Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2027
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Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates will take place in 2027. The general election is on November 2, 2027.
The Virginia House of Delegates is one of eight state legislative chambers with elections in 2027. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
Party control
| September 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 51 | |
| Republican | 49 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Candidates
Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:
- Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
- Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
Democratic
RepublicanVoting information
- See also: Voting in Virginia
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.
Competitiveness
This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Virginia. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
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.[1][2]
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.[3]
The candidate qualification certificate and statement of economic interests must be filed by the filing deadline for the primary.[4]
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.[5]
| 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.[4][6][7]
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).[8]
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.[9]
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[10] | |
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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.[11][12]
Virginia political history
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 |
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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 | 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.[13] Democratic and Republican consultants submitted statewide map proposals for consideration to the Virginia Redistricting Commission on September 18, 2021.[14] 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.[15][16] 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.[17]These maps took effect for Virginia's 2023 legislative elections.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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
- ↑ 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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