Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Republican primary)
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| Filing deadline: April 4, 2024 |
| Primary: June 18, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Virginia |
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A Republican Party primary took place on June 18, 2024, in Virginia's 7th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.
Derrick Anderson advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 7.
All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 52.2%-47.6%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 52.6%-45.8%.[2]
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Virginia utilizes an open primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Virginia's 7th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Democratic primary)
- Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 7
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 7 on June 18, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Derrick Anderson  | 45.2 | 16,338 |
 | Cameron Hamilton | 37.2 | 13,448 | |
 | Jonathon Myers | 12.9 | 4,660 | |
 | John Prabhudoss | 2.0 | 729 | |
 | Maria Martin | 1.7 | 625 | |
 | Terris Todd | 1.0 | 373 | |
| Total votes: 36,173 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeffrey Sacks (R)
- Shaliek Tarpley (R)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Derrick Anderson was raised in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. His mother owned and managed local restaurants and as a teenager, he worked in the kitchen of his mother’s local diner, while attending Courtland High School. Derrick enrolled at Virginia Tech in the Corp of Cadets, making him the first person in his family to attend and graduate college. Derrick graduated from Virginia Tech in 2006 and immediately commissioned into the Army. After completing Ranger school, and less than a year from graduation, he was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division as a Platoon Leader where he deployed for 15-months in support of “the Surge” in Iraq. Derrick became an A-Team leader in the Green Berets and served as a Detachment Commander for two Special Forces teams and the Company Executive Officer for two companies over the course of five deployments to around the Middle East. Derrick graduated with his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2019. He then clerked for two separate federal judges. Derrick also served in the White House during President Trump’s Administration, where he worked in the Office of National Drug Control Policy. In 2017, Derrick appeared on 60 Minutes with members of his Green Beret team to discuss his final mission in Afghanistan. Derrick currently serves as a Major in the United States Army National Guard. He lives in Spotsylvania County with his dog, Ranger, a Dalmatian. Derrick is currently a practicing attorney."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Virginia District 7 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Cameron Hamilton is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and Division Director at the Department of Homeland Security. His public service spans two decades in Military, Diplomatic and National Security affairs taking him to more than 35 countries under 4 different Presidential administrations. He is a devoted family man and has remained active in his local community of Orange, Virginia, as a civil servant, coach and mentor. The values and discipline instilled in him by his family at a young age has led him to a life of duty and dedication to public service."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Virginia District 7 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Jon Myers is a 14th generation Virginian. Jon has resided in the 7th district for 26 years, with all of his children being born and raised in district. Jon and his wife Valerie reside in Stafford, VA with their son Jon Jr. HIs twin daughters attend Virginia universities. Jon served as a US Marine Corps officer for 28 years. He is a highly decorated veteran of the Iraq War and many other campaigns. One of the most active intelligence officers and national security experts in the USMC, Jon participated in or personally led many of the most high profile national security missions of the last 3 decades, including the rescue of Captain Scott O’Grady from Bosnia; the invasion of Iraq as a member of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force; the Marine Corps response to the Benghazi terrorist attack; and the Marine Corps investigation of Edward Snowden’s theft of classified materials. Jon retired in 2020 as a senior intelligence officer for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. In his civilian career, Jon has managed domestic security policy and budget for the US Department of State, and is a trusted consultant to both the US military as well as African and NATO partners on countering Chinese and Russian activities across Europe, Africa, and Scandinavia. As a retired Marine, Jon was a key player in the veteran-led evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Virginia District 7 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "John Prabhudoss, the youngest child of a preacher, is a moderate Republican who has been living in Virginia for the past 20 years. He is an entrepreneur who has opened and operated several small businesses, from software consulting to retail and restaurant businesses, over the past 20 years. He works with various evangelical and mainline church organizations on a range of issues. He has traveled extensively to Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to study how America’s domestic and foreign policies affect their lives and what kind of impact it has on American families back here. For the past three decades, he has worked with Members of Congress on various economic, financial, and social justice issues that affect every American family besides issues affecting America’s national security interests. As a leader embraced by diverse ethnic, religious, and political groups, John brings people together through a common sense, non-compromising approach. He will continue this important work as the author of a forthcoming book about the intersection of faith, politics and history, set to be published in February 2024."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Virginia District 7 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Terris Todd is a former White House Appointee and Executive Director at the U.S. Department of Education, leading the initiative on educational excellence for African American students. His life of service spans over 25 years having worked on the local, state, and national levels of government as a Civil Service Commissioner, 5-Term County Commissioner, and State Legislative Office Director. Terris's dedication to conservative causes led to positions such as the Advisor of Coalitions Engagement at the Heritage Foundation where he worked closely with faith-based leaders and educators from across the country, addressing many of the challenges facing our families today. Terris obtained his B.S. in Elementary Education and M.A. in Educational Leadership, both from Western Michigan University. He worked as a public school teacher, administrator, and college instructor along with serving on various local, state, and national boards. Terris continues to provide leadership in the Commonwealth of Virginia serving the Norfolk State University Foundation Board, Frederick Douglass Foundation, Douglass Leadership Institute, Project 21, Christian Families Against Destructive Decisions, and Fatherhood Advisory Initiative. He is an ordained minister and author of Just Being There: A Parent's Guide to Raising Children. He currently resides in Woodbridge, Virginia. Terris and his wife Karen are the proud parents of three wonderful daughters."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Virginia District 7 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Virginia
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Derrick Anderson | Republican Party | $3,408,434 | $3,355,705 | $56,344 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Cameron Hamilton | Republican Party | $792,935 | $791,870 | $1,065 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Maria Martin | Republican Party | $25,144 | $25,144 | $0 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Jonathon Myers | Republican Party | $160,081 | $157,111 | $2,971 | As of September 30, 2024 |
| John Prabhudoss | Republican Party | $173,476 | $162,954 | $10,522 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Terris Todd | Republican Party | $30,319 | $17,184 | $13,135 | As of December 31, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Virginia.
| Virginia U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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| Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 53 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 40.9% | 2 | 22.2% | ||||
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 16[4] | 1 | 4 | 31.3% | 2 | 18.2% | ||||
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 15[5] | 4 | 2 | 40.0% | 2 | 18.2% | ||||
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 37 | 17[6] | 6 | 3 | 52.9% | 2 | 22.2% | ||||
| 2016 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 20[7] | 1 | 4 | 25.0% | 2 | 22.2% | ||||
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 20[8] | 1 | 3 | 20.0% | 2 | 22.2% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Virginia in 2024. Information below was calculated on June 16, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Fifty-three candidates ran for Virginia’s 11 U.S. House districts, including 33 Democrats and 20 Republicans. That’s an average of 4.81 candidates per district.
This was also the most candidates who ran in primary elections in Virginia in the last 10 years.
The 7th and 10th Congressional Districts were open in 2024. The last time a seat was open in Virginia was in 2018 when two seats were open.
Incumbent Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-07) did not run for re-election because she will run for Governor of Virginia in 2025. Incumbent Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-10) retired from public office.
Sixteen candidates—12 Democrats and four Republicans—ran for the open 10th Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a district in Virginia in 2024.
Nine primaries—six Democratic and three Republican—were contested in 2024. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 5.8 primaries were contested each election year.
Two incumbents—Gerald Edward Connolly (D-11) and Bob Good (R-05)—were in contested primaries in 2024. Since 2014, there have been two incumbents in contested primaries in Virginia in every election year.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 11 districts, meaning no seats are guaranteed to either party.Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Virginia's 7th the 206th most Democratic district nationally.[9]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
| 2020 presidential results in Virginia's 7th based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden 
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Donald Trump 
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| 52.6% | 45.8% | |||
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[10] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
| Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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| Democratic Baseline
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Republican Baseline
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Difference | ||
| 50.9 | 48.1 | R+2.8 | ||
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Virginia, 2020
Virginia presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 17 Democratic wins
- 14 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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| Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Virginia's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Virginia | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Republican | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 11 | 13 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Virginia's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
| State executive officials in Virginia, May 2024 | |
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| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Glenn Youngkin
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| Lieutenant Governor | Winsome Earle-Sears
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| Secretary of State | Kelly Gee
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| Attorney General | Jason Miyares
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State legislature
Virginia State Senate
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
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| Democratic Party | 21 | |
| Republican Party | 19 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | |
Virginia House of Delegates
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 51 | |
| Republican Party | 49 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Virginia Party Control: 1992-2024
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | D |
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Virginia in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Virginia, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Virginia | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | 1,000 | $3,480.00 | 4/4/2024 | Source |
| Virginia | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1,000 | N/A | 6/18/2024 | Source |
See also
- Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Democratic primary)
- Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
- United States House elections in Virginia, 2024 (June 18 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Virginia, 2024 (June 18 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Virginia Legislative Information System, "Va. Code § 24.2–530," accessed September 16, 2025
- ↑ Six district parties chose to hold nominating conventions or caucuses instead of primaries. Those are not included in the total for number of possible primaries.
- ↑ Seven district parties chose to hold nominating conventions or caucuses instead of primaries. Those are not included in the total for number of possible primaries.
- ↑ Five district parties chose to hold nominating conventions or caucuses instead of primaries. Those are not included in the total for number of possible primaries.
- ↑ Two district parties chose to hold nominating conventions or caucuses instead of primaries. Those are not included in the total number of possible primaries.
- ↑ Two district parties chose to hold nominating conventions or caucuses instead of primaries. Those are not included in the total number of possible primaries.
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
