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2026 candidates we're tracking in VA-9
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Joy A. Powers
Democratic
Powers is a fourth-generation cattle farmer and small business owner from Bedford County who previously ran her family's farm equipment dealership, per her campaign site and Cardinal News. Her campaign site says she adopted a son through foster care and organi…
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Adam Grayson Murphy
Democratic
Murphy is a software engineer from Roanoke County, per Cardinal News. His campaign site says his platform, which he calls the 21st Century Deal, focuses on affordability in Southwest Virginia. Cardinal News reports he has pledged to refuse corporate PAC fundin…
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Douglas E. Crockett
Democratic
Crockett is a Methodist minister and attorney from Wythe County, per Cardinal News. Cardinal News reports he came out of retirement to run after the 2024 election and campaigns on bipartisan cooperation and limits on federal executive overreach.
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Morgan Griffith
Republican
Incumbent
Morgan Griffith is on the Virginia Department of Elections certified candidate list for this district's Republican primary on August 4.
About this race
Virginia's 9th 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.