Virginia 2015 General Election

The Green Papers: Virginia 2015 General Election

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Virginia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	8,037,736	(2.59% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	13	(2.42% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	11	(2.53% of 435)
Capital:	Richmond

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Virginia State and Local Government

Virginia 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

Parties may decide to select their candidate by convention or by primary.

Virginia law states that there will be no primary in races "when less than two candidates declare".

Parties may choose to nominate by convention rather than by primary election. The deadline to notify the State Board of Elections of the adoption of the primary election is 25 February 2014.

The Democratic Party has scheduled conventions on 7 June 2014 (District 1), 31 May 2014 (District 5), 17 May 2014 (District 6), 10 May 2014 (District 9), and a caucus on 29 May 2014 (District 4) and 10 June 2014 (District 10).
The Republican Party has scheduled a convention on 7 June 2014 to select its U.S. Senate nominee. For U.S. House Districts, Republican conventions will be held on 3 May 2014 (District 3), 26 April 2014 (District 8), and 10 May 2014 (District 11). A Republican Party canvass will be held on 26 April 2014 for District 10.

SB 742, introduced by Senator Charles W. Carrico, Sr. (Republican) on 6 February 2015, would add a runoff to the GENERAL election. If no candidate receives 50% or more of the vote for a STATEWIDE office, a runoff would be held between the top two vote getters.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • former DNC Chair
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine* • FEC S2VA00142

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Mark Robert Warner • First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Senator Mark Robert Warner* • FEC S6VA00093

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Terry McAuliffe • First elected: 2013 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2017 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair
	Candidate list

		Democratic		Lieutenant Governor Ralph S. Northam • 24 February 2015: Announced candidacy.

		Republican		Ed Gillespie • former Republican National Committee Chairman

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Ralph S. Northam • First elected: 2013 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2017 • Open Seat - 24 February 2015: Candidate for Governor in 2017.

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 8 Republican (8 Undetermined); 3 Democratic (3 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman Robert J. "Rob" Wittman • First elected in a special election (re: the death of Congressman Jo Ann S. Davis): 11 December 2007 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Robert J. "Rob" Wittman* • FEC H8VA01147; 30 Sep 15; Tot $411,848; Dsb $285,937

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Edward Scott "Scott" Rigell • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Edward Scott "Scott" Rigell* • FEC H0VA02084; 30 Sep 15; Tot $631,985; Dsb $389,203

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3		Democratic	Congressman Robert Cortez "Bobby" Scott • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Congressman J. Randy Forbes • 2001 June 19: Elected in a special election to replace the seat vacated by the death of Norman Sisisky. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman J. Randy Forbes* • FEC H2VA04052; 30 Sep 15; Tot $516,635; Dsb $314,825

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 5		Republican	Congressman Robert Hurt • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Ericke Cage • FEC H6VA05100; 30 Sep 15; Tot $25,557; Dsb $7,458
		Democratic		Albemarle County Supervisor Jane DeSimone Dittmar • FEC H6VA05118; 30 Sep 15; Tot $77,660; Dsb $10,963

		*Republican*		*Congressman Robert Hurt* • FEC H0VA05095; 30 Sep 15; Tot $341,562; Dsb $212,882

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Congressman Robert William "Bob" Goodlatte • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Robert William "Bob" Goodlatte* • FEC H2VA06115; 30 Sep 15; Tot $629,769; Dsb $435,963

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 7		Republican	Congressman David Alan "Dave" Brat • First elected in the concurrent general and special elections [re: to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Eric Ivan Cantor (Republican)]: 4 November 2014. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Michael Robert "Mike" Dickinson • FEC H6VA07122
		~~Democratic~~		~~Robert Cranford Maddux - apparently not a candidate~~ • 4 June 2015: Termination report processed by the FEC. • FEC H6VA07114

		*Republican*		*Congressman David Alan "Dave" Brat* • FEC H4VA07143; 30 Sep 15; Tot $380,949; Dsb $208,832

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 8		Democratic	Congressman Donald Sternoff "Don" Beyer, Jr. • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Donald Sternoff "Don" Beyer, Jr.* • FEC H4VA08224; 30 Sep 15; Tot $795,259; Dsb $465,179

		Republican		Michael David "Mike" Webb • FEC H6VA08229

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 9		Republican	Congressman H. Morgan "Morgan" Griffith • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman H. Morgan "Morgan" Griffith* • FEC H0VA09055; 30 Sep 15; Tot $338,775; Dsb $359,422

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 10		Republican	Congressman Barbara J. Comstock • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Julien Modica

		*Republican*		*Congressman Barbara J. Comstock* • FEC H4VA10089; 30 Sep 15; Tot $1,382,300; Dsb $422,217

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 11		Democratic	Congressman Gerald Edward "Gerry" Connolly • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Gerald Edward "Gerry" Connolly* • FEC H8VA11062; 30 Sep 15; Tot $760,990; Dsb $302,899

		Green		Joseph F. "Joe" Galdo • FEC H2VA11164; 30 Sep 15; Tot $734; Dsb $2,134

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017

		Democratic	Attorney General Mark R. Herring • First elected: 2013 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2017
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Attorney General Mark R. Herring* • 2 September 2015: Announced he will run for re-election in 2017.

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 8 incumbents, 10 candidates
	• Republican: 8 incumbents, 10 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates)
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• Justice Party
	• Right to Life
	• Unity
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

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Election Authority
	• Virginia Department of Elections
Democratic
	• Virginia Democratic Party
	• Virginia Joint Democratic Caucus
	• Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus
Republican
	• Republican Party of Virginia
Third Party
	• Justice Party of Virginia
	• The Constitution Party of Virginia
	• The Green Party of Virginia
	• The Unity Party of Virginia
	• Virginia Society for Human Life
Media & others
	• Blue Virginia - Arlington
	• Bristol Herald Courier
	• Culpeper Star-Exponent
	• Daily Press: Hampton Roads Daily Press
	• Danville Register & Bee - Dan River Region
	• Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville / Henry County
	• News & Advance - Lynchburg
	• Politics1.com - Virginia
	• Richlands News-Press - Richlands / Clinch Valley
	• Richmond Times-Dispatch
	• Southside Sentinel - Urbanna
	• Staunton News Leader
	• The Daily Progress - Charlottesville
	• The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg
	• The News Virginian - Waynesboro
	• The Roanoke Times
	• The Virginia Public Access Project
	• The Virginian Pilot - Norfolk
	• The Winchester Star
	• Times Community Media (Loudoun Times-Mirror, Fauquier Times-Democrat, Culpeper Times, Gainesville Times)
	• WWBT - NBC - Richmond