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2026 candidates we're tracking in VA-4
Jennifer L. McClellan
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.
Top priorities
- Improve health
- Restore the "We" in wealth
- Respect for states' rights and civil rights
Per the campaign site.
About Robert P. "Family Man" Murray, Jr.
Murray started an IT company on Richmond's south side and later joined IBM's federal government technology consulting practice, where he became North American CIO Advisory Leader, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he graduated summa cum laude from William & Mary and holds an MBA from Emory.
Joan E. "Andrews" Bell
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.