United States House elections in Virginia (June 12, 2018 Democratic primaries)
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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Virginia took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected 11 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. This page focuses on the Democratic Party primary election that took place in each district on June 12, 2018.
Candidates
District 1
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 2
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 3
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Robert C. Scott (Incumbent) ✔
District 4
Democratic primary candidates
- Aston Donald McEachin (Incumbent) ✔
District 5
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
District 6
Democratic primary candidates
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District 7
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 8
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
District 9
Democratic primary candidates
District 10
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 11
Democratic primary candidates
- Gerald Edward Connolly (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Five of 133 Virginia counties—3.8 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Buckingham County, Virginia | 11.28% | 2.43% | 0.87% | ||||
| Caroline County, Virginia | 5.02% | 8.24% | 11.97% | ||||
| Essex County, Virginia | 2.14% | 7.30% | 10.35% | ||||
| Nelson County, Virginia | 5.59% | 2.72% | 9.15% | ||||
| Westmoreland County, Virginia | 7.14% | 6.95% | 10.24% | ||||
Note: Although it is highlighted in the map above, the city of Chesapeake is not considered a county and not included in our calculations as such.
In the 2016 presidential election, Virginia was a battleground state. Hillary Clinton (D) won Virginia with 49.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic three times (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Republican two times (2000 and 2004).
See also
- United States House elections in Virginia (June 12, 2018 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2018
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
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