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Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2025
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Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates will take place on November 4, 2025. The Virginia House is one of two state legislative chambers with elections in 2025.
Off-year elections in Virginia are often studied as a forecast of the broader political trends to expect from the following year's national elections.[1] State Navigate's Chaz Nuttycombe wrote, "The Commonwealth has typically been seen as a catalyst for how the party out of power from the White House should go forward in its messaging in the following midterm elections, and a barometer for public opinion on the incumbent President."[2]
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee and Republican State Leadership Committee both announced ad campaigns ahead of the elections. DLCC President Heather Williams said the group is "backing hardworking and authentic candidates in the toughest battlegrounds who are out in their communities every day, talking to voters about how they’ll fight the chaos in Washington and put working families’ opportunities first."[3]
The RSLC PAC President Edith Jorge-Tuñón said, "Virginia House Democrats have said they want to cut taxes, make their communities safer, and make the Commonwealth more prosperous, yet this legislative session under their leadership has been one broken promise after the next."[4]
The elections will influence whether legislatively referred constitutional amendments passed by the Democratic Virginia General Assembly in 2025 are likely to appear on the ballot in 2026. Constitutional amendments in Virginia must pass the Virginia General Assembly in two successive legislative sessions. That means the General Assembly's 2025 proposals to amend the state constitution to include a right to reproductive freedom, remove the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, and provide that felons be entitled to vote following their release from incarceration must be approved by the body again in 2026 to appear before voters. Legislative approval of the amendments in 2026 may depend on whether Democrats maintain control of the House in the 2025 elections.
Heading into the 2025 elections, Democrats have a 51-49 majority in the House. The House has changed partisan control in every election since 2019, when it changed from Republican to Democratic control. Republicans regained the majority in 2021, and Democrats regained the majority in 2023. Click here to read more about the House of Delegates' political history.
Virginia voters will also vote for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general in 2025. Heading into the elections, Virginia has a divided government, meaning neither party controls both legislative chambers and the governor's office. Democrats control both legislative chambers, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is a Republican.
Democrats have an opportunity to gain a trifecta in the state by maintaining control of the state house and winning the governor's office. Republicans can not gain a trifecta, because the state senate is not up for election.
Ballotpedia identified 23 districts as general election battlegrounds. According to State Navigate's race ratings, Democrats are favored to win seven battleground districts that Republicans represent heading into the election. Republicans are not favored to win any Democratic battleground districts.[5] Click here to read more about the battleground districts in the 2025 Virginia House of Delegates elections.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Virginia
Battleground elections
- See also: Battlegrounds
Ballotpedia identified the battleground elections below based on previous district election outcomes and race ratings. Click on the tabs to view the candidates running, a brief description of the race, district partisan history, and Candidate Connection survey responses.
Of the 23 battleground districts, Republicans represent 17 and Democrats represent six. Incumbents are running in 22 of these races, while one is in an open district, meaning no incumbent is running.
Democrats are favored to win seven battleground districts that Republicans represent heading into the election. Republicans are not favored to win any Democratic battleground districts.
The map below highlights each battleground district colored based on the party affiliation of the incumbent.
| District | 2023 vote | State Navigate rating | |||||||
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| House District 21 | 51.7%-48.1% | 93% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 22 | 52.2%-47.6% | 64% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 30 | 53.1%-46.7% | 52% Republican | |||||||
| House District 34 | 56.9%-43.0% | 82% Republican | |||||||
| House District 41 | 50.3%-49.6% | 61% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 52 | 54.5%-45.4% | 75% Republican | |||||||
| House District 57 | 50.8%-48.8% | 87% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 58 | 54.5%-45.4% | 98% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 64 | 54.3%-45.3% | 59% Republican | |||||||
| House District 65 | 52.8%-46.8% | 94% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 66 | 55.6%-44.1% | 64% Republican | |||||||
| House District 69 | Uncontested | 57% Republican | |||||||
| House District 71 | 50.9%-49.0% | 72% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 73 | 54.5%-45.4% | 56% Republican | |||||||
| House District 75 | 52.8%-47.0% | 63% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 82 | 50.1-49.8% | 79% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 83 | 58.4%-41.5% | 84% Republican | |||||||
| House District 84 | 53.0%-46.8% | 97% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 86 | 56.3%-43.5% | 57% Republican | |||||||
| House District 89 | 50.8%-49.0% | 73% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 97 | 52.4%-47.5% | 93% Democratic | |||||||
| House District 99 | 57.3%-42.6% | 81% Republican | |||||||
| House District 100 | 59.6%-40.2% | 87% Republican | |||||||
| Source: State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025 | |||||||||
Battleground districts
Click the tabs below to read more about each battleground district.
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 21
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 | Joshua Thomas (D) | |
 | Gregory Gorham (R) | |
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Race information
Incumbent Joshua Thomas (D) assumed office in 2024. Gregory Gorham (R) has a background in information technology.[6]
District information
- District 21 was designated a battleground district because the previous winner won by less than 55% of the vote.
- As of August 6, 2025, State Navigate rated House District 21 as 93% Democratic.[7]
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey and share what motivates them on political and personal levels. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
No candidate in this race completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Party control
| September 2025 | ||
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| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 51 | |
| Republican | 49 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Candidates
General election
Democratic
Republican
Primary
Campaign finance
The section and tables below contain data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. Districts and elections are grouped in sections of 10. To view data for a district, click on the appropriate bar below to expand it. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.
Incumbents who did not advance to the general election
- See also: Annual State Legislative Competitiveness Report: Vol. 15, 2025
Incumbents defeated in primaries
No incumbents lost in primaries. This was the third primary election in the chamber to produce no defeated incumbents since Ballotpedia began tracking this data — 2011, 2017, and 2025.
Retiring incumbents
Four incumbents did not file for re-election in 2025.[52] The average number of retiring incumbents each election cycle between 2011 and 2023 was 8.0. Those incumbents are:
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Jed Arnold |  Republican |
House District 46 |
| Danny Marshall III | Republican |
House District 49 |
| Nick Freitas | Republican |
House District 62 |
| N. Baxter Ennis | Republican |
House District 89 |
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Virginia. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
| Virginia state legislative competitiveness, 2011-2025 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 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 | ||||
| 2025 | 100 | 100 | 4 | 181 | 200 | 9 | 8 | 8.5% | 3 | 3.1% | ||||
| 2023 | 140 | 140 | 44 | 293 | 225 | 31 | 16 | 20.9% | 17 | 17.3% | ||||
| 2021 | 100 | 100 | 5 | 222 | 172 | 18 | 7 | 14.5% | 17 | 17.9% | ||||
| 2019 | 140 | 140 | 16 | 266 | 278 | 23 | 12 | 12.6% | 14 | 11.3% | ||||
| 2017 | 100 | 100 | 7 | 197 | 192 | 19 | 7 | 13.5% | 6 | 6.5% | ||||
| 2015 | 140 | 140 | 15 | 220 | 280 | 9 | 9 | 6.4% | 10 | 8.0% | ||||
| 2013 | 100 | 100 | 9 | 158 | 200 | 3 | 9 | 6.0% | 7 | 7.7% | ||||
| 2011 | 140 | 140 | 20 | 213 | 222 | 4 | 12 | 7.2% | 2 | 1.6% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Virginia in 2025. Information below was calculated on May 8, 2025, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Four of Virginia’s 100 state legislative seats up for election in 2025 were open, meaning no incumbent filed to run in the election.
This was the fewest for the state since Ballotpedia began tracking these figures in 2011, and newcomers were guaranteed at least 3% of the legislature. The average number of open state legislative seats in Virginia each election cycle between 2011 and 2023 was 17.
Virginia had 17 contested state legislative primaries in 2025, down 64% from 2023. Of these, there were nine for Democrats and eight for Republicans. For Democrats, this was down from a high of 31 in 2023, a 71% decrease. Contested Republican primaries were down 50% from a high of 16 in 2023.
Three incumbents—two Democrats and one Republican—faced primary challenges, representing 3.1% of all incumbents who ran for re-election. Seventeen percent of incumbents who ran for re-election faced primary challenges last cycle. In total, 178 major party candidates filed to run: 102 Democrats and 76 Republicans.
Open seats
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2011 to 2025.[53]
| Open seats in Virginia House of Delegates elections: 2011 - 2025 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Seats up | Open seats | Incumbents running | |||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 100 | 4 | 4% | 96 | 96% | |||||||||
| 2023 | 100 | 33 | 33% | 67 | 67% | |||||||||
| 2021 | 100 | 5 | 5% | 95 | 95% | |||||||||
| 2019 | 100 | 13 | 13% | 87 | 87% | |||||||||
| 2017 | 100 | 7 | 7% | 93 | 93% | |||||||||
| 2015 | 100 | 9 | 9% | 91 | 91% | |||||||||
| 2013 | 100 | 9 | 9% | 91 | 91% | |||||||||
| 2011 | 100 | 14 | 14% | 86 | 86% | |||||||||
Legislative referrals
- See also: Legislative referral
A legislative referral, or legislatively referred ballot measure, is a ballot measure that appears on the ballot due to a vote of the state legislature. A legislative referral can be a constitutional amendment, state statute, or bond issue.
As of the 2025 election, a simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Virginia State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 51 votes in the Virginia House of Delegates and 21 votes in the Virginia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Heading into the 2025 election, Democrats hold a 21-19 majority in the Senate and a 51-49 majority in the House. Democrats would need to lose one Senate seat and one House seats to lose the ability to pass legislative referrals without Republican votes. Republicans would need to win two Senate seats and two House seats to gain the ability to pass legislative referrals without Democratic votes.
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: Title 24.2, Chapter 5 of the Election Code of Virginia
For partisan candidates
A political party candidate participating in a primary election must complete the candidate qualification certificate form for the office being sought. The form is a written statement (made under oath) indicating that the candidate is qualified to vote for and to hold the office for which he or she is a candidate. The form must be filed before a candidate can purchase a registered voter's list for petition purposes. A candidate for election to statewide office, the United States House of Representatives, or the Virginia General Assembly must file the statement with the Virginia State Board of Elections. A candidate for any other office must file the statement with the general registrar of the county or city where he or she resides.[54][55]
A candidate must also file a written statement of economic interests if running for the state legislature, statewide office, a school board in a town or city with a population in excess of 3,500, or for constitutional office.[56]
The candidate qualification certificate and statement of economic interests must be filed by the filing deadline for the primary.[57]
The candidate must also file a declaration of candidacy and petition on or before the filing deadline for the election. The petition must contain the required number of signatures for the office being sought (signature requirements are summarized in the table below). Candidates seeking to participate in a primary election must also pay a primary filing fee. The filing fee is 2 percent of the minimum annual salary for the office being sought.[58]
| Signature requirements | |
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| Office sought | Signature requirements |
| Governor, United States Senate, and other statewide offices | 10,000, including 400 qualified voters from each congressional district |
| United States House of Representatives | 1,000 |
| Virginia State Senate | 250 |
| Virginia House of Delegates | 125 |
For independent candidates
An independent candidate for the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate must file a declaration of candidacy, a petition, and a candidate qualification certificate form with the Virginia State Board of Elections. A candidate for statewide office or the Virginia General Assembly must file a declaration of candidacy form, a petition, a statement of economic interests form, and a candidate qualification certificate form. The candidate must file the required forms by 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday in June. A candidate for local office must file a declaration of candidacy, a petition, a statement of economic interests form, and a candidate qualification certificate form with the local authority in the county or city in which the office is being sought. The candidate must submit the required forms by 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday in June.[57][59][60]
An independent candidate must gather the same number of petition signatures as partisan candidates. There are no filing fees for independent candidates.
For write-in candidates
Write-in votes are permitted in all elections but primaries. A voter may cast a write-in vote for any person other than the candidates for the given office listed on the ballot. Write-in candidates are not required to file any special forms in advance in order to have their votes tallied (except in the case of presidential and vice presidential candidates, who must file declarations of intent).[61]
Qualifications
Candidates for the House of Delegates must be qualified to vote, have been a resident of Virginia for one year immediately preceding the election, and be a resident of the city or town in which they file for election.[62]
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[63] | |
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| Salary | Per diem |
| $18,000/year for senators. $17,640/year for delegates. | $213/day |
When sworn in
Virginia legislators assume office the second Wednesday in January after the election.[64][65]
Virginia political history
Historic House control
Democrats won a 51-49 majority in the Virginia House of Delegates in 2023, making it the third time in three election cycles that the chamber majority changed hands.
The table below shows the partisan history of the Virginia House following every general election from 1991 to 2023. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.
Virginia House of Delegates election results: 1991-2023
| Year | '91 | '93 | '95 | '97[66] | '99 | '01 | '03 | '05 | '07 | '09 | '11 | '13 | '15 | '17 | '19 | '21 | '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 58 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 47 | 31 | 37 | 39 | 44 | 39 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 49 | 55 | 48 | 51 |
| Republicans | 41 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 67 | 61 | 58 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 51 | 45 | 52 | 49 |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.
Virginia Party Control: 1992-2025
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 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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 | D |
Presidential politics in Virginia
2024
- See also: Presidential election, 2024
Presidential election in Virginia, 2024
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| ✔ |
 
| Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D) |
51.8
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2,335,395 | 13 |
 
| Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R) |
46.1
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2,075,085 | 0 | |
 
| Jill Stein/Butch Ware (G) |
0.8
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34,888 | 0 | |
 
| Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L) |
0.4
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19,814 | 0 | |
 
| Cornel West/Melina Abdullah (Independent) |
0.2
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8,984 | 0 | |
 
| Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Independent) |
0.2
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8,410 | 0 | |
| Other write-in votes |
0.5
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23,365 | 0 | ||
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Total votes: 4,505,941 |
2020
- See also: Presidential election, 2020
Presidential election in Virginia, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| ✔ |
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
54.1
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2,413,568 | 13 |
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
44.0
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1,962,430 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.5
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64,761 | 0 | |
| Other write-in votes |
0.4
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19,765 | 0 | ||
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Total votes: 4,460,524 |
2016
- See also: Presidential election, 2016
| U.S. presidential election, Virginia, 2016 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic |  Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine |
49.7% | 1,981,473 | 13 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 44.4% | 1,769,443 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 3% | 118,274 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 0.7% | 27,638 | 0 | |
| Independent | Evan McMullin/Nathan Johnson | 1.4% | 54,054 | 0 | |
| - | Other/Write-in | 0.8% | 33,749 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 3,984,631 | 13 | |||
| Election results via: Federal Election Commission | |||||
Virginia presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 18 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 | 2024 |
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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 | D |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
The Virginia Supreme Court unanimously approved district maps for the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia State Senate on December 28, 2021.[67] Democratic and Republican consultants submitted statewide map proposals for consideration to the Virginia Redistricting Commission on September 18, 2021.[68] The commission had reviewed earlier maps on August 31, 2021, that were focused solely on suburbs in northern Virginia that were drawn from scratch and did not consider legislative incumbents’ home addresses in keeping with earlier commission decisions.[69][70] After the commission missed its deadline for approving map proposals and the Virginia Supreme Court assumed authority over the process, the two special masters selected by the court released proposals for House and Senate districts on December 8, 2021.[71]These maps took effect for Virginia's 2023 legislative elections.
2025 battleground elections
- See also: Battlegrounds
This is a battleground election. Other 2025 battleground elections include:
- New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2025 (June 10 Democratic primary)
- Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025
- Virginia gubernatorial election, 2025 (June 17 Republican primary)
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "Virginia is the bellwether to watch next week," November 11, 2023
- ↑ State Navigate, "Election forecasts show Democrats overwhelmingly favored in Virginia 2025 elections," July 28, 2025
- ↑ Virginia Mercury, "Democrats pour $400K into Virginia House races as key battlegrounds emerge," June 25, 2025
- ↑ Republican State Leadership Committee, "NEW AD: RSLC PAC and Virginia House Republican Campaign Committee Launch Six-Figure Digital Ad Highlighting Broken Promises of Virginia House Democrats," February 18, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 21, 2025
- ↑ ABC News 7, "Republicans prioritize data centers in attempt to flip House seat in Prince William County," June 16, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Elizabeth Guzman 2025 campaign website, "Meet Elizabeth," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ John McAuliff 2025 Campaign Website, "My Story," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Andrew Payton 2025 Campaign Website, "About Andrew," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Lily Franklin 2025 campaign website, "Meet Lily," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Linkedin, "Rise Hayes," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Linkedin, "May Nivar," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Milad Mikhail 2025 campaign website, "Meet Milad," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Stacey Carroll 2025 campaign website, "Meet Stacey," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Sean Steinway 2025 campaign website, "Home," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Nicole Cole 2025 campaign website "Meet Nicole," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Virginia Independent, "Meet the candidate: Dr. Mark Downey," July 10, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Jessica Anderson 2025 campaign website, "Meet Jessica Anderson," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Leslie Mehta 2025 campaign website, "Meet Leslie," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Linkedin, "Lindsey Dougherty," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Kimblery Adams 2025 campaign website, "Home," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Mary Person, "Meet Mary," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Virgil Thornton Sr. 2025 campaign website, "Meet Virgil," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Carnegie Law Group, "Meet Our Team," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ [https://www.mikelamonea.com/meet-mike Mike Lamonea 2025 campaign website, "Meet Mike," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ WAVY, "Candidate Profile: Timothy Anderson (Virginia House District 97)," accessed august 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Cat Porterfield 2025 campaign website, "Home," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Linkedin, "Elizabeth Richardson," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ State Navigate, "Virginia," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Election Code of Virginia, "Section 24.2-501," accessed April 29, 2025
- ↑ Election Code of Virginia, "Section 24.2-947.1," accessed April 29, 2025
- ↑ Election Code of Virginia, "Section 24.2-502," accessed April 29, 2025
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 Election Code of Virginia, "Section 24.2-503," accessed April 29, 2025
- ↑ Election Code of Virginia, "Section 24.2-523," accessed April 29, 2025
- ↑ Election Code of Virginia, "Section 24.2-505," accessed April 29, 2025
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Becoming a Candidate," accessed April 29, 2025
- ↑ Code of Virginia, "Title 24.2, Section 24.2-644," accessed April 29, 2025
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Candidacy Requirements for the November 7, 2017 General Election," January 3, 2016
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ Virginia Legislative Information System, "Code of Virginia - § 24.2-214. Election and term of Senators." accessed January 6, 2022
- ↑ Virginia Legislative Information System, "Code of Virginia - § 24.2-215. Election and term of members of the House of Delegates." accessed January 6, 2022
- ↑ Following the election, one Democrat resigned and Republicans won the subsequent special election. The one independent also caucused with Republicans, giving the chamber a 50-50 split, decided through a power-sharing agreement.
- ↑ 13News Now, "Virginia has new voting maps after redistricting process finishes," December 30, 2021
- ↑ ABC 7, "Virginia bipartisan redistricting panel starts off with partisan maps," September 20, 2021
- ↑ El Paso Inc., "First redistricting map drafts leave some lawmakers unhappy," September 2, 2021
- ↑ Virginia Mercury, "Virginia’s Redistricting Commission has its first draft maps. They look… normal?" September 2, 2021
- ↑ Associated Press, "Proposed congressional maps give Dems an edge in Virginia," December 9, 2021
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