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Virginia Voter Guide 2026: Candidates on Your Ballot

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Virginia's 2026 ballot includes U.S. Senate (Mark Warner (D), Bert Mizusawa (R)); 11 U.S. House districts. Browse tracked Virginia jurisdictions, compare candidate profiles, and enter your ZIP code to see the exact races on your ballot.

State Snapshot

Primary ElectionAug. 4, 2026
General ElectionNov. 3, 2026
StateVirginia
Places Listed28
Profiles144

Virginia does not elect a governor in 2026. The statewide contests below are what appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

2026 Statewide & Congressional Races

Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for Virginia's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.

U.S. Senate

2 candidates
  • Mark Warner (D)Incumbent
    Mark Warner is Virginia's incumbent U.S. senator and the Democratic nominee for a fourth term in 2026. A former governor and technology entrepreneur who co-founded the company that became Nextel, he is the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and co-authored the CHIPS and Science Act. He drew no Democratic challenger, so Virginia held no Democratic Senate contest on August 4; he faces Republican Bert Mizusawa on November 3.
    Priorities: Lead on national security as Intelligence Committee vice chairman · Boost American technology and manufacturing, building on the CHIPS Act · Protect health care, veterans, and federal workers in Virginia
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  • Bert Mizusawa (R)
    Bert Mizusawa
    Bert Mizusawa is a retired U.S. Army major general and attorney who won Virginia's August 4 Republican U.S. Senate nomination with 51.5% of the vote, per unofficial returns from the Virginia Department of Elections. He graduated first in his 1979 West Point class and holds the Silver Star for leading a defector to safety under fire during the 1984 Panmunjom firefight in the Korean DMZ, per his campaign materials. He later earned a Harvard Law degree, practiced law, served as a Senate Armed Services Committee staff member and as a deputy under secretary of the Army, and commanded a joint interagency task force in Afghanistan. He faces Democratic incumbent Mark Warner on November 3.
    Priorities: Bring excessive federal spending under control and focus government on core functions · Simplify the tax code with fewer brackets and larger standard deductions · Bring new nuclear power online to cut household energy costs
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U.S. House - VA-1

2 candidates
  • Shannon L. Taylor (Democratic)
    Taylor has served as Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney for 14 years and was the first woman elected to that office in 2011, per her campaign site. Her campaign site says she has tried thousands of cases involving violent crime, drug trafficking and domestic abuse, and that she created victim support programs and an opioid task force. Virginia Mercury also identifies her as the sitting Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney.
    Priorities: Lowering costs and growing the economy through job creation in energy and infrastructure, per her campaign site · Cleaning up crime and corruption, including banning insider stock trading by members of Congress, per her campaign site · Protecting Medicare and Social Security and lowering prescription drug costs, per her campaign site
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  • Robert J. "Rob" Wittman (Republican)Incumbent
    Wittman represents Virginia's 1st Congressional District, which stretches from the Northern Neck through parts of Henrico and Chesterfield counties to the Historic Triangle of Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Wittman is focused on delivering results for the district, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Rebuilding the military, per the campaign site · Increasing access to broadband, per the campaign site · Improving access to a 21st century education for children, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - VA-2

4 candidates
  • Elaine G. Luria (Democratic)
    Luria is a retired U.S. Navy officer and former small business owner who represented Virginia's 2nd District in the U.S. House for two terms, per her campaign site and Virginia Mercury. Virginia Mercury reports she has the backing of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Virginia Democratic leadership.
    Priorities: Helping businesses of all sizes in Coastal Virginia create well-paying jobs with good benefits, per her campaign site · Supporting families, seniors and businesses in Coastal Virginia, per her campaign site
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  • Jen A. Kiggans (Republican)Incumbent
    Kiggans served 10 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, flying H-46 and H-3 helicopters on two deployments to the Persian Gulf, per the campaign site. She later became a board-certified adult-geriatric primary care nurse practitioner using her GI Bill benefits, working in long-term care facilities in Virginia Beach and Norfolk, per the campaign site. She served three sessions in the Virginia State Senate before her election to the U.S. House representing Virginia's 2nd District, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Securing the border and supporting law enforcement, per the campaign site · Delivering for veterans, per the campaign site · Cutting inflation and growing jobs, per the campaign site
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  • Geral D. "Bishop" Staten (Independent)
    Geral D. "Bishop" Staten is running as an independent candidate for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. He is from the Suffolk area of Hampton Roads and previously ran for Suffolk mayor in 2016, per Virginia Political Newsletter. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
    Priorities: Healthcare affordability, per Virginia Political Newsletter (Substack)
  • J. Matt Baker (Independent)
    Matt Baker is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel who served 28 years, including deployments in Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan, per his campaign site. A 1987 Naval Academy graduate based in Hampton Roads, he is running as an independent for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District.
    Priorities: Fiscal responsibility and addressing the national debt, per the campaign site · Military readiness and officer retention, per the campaign site · Addressing sea-level rise affecting Hampton Roads, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - VA-3

4 candidates
  • Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)Incumbent
    Robert C. "Bobby" Scott is the Democratic candidate for Virginia's 3rd Congressional District on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified November candidate list.
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  • Edwin Rivera, Jr. (Republican)
    Edwin Rivera Jr. is a U.S. Army veteran who served multiple combat tours in the Middle East and previously worked as a police officer in Puerto Rico, per his campaign site. He is the Republican nominee for Virginia's 3rd Congressional District, running against Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott, per Virginia Mercury.
    Priorities: Education reform, per the campaign site · Public safety and support for veterans, per the campaign site · Protecting Social Security and expanding economic opportunity, per the campaign site
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  • Makiba A. Gaines (Independent)
    Makiba Gaines is a civil rights attorney in solo practice in the Chesapeake area who previously served as a prosecutor in Portsmouth, per her campaign site. She is running as an independent congressional candidate.
    Priorities: Making everyday life more affordable, per the campaign site · Protecting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, per the campaign site · Reducing taxes and government waste, per the campaign site
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  • Stephen C. Woll (Independent)
    Steve Woll is a Navy veteran who has spent more than 25 years in Hampton Roads applying science and technology to economic and strategic problems, per his campaign site. He is running as an independent for Virginia's 3rd Congressional District.
    Priorities: Independence from party and special-interest influence, per the campaign site · Evidence-based decision-making and cross-party collaboration, per the campaign site · Representation answerable to the district rather than donors or party leadership, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - VA-4

3 candidates
  • Jennifer L. McClellan (Democratic)Incumbent
    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.
    Priorities: Protecting voting rights and expanding access to health care coverage, per the campaign site · Addressing climate change and rebuilding aging schools, per the campaign site
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  • 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 or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
  • Joan E. "Andrews" Bell (Independent)
    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.
    Priorities: Opposing Virginia's Amendment 1, per the campaign site · Opposing later-term abortion in Virginia, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - VA-5

3 candidates
  • Tom S. P. Perriello (Democratic)
    Perriello represented Virginia's 5th District in the U.S. House from 2009 to 2011, per Cardinal News and Virginia Mercury. His campaign site says he is a native Virginian who has spent 25 years working as a member of Congress, a diplomat, a nonprofit leader and a teacher. Virginia Mercury reports his message centers on affordability and the economic pressure facing Virginia families.
    Priorities: Lowering costs, including ending tariffs that raise grocery bills, per his campaign site · Banning dark money and insider trading in Congress, per his campaign site · Restoring constitutional checks and balances, per his campaign site
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  • John J. McGuire III (Republican)Incumbent
    McGuire is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and former state senator who now holds the 5th District seat, per Virginia Mercury. His campaign site asks voters to re-elect him and summarizes his positions as Pro-Life, Pro-God, Pro-Gun and Pro-Trump. His campaign site says President Trump has endorsed him in this contest.
    Priorities: A conservative agenda summarized on his campaign site as Pro-Life, Pro-God, Pro-Gun and Pro-Trump · Putting the people of the Commonwealth first in Washington, per his campaign site
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  • Cooke C. Harvey (Independent)
    Cooke Costa Harvey is a carpenter running as an independent candidate for Virginia's 5th Congressional District, per the Virginia Mercury voter guide. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
    Priorities: Campaign finance reform, per Virginia Mercury 2026 Voter Guide · Term limits for members of Congress, per Virginia Mercury 2026 Voter Guide · Regulation of artificial intelligence, per Virginia Mercury 2026 Voter Guide

U.S. House - VA-6

2 candidates
  • Beth A. Macy (Democratic)
    Macy grew up in a low-income family in a small Ohio town and was the first in her family to attend college, per the campaign site. She spent 25 years as an investigative reporter at The Roanoke Times covering western Virginia communities, per the campaign site. She is the author of three books, including Dopesick, which she helped adapt into an Emmy- and Peabody-winning television series, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Making life more affordable for working families, per the campaign site · Expanding access to health and mental health care, including addiction treatment, per the campaign site · Investing in rural communities, per the campaign site
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  • Ben L. Cline (Republican)Incumbent
    Ben L. Cline is the Republican candidate for Virginia's 6th Congressional District on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified November candidate list.
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U.S. House - VA-7

6 candidates
  • Eugene S. Vindman (Democratic)Incumbent
    Vindman served 25 years in the U.S. Army, beginning as a paratrooper and infantry officer before attending law school and becoming a Judge Advocate General Corps officer, per the campaign site. Vindman later served on the National Security Council as a legal advisor and senior ethics official, per the campaign site. Vindman holds a degree from SUNY Binghamton, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Supporting ethical government, including having sold personal stocks before taking office, per the campaign site · Supporting working families and union workers, per the campaign site
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  • Doug A. Ollivant (Republican)
    Ollivant is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, per his campaign site. Virginia Mercury reports he is a retired Army officer who lives in Culpeper. Charlottesville Tomorrow reports he did not respond to its candidate questionnaire.
    Priorities: Restoring American fiscal responsibility, per Virginia Mercury · A results-oriented approach to leadership grounded in service, integrity and common sense, per his campaign site
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  • Taner E. Demirci Lopez (Libertarian)
    Taner Demirci Lopez is a former university professor who later served as a cultural advisor supporting the Department of Defense, per the University of Mary Washington. He lives in Locust Grove and holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Murcia in Spain. He is the Libertarian nominee for Virginia's 7th Congressional District.
    Priorities: Reducing foreign influence and private interests in government, per the campaign site
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  • Alaha Ahrar (Independent)
    Alaha Ahrar is an Afghan immigrant based in Dumfries who serves as chief executive officer of International Kindness Sharing, per the University of Mary Washington. She holds a bachelor's degree from UMW and a master's in social justice and human rights from George Mason University, and is running as an independent for Virginia's 7th Congressional District.
    Priorities: Affordability for working families facing rising rents, health care costs and stagnant wages, per the campaign site · Accountability to constituents rather than political action committees, per the campaign site
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  • Joshua E. Ertle (Independent)
    Joshua E. Ertle is the independent candidate for Virginia's 7th Congressional District on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified November candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
  • Randall A. Terry (Independent)
    Randall A. Terry
    Randall Terry previously ran for president in 2024 and is now running as an independent candidate for Virginia's 7th Congressional District, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Opposing Virginia's Amendment 1, per the campaign site · Seeking a congressional ban on chemical abortion medications, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - VA-8

4 candidates
  • Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Democratic)Incumbent
    Beyer is serving his sixth term in the U.S. House and previously served as Virginia's lieutenant governor from 1990 to 1998, per his campaign site and Virginia Mercury. His campaign site says he is the senior House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee and sits on the Ways and Means Committee and the Science, Space and Technology Committee.
    Priorities: The economy, jobs and education, per Virginia Mercury · Energy and environmental standards, per Virginia Mercury · Health care and housing, per his campaign site
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  • Tony A. Sabio (Republican)
    Tony Sabio served in the U.S. Navy and later worked for the Secret Service and CIA, per the Washington Examiner. Born in Puerto Rico, he has lived in Northern Virginia since 2002 and is the Republican nominee for Virginia's 8th Congressional District, running against incumbent Rep. Don Beyer.
    Priorities: Energy affordability and expanding American energy production, per the campaign site · Support for small business and job creation, per the campaign site · Support for law enforcement and rebuilding national defense, per the campaign site
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  • Shelly M. Arnoldi (Libertarian)
    Shelly M. Arnoldi
    Shelly Arnoldi is a Navy veteran and licensed professional engineer with more than 27 years managing major facilities and construction projects for the military, Department of Defense schools and cultural institutions, per ARLnow. She is running for Virginia's 8th Congressional District with the backing of the Libertarian Party of Northern Virginia.
    Priorities: Government accountability and cutting administrative waste, per ARLnow · Parental rights and transparency in school decisions, per ARLnow · Civil liberties, including constitutional protections and medical freedom, per ARLnow
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  • Tim S. Sharman (Independent)
    Tim S. Sharman
    Sharman was born in London, studied politics, philosophy, and economics at Oxford University, and moved to the United States about 30 years ago, where he became a citizen, per the campaign site. He founded a customer-experience startup after a career helping companies serve their customers, and is running as an independent for Virginia's 8th Congressional District, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Housing affordability, per ARLnow · Cost of living, including childcare and food prices, per ARLnow · Economic recovery for federal workers and small businesses affected by the 2025 government shutdown, per ARLnow
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U.S. House - VA-9

2 candidates
  • 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 organizes her platform around a HOME plan covering health care, opportunity, market affordability and education.
    Priorities: Expanding rural hospitals, mental health services and the health care workforce, per her campaign site · Lowering costs by holding corporations accountable and building affordable housing, per her campaign site · Supporting teachers, modernizing classrooms and expanding job training, per her campaign site
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  • H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Incumbent
    Griffith grew up in Salem, Virginia, graduated from Emory & Henry College and attended Washington and Lee University School of Law, per the campaign site. He practiced law in southwest Virginia and served in the Virginia House of Delegates before his election to Congress in 2010, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Defend Second Amendment rights, per the campaign site · Support the right to life, per the campaign site · Oppose EPA regulations he views as harmful to jobs, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - VA-10

3 candidates
  • Suhas Subramanyam (Democratic)Incumbent
    Subramanyam's family immigrated to Virginia from India in 1979; he attended Tulane University and earned a law degree with honors from Northwestern University, per the campaign site. He worked as a Capitol Hill policy aide and as a White House technology policy advisor under President Obama, then founded a small business in Loudoun County, per the campaign site. He was elected to the Virginia General Assembly in 2019 and now represents Virginia's 10th District in Congress, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Reducing prescription drug costs and increasing price transparency, per the campaign site · Protecting consumers from high energy bills and toll increases, per the campaign site · Supporting small businesses and veterans, per the campaign site
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  • Dave T. Beckwith (Republican)
    Beckwith is a 30-year Air Force veteran who retired as a colonel and served as a deputy assistant secretary of defense overseeing a $500 billion national security portfolio, per his campaign site. His campaign site says he has lived in Loudoun County for 17 years and is a homeschool dad of three and a cancer survivor. InsideNoVa reports he ran unsuccessfully in the 2022 Republican contest in the district and had raised $25,665 as of the most recent filing it reviewed.
    Priorities: Fiscal responsibility in Washington, per his campaign site · Economic vitality and expanded education and vocational training, per his campaign site · Opposing power lines through residential areas, per his campaign site
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  • Ahsen Mujeeb Malik (Independent)
    Ahsen Malik is a middle school teacher whose professional background also includes residential mortgage finance and realty, per his campaign site. He is running as an independent candidate for Virginia's 10th Congressional District.
    Priorities: Data centers, climate policy and immigration enforcement, per the campaign site · Inflation and grocery prices, per the campaign site · Health care access, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - VA-11

3 candidates
  • James R. Walkinshaw (Democratic)Incumbent
    Walkinshaw previously served on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and spent more than a decade as chief of staff to former Congressman Gerry Connolly, per the campaign site. Walkinshaw holds a degree from New York University and lives in Fairfax with a wife and son, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Protecting federal workers from politicization through a Congressional Federal Workforce Caucus, per the campaign site · Extending health care premium tax credits and lowering costs, per the campaign site · Addressing housing affordability and opposing tariffs that raise prices, per the campaign site
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  • Arthur G. Purves (Republican)
    Arthur G. Purves
    Arthur Purves is a retired computer programmer with a 40-year career who has led the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance for nearly three decades, per his campaign site. He lives in Vienna and is the Republican nominee for Virginia's 11th Congressional District.
    Priorities: Reducing federal spending through policy changes rather than program cuts, per the campaign site · Stricter immigration vetting, per the campaign site · School choice and competition in public education, per the campaign site
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  • Dianne L. Blais (Green)
    Blais has been a member of the Green Party since 2014, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Blais serves as convener of the Jane Addams branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Redirecting military spending toward domestic needs, per the campaign site · Supporting a Medicare for All health care system, per the campaign site · Raising taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations and increasing the minimum wage, per the campaign site
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Statewide Ballot Measures

3 statewide measures are on Virginia's 2026 ballot. Tap a measure for the plain-language summary.

  • Question 1: Right to reproductive freedom
    Ballot question as certified by the Department of Elections: Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to (i) protect the freedom to make personal decisions about prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, abortion, miscarriage management, and fertility care; (ii) protect doctors, nurses, and patients from being punished for these decisions; and (iii) allow for restrictions on access to abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy except when the patient's health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive?.
    Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)
    Full measures guide →
  • Question 2: Remove the same-sex marriage ban and protect the right to marry
    Ballot question as certified by the Department of Elections: Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to (i) remove the ban on same-sex marriage; (ii) affirm that two adults may marry regardless of sex, gender, or race; and (iii) require all legally valid marriages to be treated equally under the law?.
    Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)
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  • Question 3: Fundamental right to vote and automatic restoration after incarceration
    Ballot question as certified by the Department of Elections: Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended (i) to provide for the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, (ii) to revise the qualifications of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested with the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and (iii) to update the existing prohibition on voting by persons found to be mentally incompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting?.
    Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)
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Places We’re Tracking

Open a local guide to preview candidate profiles by county, city, or jurisdiction. A ZIP code lookup is the fastest way to narrow this to a specific ballot.

Albemarle County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Alexandria city

5 candidates
  • 5 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 office type represented

Arlington County

7 candidates
  • 7 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Augusta County

10 candidates
  • 10 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Bedford County

5 candidates
  • 5 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Chesapeake city

28 candidates
  • 28 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Chesterfield County

5 candidates
  • 5 tracked candidate profiles
  • 4 office types represented

Culpeper

5 candidates
  • 5 tracked candidate profiles
  • 4 office types represented

Fairfax County

13 candidates
  • 13 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Fauquier County

16 candidates
  • 16 tracked candidate profiles
  • 5 races covered

Frederick County

17 candidates
  • 17 tracked candidate profiles
  • 6 races covered

Hampton city

10 candidates
  • 10 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Hanover County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Henrico County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 office types represented

Loudoun County

21 candidates
  • 21 tracked candidate profiles
  • 7 races covered

Lynchburg city

9 candidates
  • 9 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Montgomery County

5 candidates
  • 5 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Newport News city

16 candidates
  • 16 tracked candidate profiles
  • 8 races covered

Norfolk city

18 candidates
  • 18 tracked candidate profiles
  • 10 races covered

Portsmouth city

13 candidates
  • 13 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Prince William County

31 candidates
  • 31 tracked candidate profiles
  • 9 races covered

Richmond city

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 office types represented

Roanoke city

8 candidates
  • 8 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 office types represented

Roanoke County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Rockingham County

34 candidates
  • 34 tracked candidate profiles
  • 12 races covered

Spotsylvania County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Stafford County

7 candidates
  • 7 tracked candidate profiles
  • 5 office types represented

Suffolk city

15 candidates
  • 15 tracked candidate profiles
  • 8 races covered

Virginia Beach city

25 candidates
  • 25 tracked candidate profiles
  • 12 races covered

York County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 office types represented

Every county in Virginia

All 133 counties, A to Z. Each page shows the statewide races on every ballot in that county; the 25 marked in bold also carry hand-verified local races.

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How to vote in Virginia in November 2026

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Dates below come from the Virginia election office as of 2026-09-04; confirm on the official page or check your registration and polling place.

Voter registration deadline
online by Friday, October 23, 2026; by mail Friday, October 23, 2026; in person by Friday, October 23, 2026
Early voting
Friday, September 18, 2026 through Saturday, October 31, 2026
Mail ballot
request by Friday, October 23, 2026; return: If returned by mail: must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by your general registrar's office no later than noon on the third day following the...; no excuse needed
Election Day hours
6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (anyone in line at 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to vote).
Where to vote
Find your polling place with the Virginia election office's official lookup.
ID at the polls
Voters may present an acceptable form of ID (Virginia DMV-issued driver's license or ID card, even if expired; U.S. passport; employer-issued or student photo ID; other U.S./Virginia government-issued ID; U.S. military ID; or Virginia Voter Photo ID Card) or sign an ID Confirmation Statement at the polls. Voters who do neither may cast a provisional ballot.

Virginia 2026 Election Questions

Who is running for U.S. Senate in Virginia in 2026?

The tracked 2026 U.S. Senate candidates in Virginia are Mark Warner (D), Bert Mizusawa (R). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

When is the Virginia 2026 primary election?

Virginia's 2026 state primary was held on August 4, 2026; the general election is November 3, 2026. Check your registration and polling place with your state election office.

When is the voter registration deadline in Virginia for the November 2026 election?

To vote in Virginia's November 3, 2026 general election, register online by Friday, October 23, 2026; by mail Friday, October 23, 2026; in person by Friday, October 23, 2026, per the state election office.

When does early voting start in Virginia for the November 2026 election?

Early in-person voting in Virginia runs Friday, September 18, 2026 through Saturday, October 31, 2026, per the state election office.

What is the deadline to request a mail ballot in Virginia for November 2026?

Virginia mail ballots: request by Friday, October 23, 2026; return: If returned by mail: must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by your general registrar's office no later than noon on the third day following the...; no excuse needed, per the state election office.

Where do I vote in Virginia in November 2026?

Polling places are assigned by address. Use the Virginia election office's official lookup at https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation to find yours; early-voting sites are listed there as well.

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