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2026 U.S. House

Virginia's 4th Congressional District — 2026 Candidates

U.S. House · VA-4
Primary: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 General: Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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2026 candidates we're tracking in VA-4

Jennifer L. McClellan

Jennifer L. McClellan

DemocraticIncumbent

Top priorities

  • Protecting voting rights and expanding access to health care coverage
  • Addressing climate change and rebuilding aging schools

Per the campaign site.

About Jennifer L. McClellan

McClellan served more than twenty years in the Virginia General Assembly before current service in the U.S. House, per the campaign site. The campaign site says McClellan was raised in Virginia's Tri-Cities area, where McClellan's parents were educators at Virginia State University, and now lives in Richmond with a husband and two children, per the campaign site.

Robert P. "Family Man" Murray, Jr.

Republican

Robert P. "Family Man" Murray, Jr. is the Republican candidate for Virginia's 4th Congressional District on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified November candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Joan E. "Andrews" Bell

Independent

Top priorities

  • Opposing Virginia's Amendment 1
  • Opposing later-term abortion in Virginia

Per the campaign site.

About Joan E. "Andrews" Bell

Joan Andrews Bell is running as an independent candidate for Virginia's 4th Congressional District. Her campaign centers on opposing Virginia's Amendment 1 and later-term abortion, per her campaign site.

About this race

Virginia's 4th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Virginia primary is Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

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