Joel Griffin
Joel Griffin (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Virginia State Senate to represent District 27. Griffin lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for Virginia State Senate District 27
Tara Durant defeated Joel Griffin and Monica Gary in the general election for Virginia State Senate District 27 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tara Durant (R) | 48.1 | 34,180 |
 | Joel Griffin (D) | 46.3 | 32,927 | |
 | Monica Gary (Independent)  | 4.6 | 3,282 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 653 | ||
| Total votes: 71,042 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 27
Joel Griffin defeated Ben Litchfield in the Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 27 on June 20, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joel Griffin | 59.9 | 6,331 |
 | Ben Litchfield | 40.1 | 4,239 | |
| Total votes: 10,570 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Virginia State Senate District 27
Tara Durant defeated Matt Strickland in the Republican primary for Virginia State Senate District 27 on June 20, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tara Durant | 57.0 | 8,066 |
 | Matt Strickland | 43.0 | 6,094 | |
| Total votes: 14,160 | |||
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Endorsements
Griffin received the following endorsements.
- Pres. Joe Biden (D)
- Vice Pres. Kamala D. Harris (D)
- U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D)
- U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D)
- State Sen. Mamie Locke (D)
- Sen. Maj. Leader Dick Saslaw (D)
- State Sen. Scott Surovell (D)
- State Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D)
- Luke Radley Wright (D) - Frmr. candidate
- Frmr. state Del. Joshua Cole (D)
- Frmr. Gov. Ralph Northam (D)
- Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association
- Clean Virginia
- Freedom Virginia
- Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia
- Roe Your Vote Virginia
- Virginia League of Conservation Voters
- VoteVets
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joel Griffin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Virginia State Senate District 27 |
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Footnotes
