Virginia elections, 2026

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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Virginia, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions.

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Election dates

See also: Virginia election calendar

Statewide election dates in Virginia are listed below. For more statewide dates, please see the statewide elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

June 16, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Below is a list of Virginia elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2026. Click the links to learn more about each type:

Virginia elections, 2026
Office	Elections?	More information
U.S. Senate	✓	Click here
U.S. House	✓	Click here
Congress special election	—	—
Governor	—	—
Other state executive	—	—
State Senate	—	—
State House	—	—
Special state legislative	✓	Click here
State Supreme Court	—	—
Intermediate appellate courts	—	—
School boards	✓	Click here
Municipal government	✓	Click here
Recalls	—	—
Ballot measures	✓	Click here
Local ballot measures	—	—
All local elections by county

Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope

Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
• Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2026

Statewide ballot measures

See also: Virginia 2026 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Remove Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Ban Amendment	Sex and gender; LGBTQ; Race and ethnicity; Constitutional rights; Family	Repeal the provision defining marriage as between one man and one woman and prohibit the state from denying a marriage license to two adult persons based on sex, gender, or race
LRCA	Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment	Constitutional rights; Abortion	Provide a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, defined as "the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy"
LRCA	Use of Legislative Congressional Redistricting Map Amendment	Redistricting	Allow the state legislature to conduct congressional redistricting between 2025 and 2030
LRCA	Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Upon Release Amendment	Voting rights restoration	Provide for the restoration of voting rights to individuals convicted of felonies upon release from incarceration

What's on your ballot?

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List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Virginia. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Please click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Mark Warner Incumbent	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Kim Farington	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Al Mina	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Chuck Smith	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
David Williams	U.S. Senate Virginia	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Lorita Daniels	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Gregory Eichelberger	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Mark Moran	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Jason Reynolds	U.S. Senate Virginia	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Robert J. Wittman Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Elizabeth Beggs	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Salaam Bhatti	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Tim Cywinski	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Lisa Khanna	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Jason Knapp	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Ericka Kopp	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Lewis Littlepage	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Andrew Lucchetti	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Amanda Pohl	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
James Shea	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Sean Sublette	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Shannon Taylor	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Melvin Tull	U.S. House Virginia District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Jennifer Kiggans Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
William Matthews	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Nila Devanath	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Elaine Luria	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Patrick Mosolf	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
James Osyf	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Nicolaus Sleister	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Matthew Strickler	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
John Stringfellow	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Williamson	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Bishop Staten	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Robert C. Scott Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Justin Maffett	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
James Taylor	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Dawn Vasquez	U.S. House Virginia District 3	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Jennifer McClellan Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
John McGuire Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Bob Good	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Melanie Lucero	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Suzanne Krzyzanowski	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Hugh Murray	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Tom Perriello	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Mike Pruitt	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Paul Riley	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Robert Tracinski	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Kate Zabriskie	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Cooke Harvey	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Chris Register	U.S. House Virginia District 5	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Benjamin Lee Cline Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Pete Barlow	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Wendy Gooditis	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Beth Macy	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Ken Mitchell	U.S. House Virginia District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Eugene Vindman Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Tara Durant	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
John Gray	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Darius Mayfield	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Douglas Ollivant	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Waverly Washington	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Matthew Rainforth	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Alex Thymmons	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Heerak Christian Kim	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Luke Nathan Phillips	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Tony Sabio	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Duffin	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Adam Dunigan	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Frank Ferreira	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Daniel Gray	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Mo Seifeldein	U.S. House Virginia District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
H. Morgan Griffith Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Brandon Cook	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Brandi Hall	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Adam Murphy	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Joy Powers	U.S. House Virginia District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Suhas Subramanyam Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Julie Perry	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Sam Wong	U.S. House Virginia District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
James Walkinshaw Incumbent	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Nathan Headrick	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Van Meter	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Stella Pekarsky	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Amy Roma	U.S. House Virginia District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General

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State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Michael Jones	Virginia State Senate District 15 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
John Thomas	Virginia State Senate District 15 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Julie Robbens Lineberry	Virginia State Senate District 39 (Special election)	Republican	On the Ballot General
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker	Virginia State Senate District 39 (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot General
Mason Butler	Virginia House of Delegates District 5 (Special election)	Republican	On the Ballot General
Kirk McPike	Virginia House of Delegates District 5 (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot General
Gretchen Bulova	Virginia House of Delegates District 11 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Adam Wise	Virginia House of Delegates District 11 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Garrett McGuire	Virginia House of Delegates District 17 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Christopher Cardiff	Virginia House of Delegates District 17 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Margaret Franklin	Virginia House of Delegates District 23 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Verndell Robinson	Virginia House of Delegates District 23 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Charlie Schmidt	Virginia House of Delegates District 77 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Richard Stonage Jr.	Virginia House of Delegates District 77 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General

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