Who is on the ballot in Virginia on November 3, 2026?
For the November 3, 2026 general election. From the Virginia Department of Elections candidate list, checked October 7, 2026.
This page lists every candidate on the Virginia Department of Elections's list for U.S. Senate, Congress and the legislature: 40 candidates in 13 races. Within each race, candidates are in alphabetical order by last name. It shows every candidate on that office's list of all offices for the November 3, 2026 general election (revised October 6, 2026) for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House and any special election for the General Assembly, alphabetically by last name, with names and parties as the list gives them.
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U.S. Senator
- Bert Mizusawa (Republican)
- Mark R. Warner (Democratic)
U.S. House of Representatives
All 11 Virginia congressional districts elect a representative.
1st Congressional District
- Shannon L. Taylor (Democratic)
- Robert J. "Rob" Wittman (Republican)
2nd Congressional District
- J. Matt Baker (Independent)
- Jen A. Kiggans (Republican)
- Elaine G. Luria (Democratic)
- Geral D. "Bishop" Staten (Independent)
3rd Congressional District
- Makiba A. Gaines (Independent)
- Edwin Rivera, Jr. (Republican)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)
- Stephen C. Woll (Independent)
4th Congressional District
- Joan E. "Andrews" Bell (Independent)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (Democratic)
- Robert P. "Family Man" Murray, Jr. (Republican)
5th Congressional District
- Cooke C. Harvey (Independent)
- John J. McGuire III (Republican)
- Tom S. P. Perriello (Democratic)
6th Congressional District
- Ben L. Cline (Republican)
- Beth A. Macy (Democratic)
7th Congressional District
- Alaha Ahrar (Independent)
- Joshua E. Ertle (Independent)
- Taner E. Demirci Lopez (Libertarian)
- Doug A. Ollivant (Republican)
- Randall A. Terry (Independent)
- Eugene S. Vindman (Democratic)
8th Congressional District
- Shelly M. Arnoldi (Libertarian)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Democratic)
- Tony A. Sabio (Republican)
- Tim S. Sharman (Independent)
9th Congressional District
- H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)
- Joy A. Powers (Democratic)
10th Congressional District
- Dave T. Beckwith (Republican)
- Ahsen Mujeeb Malik (Independent)
- Suhas Subramanyam (Democratic)
11th Congressional District
- Dianne L. Blais (Green)
- Arthur G. Purves (Republican)
- James R. Walkinshaw (Democratic)
Virginia House of Delegates
The list has candidates in 1 districts. A district that is not shown has no candidate on the list for this election.
Member, House of Delegates, 20th District (special election)
- Nathaniel "Nate" Fritzen (Republican)
- Sonia Ruth Vasquez Luna (Democratic)
Judges, county offices and local questions
These are not listed on this page: city, county, town and school board offices, and the ballot questions. Virginia elects its General Assembly in odd-numbered years; a seat is listed here only where the list has a special election for it. The Virginia Department of Elections's full candidate list has every office it covers. Your full sample ballot, with every contest and question you will see, comes from your county or local election office: find yours.
How this list is made
- The source is the list of the Virginia Department of Elections for the November 3, 2026 general election, read on October 7, 2026.
- Only candidates on the November ballot are shown.
- Names and parties are the list's own. Every candidate is shown the same way: a name and a party, with no photos, endorsements or ratings.
- The list can change if a candidate withdraws or is replaced. The Virginia Department of Elections's own list is the final word.
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