Mark Moran (Virginia)
Mark Moran (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Virginia. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on August 4, 2026.[source]
Moran completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mark Moran earned a high school diploma from Bishop O'Connell High School, a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary in 2014, a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2018, and a graduate degree from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business in 2018. His career experience includes working as an attorney, investment banker, and business founder.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: United States Senate election in Virginia, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Virginia
Incumbent Mark Warner (D), Lorita Daniels (D), Gregory Eichelberger (D), Mark Moran (D), and Jason Reynolds (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Virginia on August 4, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Virginia
The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Virginia on August 4, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bryce Reeves (R)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mark Moran completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Moran's responses.
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I grew up in a middle class household. My father recently retired after decades with the federal government, and my mother worked as an editor for a nonprofit.
I wasn't able to go to the college I wanted to because I didn't get enough financial aid. I realized then that doing everything right doesn’t always mean you get a fair shot.
I went to William & Mary on a track scholarship, served as team captain (a team I’d later save from being cut), and later graduated from UVA with a law degree and MBA. I took out over $300k of student loans, which forced me to divert from my dream of being a civil rights lawyer.
I spent some time in Investment Banking, eventually advising on over $75 billion in healthcare transactions. I hated every minute of it. I saw first hand how corporations control our elected officials.
In December 2020, I was cast through Hinge for a “untitled dating show” on HBO Max, saw my opportunity to leave and took it. Going on reality TV showed me the power of attention and narrative.
After the reality show, I started an investor relations company and did the first ever twitter spaces for a publicly traded company, an idea now replicated by everyone from Robinhood to Tesla.
I believe that we are in a unique moment where the timing is right to break the system. I’m now running to break it. I hope you’ll join me.- I want free education in America, paid for by taxing data centers. By designating data centers as critical infrastructure, setting up a national framework to regulate them, and taxing their electricity use and revenue, we can pay for:
Free community college for every American, for life, so anyone can walk into a community college and enroll without tuition. A debt-free path to a degree, through two years at community college and two years at any public university- tuition fully guaranteed. Free tuition at public HBCUs, allowing the institutions carrying Black excellence for generations to be fully funded.
The founding of a new, tuition free public university, Cesar Chavez University, to be the first truly Hispanic serving institution. - I want to make it easier for you to own a home, by using the tax code to take back power from corporations. We will ban corporate and institutional ownership of single-family homes. Corporations have bought out entire blocks, raising house prices and sucking the life out of communities. That’s no more. We will make rent payments fully tax deductible, the same way mortgage interest is, leveling the playing field between renters and homeowners. I’ll also push for a tax credit for young homebuyers. When a senior on social security sells their primary residence to a first-time home buyer, they will receive a refundable federal tax credit up to $250,000, allowing the first-time homebuyer to pay less while beating out Wall Street.
- I will fight to abolish ICE and push back against the surveillance state. ICE is using technology from Palantir that collects information on everything you do, which is then sent to government agencies with no accountability as to how they handle the data. We will abolish ICE completely, ban Palantir contracts with federal immigration and law enforcement agencies, and require warrants for all biometric data collection and use. We will also prohibit warrantless surveillance and end mass raids and terror-style operations from law enforcement. We must instead transfer immigration enforcement to civil, non-militarized agencies under DHS (the way it used to be) with strict oversight and prosecution for any agent who uses unlawful force.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 12, 2026
