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Virginia Beach City, VA

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U.S. House, Virginia District 2
4 candidates
Federal ▾
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Elaine G. Luria
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Helping businesses of all sizes in Coastal Virginia create well-paying jobs with good benefits
  • Supporting families, seniors and businesses in Coastal Virginia
Campaign siteFull profile
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Jen A. Kiggans
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • The Cost of Living: cutting inflation and lowering costs
  • Growing Jobs
  • Economy
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Geral D. "Bishop" Staten
Independent
Biography
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 is listed in Geral D. "Bishop" Staten's FEC committee filing, and none was found as of October 15, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Healthcare affordability, per Virginia Political Newsletter (Substack)
Full profile
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J. Matt Baker
Independent
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Fiscal responsibility and addressing the national debt
  • Military readiness and officer retention
  • Addressing sea-level rise affecting Hampton Roads
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
August 4 primary result: Elaine G. Luria won the Democratic primary with 80.26 percent over S. "Dr. Nila" Devanath (16.35 percent), Patrick B. Mosolf (1.35 percent), William W. "Bill" Fleming (2.04 percent), per the Virginia Department of Elections' official results. Elaine G. Luria (Democratic), Jen A. Kiggans (Republican), Geral D. "Bishop" Staten (Independent), J. Matt Baker (Independent) meet on the November 3 ballot, per the Department of Elections' certified November federal candidate list (updated September 3, 2026). Virginia has no runoffs. A court challenge by Elaine G. Luria to independent Geral D. "Bishop" Staten's ballot petition was pending as of September 7, 2026, per the Virginia Political Newsletter; the Department of Elections' certified list still carries Staten, so this page lists him until the department updates it (re-verify).
U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Mark Warner portrait
MW
Mark Warner
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Making Virginia affordable
  • Delivering for Virginians
  • Keeping Americans safe
Campaign Finance
$21,990,910 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (42% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (21% of receipts)
Key voting record
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
Campaign siteFull profile
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BM
Bert Mizusawa
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Fiscal responsibility
  • Affordability
  • Defending our military
Campaign Finance
$376,213 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (28.5% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (14.2% of receipts), Candidate self-funding, contributions and loans combined (45.6% of receipts)
Campaign siteFull profile

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