February 11, 2021	York announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Becky Beard	Montana House of Representatives District 80	February 10, 2021	State Sen. Jason Ellsworth, who chairs the COVID-19 panel, announced Beard tested positive for coronavirus.
Tarah Toohil	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 116	February 10, 2021	Toohil announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Tamara St. John	South Dakota House of Representatives District 1	February 10, 2021	St. John announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Roberto Gonzales	New Mexico State Senate District 6	December 9, 2021	Gonzales announced on December 9, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
John Rogers (Ohio)	Ohio House of Representatives District 60	December 9, 2020	Rogers announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Tom Wolf	Governor of Pennsylvania	December 9, 2020	Wolf announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mike Reese (Pennsylvania)	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 59	December 7, 2020	Reese announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
George Borrello	New York State Senate District 57	December 7, 2020	Borrello announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
David Byrd (Tennessee)	Tennessee House of Representatives District 71	December 6, 2020	Byrd was hospitalized and diagnosed with COVID-19.
Marielle Bricker/Juliana Stratton	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois	December 30, 2021	Stratton announced on December 30, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Juliana Stratton	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois	December 30, 2021	Stratton announced on December 30, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Grace Diaz	Rhode Island House of Representatives District 11	December 30, 2020	On December 30, 2020, Diaz announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Thaddeus Jones	Illinois House of Representatives District 29	December 3, 2021	Jones announced on December 3, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
John Schroder (Louisiana)	Louisiana State Treasurer	December 3, 2020	the treasurer's office announced Schroder had been hospitalized for coronavirus.
Ronald Caldwell	Arkansas State Senate District 23	December 3, 2020	Caldwell announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus the week before, and had been at home recovering.
Sabina Matos	Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island	December 28, 2021	Matos announced on December 28, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Dennis Bonnen	Texas House of Representatives District 25	December 27, 2020	Bonnen announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Bob Ferguson	Washington Attorney General	December 23, 2021	Ferguson announced on December 23, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Henry McMaster	Governor of South Carolina	December 22, 2020	McMaster announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Thomas Huff (Kentucky)	Kentucky House of Representatives District 49	December 22, 2020	Huff announced on Facebook that he was in the hospital with COVID-19.
Tim Walz	Governor of Minnesota	December 21, 2021 March 17, 2021	Walz announced on December 21, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. On March 17, 2021, Walz said he would self-quarantine after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19.
Tim Walz	Governor of Minnesota	December 21, 2021 March 17, 2021	Walz announced on December 21, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. On March 17, 2021, Walz said he would self-quarantine after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19.
Sandy McGarry	South Carolina House of Representatives District 44	December 2, 2020	McGarry announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus shortly after Thanksgiving.
Jerry Relph	Minnesota State Senate District 14	December 18, 2020	Relph passed away from complications related to coronavirus. Relph announced he had tested positive for coronavirus on November 16, 2020.
Walter Timilty	Massachusetts State Senate Norfolk, Bristol, and Plymouth District	December 17, 2020	Timilty announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Billy Nungesser	Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana	December 17, 2020	Nungesser announced on Twitter that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Wilton Simpson	Florida State Senate District 10	December 14, 2020	Simpson announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Kimberly Rice (New Hampshire)	New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 37	December 14, 2020	Rice announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Joseph Hohenstein	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 177	December 13, 2021	Hohenstein announced on December 13, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Reynold Nesiba	South Dakota State Senate District 15	December 12, 2020	Nesiba announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Todd Huston	Indiana House of Representatives District 37	December 10, 2020	Huston announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Barry J. Jozwiak	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 5	December 10, 2020	Jozwiak announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Dexter Sharper	Georgia House of Representatives District 177	December 10, 2020	Sharper tested positive for coronavirus.
John Yudichak	Pennsylvania State Senate District 14	December 10, 2020	Yudichak announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Carlton Wing	Arkansas House of Representatives District 38	December 10, 2020	Wing announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ray Holmberg	North Dakota State Senate District 17	December 10, 2020	Holmberg announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Deidre Henderson	Utah State Senate District 7	August 8, 2020	Henderson announced on Twitter that she tested positive for coronavirus.
Christopher Latvala	Florida House of Representatives District 67	August 30, 2020	Latvala announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Sara Walsh	Missouri House of Representatives District 50	August 3, 2021	Walsh announced on Facebook that she and her husband contracted COVID-19.
Bill Beck (Tennessee)	Tennessee House of Representatives District 51	August 27, 2020	Beck announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Bryce Reeves	Virginia State Senate District 17	August 25, 2020	Reeves announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Dan McConchie	Illinois State Senate District 26	August 20, 2021	McConchie announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Alice Forgy Kerr	Kentucky State Senate District 12	August 2, 2021	Forgy Kerr announced she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was fully vaccinated when she contracted the virus.
Tom Barrett (Michigan)	Michigan State Senate District 24	August 2, 2020	Barrett announced he tested positive for coronavirus after a screening as part of his Army National Guard duties.
Ron Ryckman	Kansas House of Representatives District 78	August 2, 2020	Ryckman announced that he tested positive for coronavirus in July and was briefly hospitalized.
Greg Abbott	Governor of Texas	August 17, 2021	Abbott announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Tina Maharath	Ohio State Senate District 3	August 17, 2020	Maharath announced that she tested positive for coronavirus, along with two of her relatives.
André Jacque	Wisconsin State Senate District 1	August 16, 2021	Jacque announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Don Harmon (Illinois)	Illinois State Senate District 39	August 16, 2021	Harmon announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated before he contracted the virus.
Mike Carter (Tennessee representative)	Tennessee House of Representatives District 29	August 16, 2020	Rep. Jeremy Faison (R), Chairman of the House Republican Caucus, told Republican members of the House that Carter had been hospitalized with COVID-19 in an email.
Brian Jones (California)	California State Senate District 38	August 16, 2020	Jones announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Kel Seliger	Texas State Senate District 31	August 12, 2020	Seliger announced on Twitter that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Les Warren	Arkansas House of Representatives District 25	April 6, 2020	Warren announced he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Greg Gianforte	Governor of Montana	April 5, 2021	Gianforte announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Michael Fesi	Louisiana State Senate District 20	April 29, 2021	Fesi tested positive for COVID-19.
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung	Candidate, Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15	April 28, 2020	On April 28, 2020, Fenton-Fung announced that she tested positive for COVID-19.
Dale Folwell	North Carolina Treasurer	April 2, 2020	Folwell tested positive for COVID-19.
Bryan Cutler	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 100	April 15, 2021	On April 15, Cutler's office announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Delores McQuinn	Virginia House of Delegates District 70	April 15, 2020	McQuinn announced she tested positive for COVID-19 and was recovering at home.
Kimberly Lightford	Illinois State Senate District 4	April 14, 2021	Lightford announced she tested positive for COVID-19.
Chris Larson	Wisconsin State Senate District 7	April 14, 2021	Larson announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Reginald Murdock	Arkansas House of Representatives District 48	April 1, 2020	A spokeswoman for Murdock announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Vivian Flowers	Arkansas House of Representatives District 17	April 1, 2020	Flowers tested positive for COVID-19.

Local

Ballotpedia identified 63 diagnosed politicians, candidates, and government officials at the local level.

Name	Office	Date	Status
Darrell Steinberg	Mayor of Sacramento	September 10, 2021	Steinberg announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated when he contracted the virus.
Jim Strickland	Mayor of Memphis	September 10, 2021	Strickland announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
John D. Moss	Virginia Beach City Council At-large	October 5, 2020	Moss announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Eric Johnson (Texas)	Mayor of Dallas	October 26, 2021	Johnson announced on October 26, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Mike Coffman (Colorado)	Mayor of Aurora	October 25, 2020	Coffman announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Kendra Lara	Boston City Council District 6	November 6, 2021	Lara announced on November 6, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was fully vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Daniella Levine Cava	Mayor of Miami-Dade County	November 30, 2020	Levine Cava announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Eric Garcetti	Mayor of Los Angeles	November 3, 2021 December 17, 2020	Garcetti announced on November 3, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Garcetti announced he and his wife were self-quarantining at home after their daughter tested positive for COVID-19.
Eric Garcetti	Mayor of Los Angeles	November 3, 2021 December 17, 2020	Garcetti announced on November 3, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Garcetti announced he and his wife were self-quarantining at home after their daughter tested positive for COVID-19.
Scott Wilson (Florida)	Jacksonville City Council District 4	November 3, 2020	Wilson announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Victoria Seaman	Las Vegas City Council Ward 2	November 23, 2020	Seaman announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Betsy Price	Mayor of Fort Worth	November 19, 2020	Price announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
Jerry Dyer	Mayor-elect of Fresno	November 10, 2020	Dyer announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
John J. Lee (Nevada)	Mayor of North Las Vegas	May 17, 2021	Lee announced that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Letitia Plummer	Houston City Council At-large Position 4	May 11, 2020	Plummer announced she tested positive for COVID-19 and was self-quarantining at home while recovering.
Darius G. Pridgen	Buffalo Common Council Ellicott District	March 29, 2020	On March 29, 2020, Pridgen announced that he had tested posititive for coronavirus.
Melinda Katz	Queens County District Attorney	March 28, 2020	Katz tested positive for COVID-19.
Paula McCraney	Louisville Metro Council District 7	March 28, 2020	McCraney tested positive for COVID-19.
Rolando R. Lavarro Jr.	Jersey City Council At-large	March 27, 2020	Lavarro announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
Andrea Cardenas	Candidate, Chula Vista City Council District 4	March 26, 2020	On March 26, 2020, Andrea Cardenas tested positive for COVID-19.
Kelvin Barrios	Candidate, San Diego City Council District 9	March 21, 2020	Kelvin Barrios announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
Chris Sloan (Oklahoma)	Oklahoma City District Attorney	March 20, 2020	Sloan tested positive for coronavirus after learning a friend he traveled with also tested positive.
Inez Barron	New York City Council District 42	March 19, 2020	Barron tested positive for coronavirus.
Ritchie Torres	New York City Council District 15	March 16, 2020	Torres tested positive for coronavirus.
Sam Newby	Jacksonville City Council At-large Position 5	March 14, 2020	Newby tested positive for coronavirus.
Steve Padilla	Chula Vista City Council District 3	March 14, 2020	Steve Padilla announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
Francis Suarez	Mayor of Miami	March 13, 2020	Suarez tested positive for coronavirus.On March 31, 2020, Suarez announced he tested negative for a second time and ended his quarantine.
Cary Moon (Texas)	Fort Worth City Council District 4	June 25, 2020	Moon announced he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Keisha Lance Bottoms	Mayor of Atlanta	July 6, 2020	Bottoms announced on Twitter that she had tested positive for coronavirus but did not have symptoms.
Richard Moore III (Louisiana)	Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court	July 3, 2020	Moore's wife, Sheryl DeMetz Moore, announced on Facebook he had been hospitalized due to COVID-19.
Lisa Wheeler-Bowman	St. Petersburg City Council District 7	July 14, 2020	Wheeler-Bowman announced revealed that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Carrie Austin	Chicago City Council Ward 34	July 13, 2020	Austin announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Yassamin Ansari	Phoeniz, Arizona City Councilwoman	January 7, 2022	Ansari announced on January 7, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Kate Gallego	Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona	January 7, 2022	Gallego announced on January 7, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Francisco Heredia	Mesa City Council District 3	January 6, 2021	Heredia announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
John Dailey	Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida	January 5, 2022	Dailey announced on January 5, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Lenny Curry	Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida	January 4, 2022	Curry announced on January 4, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Kenneth Welch	Mayor-elect of St. Petersburg, Florida	January 3, 2022	Welch announced on January 3, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Levar Stoney	Mayor of Richmond	January 27, 2021	Stoney announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Kevin Carrico	Jacksonville City Council District 4	January 26, 2021	Carrico announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus. He entered the emergency room on Jan. 28.
Charlie Miranda	Tampa City Council District 2 At-Large	January 21, 2021	Miranda announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ruby Faye Woolridge	Arlington City Council District 6	January 15, 2021	Woolridge announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Lori Lightfoot	Mayor of Chicago, Illinois	January 11, 2022	Lightfoot announced on January 11, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.
Jim Langfelder	Mayor of Springfield, Illinois	January 10, 2022	Langfelder announced on January 10, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Michael B. Hancock	Mayor of Denver, Colorado	January 1, 2022	Hancock announced on January 1, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Clayton Perry	San Antonio City Council District 10	February 2, 2021	Perry announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Jessica Haller	Candidate, New York City Council District 11	February 2, 2021	Haller announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mark Squilla	Philadelphia City Council District 1	December 9, 2020	Squilla announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Austin Quinn-Davidson	Mayor of Anchorage	December 6, 2020	SQuinn-Davidson announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Quinton Lucas	Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri	December 31, 2021 March 17, 2020	Lucas announced on December 31, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Lucas self-quarantined after two council members were informed that they might have been exposed to coronavirus after attending a conference.
Quinton Lucas	Mayor of Kansas City	December 31, 2021 March 17, 2020	Lucas announced on December 31, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Lucas self-quarantined after two council members were informed that they might have been exposed to coronavirus after attending a conference.
Randall Woodfin	Mayor of Birmingham	December 30, 2020	Woodfin's office announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Shannon Hardin	City Council President of Columbus, Ohio	December 28, 2021	Hardin announced on December 28, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
John Cranley	Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio	December 24, 2021	Cranley announced on December 24, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Ras J. Baraka	Mayor of Newark, New Jersey	December 23, 2021	Baraka announced on December 23, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Steven Fulop	Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey	December 23, 2021	Fulop announced on December 23, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Andre Dickens	Mayor-elect of Atlanta, Georgia	December 21, 2021	Dickens announced on December 21, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Chokwe Antar Lumumba	Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi	December 21, 2021	Lumumba announced on December 21, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Aaron Bowman (Florida)	Jacksonville City Council District 3	December 21, 2020	Bowman announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Sylvester Turner	Mayor of Houston, Texas	December 17, 2021	Turner announced on December 17, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.
Trayon White	City Councilman for Washington, D.C.	December 17, 2021	White announced on December 17, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Michael Scott Jr.	Chicago City Council Ward 24	August 6, 2020	Scott announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Brenda Jones (Michigan)	Detroit City Council At-large	April 2, 2020	Jones announced she tested positive for COVID-19.
Barry Grodenchik	New York City Council District 23	April 2, 2020	Grodenchik announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
Paul Vallone	New York City Council District 19	April 1, 2020	Vallone announced he tested positive for COVID-19.

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Self-quarantined incumbents, candidates, and government officials

The following is a list of political incumbents, candidates, and government officials who were self-quarantined or isolated after possible exposure to coronavirus.

Federal

Ballotpedia identified 32 politicians, candidates, and government officials at the federal level who were self-quarantined.

Name	Office	Date	Status
William Barr	U.S. Attorney General	October 4, 2020	A Justice Department spokesperson said Barr was self-quarantining and had tested negative for COVID-19 four times since October 2.. Barr had attended a White House event announcing Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, on September 26.
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	U.S. House Florida District 26	May 22, 2020	Mucarsel-Powell announced that she was self-quarantining after visiting a nursing home on behalf of constituents. Several people at the nursing home had tested positive for coronavirus.
Lamar Alexander	U.S. Senate Tennessee	May 11, 2020	Alexander announced he would self-quarantine for 14 days after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19. According to his chief of staff, Alexander tested negative for the virus on May 7.
Doug Collins	U.S. House Georgia District 9	March 9, 2020	Collins announced he would self-quarantine following his exposure to an individual who had tested positive for coronavirus.
Ted Cruz	U.S. Senator, Texas	March 9, 2020	Cruz announced on March 9, 2020, that he would self-quarantine following his potential exposure to the coronavirus. He announced the end of his self-quarantine on March 17.
Paul Gosar	U.S. House Arizona District 4	March 9, 2020	Gosar announced he would self-quarantine following his exposure to an individual who had tested positive for coronavirus.
Julia Brownley	U.S. House California District 26	March 9, 2020	Brownley announced she would self-quarantine following a meeting with someone later diagnosed with coronavirus.
Nydia Velazquez	U.S. House New York District 7	March 30, 2020	After speaking to the House attending physician, Velazquez announced that she likely contracted COVID-19 and is self-quarantined.
Kelly Armstrong (North Dakota)	U.S. House North Dakota At-large District	March 27, 2020	Armstrong announced that he would self-quarantine for two weeks after returning to North Dakota from Washington D.C.
Seth Moulton	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	March 25, 2020	Moulton self-quarantined for COVID-19.
Xochitl Torres Small	U.S. House New Mexico District 2	March 20, 2020	Torres Small announced a two-week self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus.
Frederica Wilson	U.S. House Florida District 24	March 19, 2020	Wilson announced a self-quarantine after a member of the U.S. House she previously had contact with tested positive for coronavirus.
David Price	U.S. House North Carolina District 4	March 19, 2020	Price announced a voluntary self-quarantine after being in contact with a congressman who tested positive for coronavirus.
Tom Cole (Oklahoma)	U.S. House Oklahoma District 4	March 19, 2020	Cole announced a voluntary self-quarantine after being in contact with a colleagues who tested positive for coronavirus.
Stephanie Murphy	U.S. House Florida District 7	March 19, 2020	Murphy announced she was entering a self-quarantine after learning another member of Congress tested positive for coronavirus.
Anthony Brindisi	U.S. House New York District 22	March 19, 2020	Brindisi announced that he will self-quarantine after he was in close contact with one of two congressmen to test positive for coronavirus.
Kendra Horn	U.S. House Oklahoma District 5	March 19, 2020	Horn announced a self-quarantine after a member of the U.S. House she previously had contact with tested positive for coronavirus.
Sharice Davids	U.S. House Kansas District 3	March 19, 2020	Davids announced a voluntary self-quarantine after being in contact with a congressman who tested positive for coronavirus.
Steve Scalise	U.S. House Louisiana District 1	March 18, 2020	Scalise announced that he was entering a self-quarantine for two weeks after learning U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart tested positive for coronavirus.
Ann Wagner	U.S. House Missouri District 2	March 18, 2020	Wagner announced a self-quarantine after a colleague she had participated in a small group meeting with tested positive for coronavirus.
Kathleen Rice	U.S. House New York District 4	March 18, 2020	Rice announced she was entering a self-quarantine after learning she had been in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
Cory Gardner	U.S. Senate, Colorado	March 17, 2020	Gardner announced he was entering a self-quarantine after learning he had met with a constituent who later tested positive for coronavirus.
John Yarmuth	U.S. House Kentucky District 3	March 16, 2020	Yarmuth announced that he would self-quarantine after discovering that he had attended an event alongside two individuals who tested positive for coronavirus.
Ben Ray Luján	U.S. House New Mexico District 3	March 16, 2020	Lujan announced that he would self-quarantine after a brief interaction with an individual who later tested positive for coronavirus.
David Schweikert	U.S. House Arizona District 6	March 15, 2020	Schweikert announced he would self-quarantine after tweeting that he had interacted with a member of his staff that tested positive for coronavirus.
Betsy Londrigan	Candidate, U.S. House Illinois District 13	March 15, 2020	Londrigan announced she would self-quarantine after she had been exposed to a person who had tested positive for coronavirus.
Don Beyer	U.S. House Virginia District 8	March 10, 2020	Beyer announced a self-quarantine after learning that a friend he interacted with tested positive for coronavirus.
Matt Gaetz	U.S. House Florida District 1	March 10, 2020	Gaetz announced he would self-quarantine following his exposure to an individual who had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mark Warner	U.S. Senate Virginia	January 27, 2021	Warner announced that he would self-quarantine after a possible exposure to COVID-19.
David Kustoff	U.S. House Tennessee District 8	January 19, 2021	Kustoff announced that he would self-quarantine after a possible exposure to COVID-19.
Matt Cartwright	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8	December 19, 2021 March 18, 2020	Cartwright announced on December 19, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. Cartwright announced he was entering a self-quarantine after learning he had been in contact with a family friend who tested positive for coronavirus.
Matt Cartwright	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8	December 19, 2021 March 18, 2020	Cartwright announced on December 19, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. Cartwright announced he was entering a self-quarantine after learning he had been in contact with a family friend who tested positive for coronavirus.
Jason Crow	U.S. House Colorado District 6	December 19, 2021 March 17, 2020	Crow announced on December 19, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Crow announced his decision to enter into a self-quarantine after learning he had been in contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus.
Jason Crow	U.S. House Colorado District 6	December 19, 2021 March 17, 2020	Crow announced on December 19, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Crow announced his decision to enter into a self-quarantine after learning he had been in contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus.

State

Ballotpedia identified 74 politicians, candidates, and government officials at the state level who were self-quarantined.

Name	Office	Date	Status
Larry Obhof	Ohio State Senate District 22	September 14, 2020	Obhof announced that he was self-quarantining at home after interacting with a senator who later tested positive for coronavirus.
Melissa Shusterman	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 157	October 3, 2020	Shusterman announced that she would self-quarantine after state Rep. Paul Schemel tested positive for coronavirus.
Phil Murphy (New Jersey)	Governor of New Jersey	October 21, 2020	Murphy announced he would enter a self-quarantine after a member of his family tested positive for COVID-19.
Jason Lewis (Minnesota)	Candidate, U.S. Senate Minnesota	October 1, 2020	Lewis announced that he would self-quarantine after flying on Air Force One with President Donald Trump (R), who later tested positive for the coronavirus. Lewis said he would seek a coronavirus test.
Alan Wilson (South Carolina)	Attorney General of South Carolina	November 18, 2020	Wilson announced that he would self-quarantine after being in contact with someone who later tested positive for the virus.
J.B. Pritzker	Governor of Illinois	May 11, 2020	Pritzker announced he would self-quarantine after a member of his staff tested positive for coronavirus. Pritzker tested negative for the virus. He entered quarantine a second time on September 29, 2020.
Kionne McGhee	Florida House of Representatives District 117	March 9, 2020	McGhee announced he would self-quarantine after attending a conference. He was cleared the next day by health officials and returned to work.
Byron Donalds	Florida House of Representatives District 80	March 9, 2020	Donalds announced he would self-quarantine after attending a conference. He was cleared the next day by health officials and returned to work.
Jose Oliva	Florida House of Representatives District 110	March 9, 2020	Oliva announced he would self-quarantine after attending a conference, and returned to work after being cleared.
Cord Byrd	Florida House of Representatives District 11	March 9, 2020	Byrd announced he would self-quarantine after attending a conference. He was cleared the next day by health officials and returned to work.
Thad Altman	Florida House of Representatives District 52	March 9, 2020	Altman announced he would self-quarantine after attending a conference. He was cleared the next day by health officials and returned to work.
Theresa Manzella	Montana House of Representatives District 85	March 7, 2020	Manzella entered a self-quarantine on March 7 after learning she may have been exposed to coronavirus.
Brian Kemp	Governor of Georgia	March 29, 2021	A representative for Kemp said he had started a self-quarantine after being exposed to someone over the weekend who tested positive for COVID-19. He tested negative for the virus March 29.
Matt Pinnell	Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma	March 26, 2020	On March 26, 2020, Pinnell announced that he was entering self-quarantine for coronavirus after he and his family returned from a spring break trip to Florida.
Angelika Kausche	Georgia House of Representatives District 50	March 24, 2020	It was announced that Angelika Kausche self-quarantined after her husband tested positive for coronavirus.
Martha Fuller Clark	New Hampshire State Senate District 21	March 21, 2020	Clark announced that she would enter self-quarantine after her spouse tested positive for coronavirus.
Becky Ruth	Missouri House of Representatives District 114	March 20, 2020	Ruth entered a self-quarantine after learning another state representative tested positive for COVID-19.
Mary Coleman (Missouri)	Missouri House of Representatives District 97	March 20, 2020	Coleman entered a self-quarantine after learning another state representative, with whom she had direct contact, tested positive for COVID-19.
Judith Spang	New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6	March 2, 2020	Spang was quarantined after returning from Italy.
John Wilkinson	Georgia State Senate District 50	March 19, 2020	Wilkinson, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
John F. Kennedy (Georgia)	Georgia State Senate District 18	March 19, 2020	Kennedy, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
William Ligon	Georgia State Senate District 3	March 19, 2020	Ligon self-quarantined for coronavirus after learning a fellow member of the Georgia Senate tested positive for the virus.
Jonathan Brostoff	Wisconsin State Assembly District 19	March 19, 2020	Brostoff announced a self-quarantine after coming into contact with an individual who later tested positive for coronavirus.
Tyler Harper	Georgia State Senate District 7	March 19, 2020	Harper, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Matt Brass	Georgia State Senate District 28	March 19, 2020	Brass, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Larry Walker (Georgia)	Georgia State Senate District 20	March 19, 2020	Walker, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Lee Anderson	Georgia State Senate District 24	March 19, 2020	Anderson, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Lindsey Tippins	Georgia State Senate District 37	March 19, 2020	Tippins, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Nan Orrock	Georgia State Senate District 36	March 19, 2020	Orrock, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
P.K. Martin	Georgia State Senate District 9	March 19, 2020	Martin, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Valencia Seay	Georgia State Senate District 34	March 19, 2020	Seay, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Renee Unterman	Georgia State Senate District 45	March 19, 2020	Unterman announced a self-quarantine after a member of the Georgia State Senate tested positive for coronavirus.
Sally Harrell	Georgia State Senate District 40	March 19, 2020	Harrell, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Steve Gooch	Georgia State Senate District 51	March 19, 2020	Gooch, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Steve Henson	Georgia State Senate District 41	March 19, 2020	Henson, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
John Albers	Georgia State Senate District 56	March 19, 2020	Albers, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Zahra Karinshak	Georgia State Senate District 48	March 19, 2020	Karinshak, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Donzella James	Georgia State Senate District 35	March 19, 2020	James, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Butch Miller	Georgia State Senate District 49	March 19, 2020	Miller, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Chuck Payne	Georgia State Senate District 54	March 19, 2020	Payne, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Burt Jones	Georgia State Senate District 25	March 19, 2020	Jones, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Blake Tillery	Georgia State Senate District 19	March 19, 2020	Tillery, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Bill Heath	Georgia State Senate District 31	March 19, 2020	Heath, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Dean Burke	Georgia State Senate District 11	March 19, 2020	Burke, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Jesse Stone	Georgia State Senate District 23	March 19, 2020	Stone, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Ed Harbison	Georgia State Senate District 15	March 19, 2020	Harbison, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Elena Parent	Georgia State Senate District 42	March 19, 2020	Parent, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Ellis Black	Georgia State Senate District 8	March 19, 2020	Black, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Emanuel Jones	Georgia State Senate District 10	March 19, 2020	Jones, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Frank Ginn	Georgia State Senate District 47	March 19, 2020	Ginn, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Gail Davenport	Georgia State Senate District 44	March 19, 2020	Davenport, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Gloria Butler	Georgia State Senate District 55	March 19, 2020	Butler, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Bill Cowsert	Georgia State Senate District 46	March 19, 2020	Cowsert, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Greg Dolezal	Georgia State Senate District 27	March 19, 2020	Dolezal, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Harold V. Jones II (Georgia)	Georgia State Senate District 22	March 19, 2020	Jones, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Horacena Tate	Georgia State Senate District 38	March 19, 2020	Tate, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Jack Hill	Georgia State Senate District 4	March 19, 2020	Hill, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Jeff Mullis	Georgia State Senate District 53	March 19, 2020	Mullis, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Ben Watson	Georgia State Senate District 1	March 19, 2020	Watson, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Jen Jordan	Georgia State Senate District 6	March 19, 2020	Jordan, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Carden Summers	Georgia State Senate District 13	March 19, 2020	Summers, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.
Geoff Duncan	Lieutenant Governor of Georgia	March 18, 2020	Duncan announced a self-quarantine after a member of the Georgia State Senate tested positive for coronavirus.
Randy Robertson	Georgia State Senate District 29	March 18, 2020	Robertson announced a two-week self-quarantine for coronavirus.
Joe Gruters	Florida State Senate District 23	March 17, 2021	Gruters announced that he would self-quarantine after his wife tested positive for coronavirus.
David Ralston	Georgia House of Representatives District 7	March 16, 2020	A spokesperson for David Ralston confirmed on March 16, 2020, that he entered a self-quarantine for coronavirus.
Wendy Thomas	New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 21	March 13, 2020	Thomas announced a two-week self-quarantine for coronavirus.
Daniel McKee	Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island	January 9, 2021	McKee announced he would self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
Susan Bysiewicz	Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut	January 8, 2021	Bysiewicz announced that she would self-quarantine after a member of her staff tested positive for COVID-19.
Anthony Sabatini	Florida House of Representatives District 32	January 14, 2021	Sabatini announced he would self-quarantine after a possible exposure to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
Pete Ricketts	Governor of Nebraska	February 1, 2021	Ricketts announced that he would self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 .
Tim Walz	Governor of Minnesota	December 21, 2021 March 17, 2021	Walz announced on December 21, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. On March 17, 2021, Walz said he would self-quarantine after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19.
Tim Walz	Governor of Minnesota	December 21, 2021 March 17, 2021	Walz announced on December 21, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. On March 17, 2021, Walz said he would self-quarantine after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19.
John Galloway (Pennsylvania)	Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 140	August 3, 2020	Galloway announced he and his office would self-quarantine after he came into contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
Jo Bonner	Chief of Staff to the Governor of Alabama	August 14, 2020	Bonner's spokeswoman announced that he was self-quarantining at home after his wife tested positive for COVID-19.
Lana Theis	Michigan State Senate District 22	April 13, 2021	Theis announced that she would self-quarantine after she was exposed to COVID-19.

Local

Ballotpedia identified 23 politicians, candidates, and government officials at the local level who were self-quarantined.

Name	Office	Date	Status
Eric Garcetti	Mayor of Los Angeles	November 3, 2021 December 17, 2020	Garcetti announced on November 3, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Garcetti announced he and his wife were self-quarantining at home after their daughter tested positive for COVID-19.
Eric Garcetti	Mayor of Los Angeles	November 3, 2021 December 17, 2020	Garcetti announced on November 3, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Garcetti announced he and his wife were self-quarantining at home after their daughter tested positive for COVID-19.
Janice Hahn	Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors District 4	March 24, 2020	Hahn self-quarantined for coronavirus after attending a party with people who tested positive for the illness.
Mark Levine (New York)	New York City Council District 7	March 23, 2020	Levine announced he entered a self-quarantine after experiencing symptoms matching COVID-19.
Rebecca J. Viagran	San Antonio City Council District 3	March 19, 2020	Viagran announced she was entering self-quarantine after attending a conference in Washington D.C., where two attendees tested positive for coronavirus.
Tom Barrett (Wisconsin)	Mayor of Milwaukee	March 19, 2020	Barrett announced that he self-quarantined following an interaction with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
Bill Peduto	Mayor of Pittsburgh	March 19, 2020	Peduto announced he entered a self-quarantine after attending a conference with at least two attendees who tested positive for coronavirus.
Annette Scippio	Winston-Salem City Council East Ward	March 18, 2020	Scippio announced a two-week self-quarantine for coronavirus.
Dan Besse	Winston-Salem City Council Southwest Ward	March 18, 2020	Besse announced a two-week self-quarantine for coronavirus.
Ryana Parks-Shaw	Kansas City City Council District 5	March 18, 2020	Parks-Shaw self-quarantined after two council members were informed that they might have been exposed to coronavirus at a conference.
Robert C. Clark	Winston-Salem City Council West Ward	March 18, 2020	Clark announced a two-week self-quarantine for coronavirus.
Brandon Johnson (Kansas)	Wichita City Council District 1	March 18, 2020	Johnson self-quarantined after two council members were informed that they might have been exposed to coronavirus after attending a conference.
John Larson (North Carolina)	Winston-Salem City Council South Ward	March 18, 2020	Larson announced a two-week self-quarantine for coronavirus.
Jeff MacIntosh	Winston-Salem City Council Northwest Ward	March 18, 2020	MacIntosh announced a two-week self-quarantine for coronavirus.
Brandon Whipple	Mayor of Wichita	March 18, 2020	Whipple announced that he would enter self-quarantine due to possible exposure to coronavirus after attending a conference.
James Clendenin	Wichita City Council District 3	March 18, 2020	Clendenin self-quarantined after attending a conference for city leaders in Washington D.C.
Becky Tuttle	Wichita City Council District 2	March 18, 2020	Tuttle self-quarantined after attending a conference for city leaders in Washington D.C.
Eric Bunch	Kansas City City Council District 4	March 18, 2020	Bunch self-quarantined after two council members were informed that they might have been exposed to coronavirus after attending a conference.
Denise Adams	Winston-Salem City Council North Ward	March 18, 2020	Adams announced a two-week self-quarantine for coronavirus.
Dan Fowler	Kansas City City Council District 2	March 18, 2020	Fowler self-quarantined after two council members were informed that they might have been exposed to coronavirus at a conference.
Kenneth Summers (Colorado)	Fort Collins City Council	March 17, 2020	Summers announced that he entered self-quarantine after he, fellow Fort Collins City Council member Emily Gorgol, Mayor Wade Troxell, Mayor pro-tem Kristin Stephens, and City Manager Darin Atteberry were exposed to coronavirus at a conference in Washington D.C., where two attendees tested positive.
Emily Bonilla	Orange County Board of County Commissioners District 5	March 14, 2020	Bonilla announced that her office would self-quarantine through March 19 after she came down with cold-like symptoms.
Quinton Lucas	Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri	December 31, 2021 March 17, 2020	Lucas announced on December 31, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Lucas self-quarantined after two council members were informed that they might have been exposed to coronavirus after attending a conference.
Quinton Lucas	Mayor of Kansas City	December 31, 2021 March 17, 2020	Lucas announced on December 31, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus. Lucas self-quarantined after two council members were informed that they might have been exposed to coronavirus after attending a conference.
Costa Constantinides	New York City Council District 22	April 1, 2020	Constantinides announced he self-quarantined after experiencing symptoms similar to COVID-19.

Notable influencers who tested positive for coronavirus

Ballotpedia considers a notable influencer to be someone operating in the political sphere with a significant influence that is not an elected or appointed official, such as members of the media, heads of political parties, or leaders of organizations. If you know of a case that we have missed, please email us.

• CNN anchor Chris Cuomo announced on March 31, 2020, that he tested positive for COVID-19.
• CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced on April 3, 2020, that she tested positive for COVID-19.
• ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos announced on April 13, 2020, during an appearance on Good Morning America that he tested positive for coronavirus.
• Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, confirmed on May 8, 2020, that she tested positive for coronavirus.
• Former Fox News co-host and campaign official for President Trump Kimberly Guilfoyle announced on July 3, 2020, that she tested positive for COVID-19.
• Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain announced on July 2 that he had tested positive for coronavirus. He was hospitalized that same day, but did not require a respirator. He died on July 30 from complications related to the virus.
• On July 27, the White House confirmed that President Donald Trump's national security adviser Robert O'Brien tested positive for coronavirus.
• On October 1, 2020, Hope Hicks tested positive for coronavirus.
• On October 2, 2020, Kellyanne Conway, a former counselor to President Donald Trump (R), announced that she tested positive for coronavirus.
• On October 2, Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
• On October 2, 2020, Bill Stepien, President Donald Trump's (R) campaign manager, announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
• On October 2, 2020, President Donald Trump (R) announced on Twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for coronavirus. Previously, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham announced March 23, 2020, that Melania tested negative for coronavirus.
• On October 3, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie (R) announced on Twitter that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
• On October 5, Kayleigh McEnany, the White House Press Secretary, announced that she tested positive for coronavirus.
• On October 6, Stephen Miller, a Trump aide, announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
• On November 20, a spokesperson for Donald Trump Jr. confirmed that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
• On December 6, 2020, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Rudy Giuliani, the President's personal attorney, had tested positive for coronavirus.

Government officials, politicians, and candidates who tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies

• On December 11, Rep. Devin Nunes (R) announced he tested positive for coronavirus antibodies.
• Utah Senate President Stuart Adams announced on June 4 that he had tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies.
• Michelle Wu, at-large member of the Boston City Council, announced on May 4 that she had tested positive for coronavirus antibodies.

General resources

The chart below shows coronavirus statistics from countries across the world. The information is provided by Real Clear Politics.

Click the links below to explore official resources related to the coronavirus outbreak.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of Education
• World Health Organization
• Trends in Number of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the US Reported to CDC, by State/Territory
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations, Our World in Data (Number of vaccines administered)
• Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker, New York Times (Progress of vaccine trials)

See also

• Documenting America's Path to Recovery
• COVID-19 vaccine distribution
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) travel restrictions
• Federal government responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic

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