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Commonwealth's Attorney, Montgomery CountyPatrick R. Jensen (R)
Patrick R. Jensen
Patrick R. Jensen, chief deputy commonwealth's attorney for Montgomery County since 2007, has served as acting commonwealth's attorney since Mary Pettitt's retirement on August 1, 2026, per Cardinal News. He is running in the November 2026 special election to fill the office permanently. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Sheriff, Montgomery CountyTim Andrew Brown (D) · Robert G. Page (R)
Tim Andrew Brown
Tim Andrew Brown is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Sheriff, Montgomery County, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified local candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Robert G. Page
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Public safety: keeping Montgomery County safe
- Deputy mental health and wellness
- Servant leadership
About Robert G. Page
Robert Page joined the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in 2013 as a corrections officer and worked in the jail, civil process, court security, patrol, criminal warrants and as Chief Deputy, per the campaign site. He has served full-time on the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force for six years, per the campaign site. He has been the county's interim sheriff since April 2026, per the campaign site.
Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Montgomery County page.
Statewide races
U.S. SenateMark Warner (D) · Bert Mizusawa (R)
Mark Warner
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Making Virginia affordable
- Delivering for Virginians
- Keeping Americans safe
About Mark Warner
Mark Warner is Virginia's sitting U.S. senator, per the campaign site. He was the first person in his family to graduate from college, and his third business venture, a cell phone company, broke through, per the campaign site. He was elected governor of Virginia in 2001, chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee beginning in 2021 and is now its vice chairman, per the campaign site and the Senate's committee rosters. The campaign site says he wrote the CHIPS and Science Act.
- Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the Senate 50-50 in July 2025, with the vice president casting the tie-breaking vote. Opposed
- Voted yes on the CHIPS and Science Act, funding domestic semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research, which cleared the Senate 64-33 in July 2022. Supported
Bert Mizusawa
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Fiscal responsibility
- Affordability
- Defending our military
About Bert Mizusawa
Bert Mizusawa is a retired U.S. Army major general and a four-time combat veteran with 41 years in uniform, per the campaign site. He holds a law degree from Harvard, and he served as a Senate Armed Services Committee staff member, as a deputy under secretary of the Army, and as commander of the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force in Afghanistan, per the campaign site.
Virginia voters also decide 3 statewide ballot measures.
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