The Green Papers: Virginia 2023 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Special Election House CD 4: Tuesday 21 February 2023
Friday 23 December 2022 - Filing Deadline - Special Election for House CD 4 .
Tuesday 21 February 2023 - Special Election House CD 4. Polling hours 6:00a-7:00p EST (1100-0000 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:8,654,542 (2.79% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:13(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:11(2.53% of 435)
Capital:Richmond
 

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Virginia State and Local Government

Virginia Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


Virginia law states that there will be no primary in races "when less than two candidates declare" [Code of Virginia §24.2-526].

The Democratic and Republican parties may choose to nominate by convention or primary election. The deadline to notify the State Board of Elections of the adoption of the primary election is TBD. Nominees must be selected by TBD.


18 March 2021: Governor Ralph Northam signed SB 1148 which moves the non-presidential primary from the 2nd week in June to the 3rd week in June.


21 February 2023: U.S. House District 4 Special Election returns from an official source, results, results, results from media sources.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (15)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine
FEC S2VA00142; 30 Sep 23; Tot $5,355,510; Dsb $1,822,976
  Candidate Democratic     Zoey Maria King
FEC S2VA00217
  Candidate Republican     Hung Cao
FEC S4VA00353; 30 Sep 23; Tot $732,776; Dsb $338,766
  Candidate Republican     Jonathan Walker Emord
FEC S4VA00247; 30 Sep 23; Tot $654,526; Dsb $640,989
  Candidate Republican     Edward "Eddie" Garcia
FEC S4VA00239; 30 Sep 23; Tot $169,525; Dsb $162,452
  Candidate Republican     Gwendolyn M. "Gwen" Hickman
FEC S4VA00254; 30 Sep 23; Tot $23,710; Dsb $16,667
  Candidate Republican     Kimberly Lowe
FEC S4VA00221; 30 Sep 23; Tot $25,506; Dsb $31,629
  Candidate Republican     Scott Thomas Parkinson
FEC S4VA00312; 30 Sep 23; Tot $548,691; Dsb $168,425
  Candidate Republican     C.L. "Chuck" Smith, Jr.
FEC S4VA00197; 30 Sep 23; Tot $301,764; Dsb $248,380
  Candidate Republican     Ron Vitiello
FEC S4VA00338; 30 Sep 23; Tot $178,192; Dsb $118,510
  Candidate Republican     TJ Wallace
Filed with the FEC as a Democrat S4VA00288 and as a Republican S4VA00304. Filed for President FEC P40011694.

FEC S4VA00304
  Candidate Independent Greens     Aaron Lyles
  Candidate Independent     Jonathan T. "JT" Hardin
FEC S4VA00262
  Candidate Independent     Csaba Menezes Rusznak, Jr.
FEC S4VA00346
  Candidate Independent     Tiger Xiong
FEC S4VA00270

Class 2 Democratic Senator  Mark Robert Warner
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2014, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Mark Robert Warner
FEC S6VA00093

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term, All Governors

  Republican Governor Glenn A. Youngkin
First elected: 2021.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2025
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Abigail A. Spanberger
13 November 2023: Member of Congress Abigail A. Spanberger (Democratic) will not seek re-election to the U.S. House District 7 in 2024 in order to run for Governor in 2025.
  Candidate Democratic     Richmond Mayor  Levar M. Stoney

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025

  Republican Lieutenant Governor  Winsome Earle Sears
First elected: 2021.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2025
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Prince William County School Board Member  Babur B. Lateef

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republican (5 Undetermined);
6 Democratic (4 Undetermined, 2 Open)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress  Robert J. "Rob" Wittman
First elected in a special election (re: the death of Member of Congress Jo Ann S. Davis): 11 December 2007
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     former New Kent County Treasurer Herbert Carroll "Herb" Jones, Jr.
FEC H2VA01124; 30 Sep 23; Tot $36,717; Dsb $69,689
  Candidate Democratic     Leslie Mehta
FEC H4VA01096
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Robert J. "Rob" Wittman
FEC H8VA01147; 30 Sep 23; Tot $956,000; Dsb $384,119
  Candidate Independent Greens     Glenda Gail Parker

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress  Jennifer A. "Jen" Kiggans
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Missy Cotter Smasal
FEC H4VA02060; 30 Sep 23; Tot $68,889; Dsb $5,641
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Jennifer A. "Jen" Kiggans
FEC H2VA02064; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,989,292; Dsb $539,636

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress  Robert Cortez "Bobby" Scott
First elected: 1992
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     James Michael "Jim" Wright
FEC H4VA03050

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Member of Congress  Jennifer L. McClellan
First elected: 21 February 2023 in a Special Election [re: death of Member of Congress Aston Donald "Donald" McEachin]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 28 November 2022: Member of Congress Aston Donald "Donald" McEachin, 61, dies following a battle with colorectal cancer.
12 December 2022: Virginia Governor Glenn A. Youngkin (Republican) calls a special 21 February 2023 election to fill the vacant U.S. House CD 4 seat. The filing deadline is 23 December 2022.
21 February 2023: State Senator Jennifer L. McClellan (Democratic) won the special election with 74% of the vote.

Special Election - 118th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for special election
Special Election
 
Seat up for special election: Tuesday 21 February 2023
Special Election - Caused by the 28 November 2022 passing of Member of Congress Aston Donald "Donald" McEachin.
12 December 2022: A special 21 February 2023 election is called by Governor Glenn A. Youngkin (Republican) to fill the vacant seat. The filing deadline is 23 December 2022. Ref: Governor Glenn Youngkin Sets Special Election for Virginia's 4th Congressional District.
Democrats selected their nominee with a firehouse primary on Tuesday 20 December 2022. The filing deadline was Friday 16 December. Firehouse primary results here.
Jennifer L. McClellan: 23,661 (84.81% WINNER)
Joseph Dee "Joe" Morrissey: 3,782 (13.56%)
Tavorise Keaunte Marks: 217 (0.78%)
Joseph Edward "Joe" Preston: 174 (0.62%)
Republicans nominated Leon Benjamin on Saturday 17 December 2022 via a party canvass using Ranked Choice Voting.

Candidate list is posted here.

Official returns from the Virginia Department of Elections.

 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in)
  Elected Democratic 82,040 74.41% state Senator Jennifer L. McClellan
20 December 2022: Nominated by Firehouse Primary 84.81%

FEC H4VA04066; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,723,601; Dsb $1,553,384
  Candidate Republican 28,083 25.47% Leon Benjamin, Sr.
FEC H0VA04064; 31 Dec 23; Tot $127,171; Dsb $163,535
  Candidate Scattering 129 0.12% Write In
Total 110,252 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress  Robert G. "Bob" Good
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (5) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Paul Riley
?

FEC H4VA05063
  Candidate Democratic     Gloria Tinsley Witt
FEC H4VA05089
  Candidate Republican     Gary Barve
US Senate FEC S4VA00205 or S4VA00320; US House H2VA07147
?

FEC H2VA07147; 13 Jul 23; Tot $9,517; Dsb $9,532
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Robert G. "Bob" Good
FEC H0VA05160; 30 Sep 23; Tot $342,870; Dsb $188,613
  Candidate Republican     state Delegate  John J. McGuire, III
FEC H4VA05071

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 6 Republican Member of Congress  Benjamin Lee "Ben" Cline
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Benjamin Lee "Ben" Cline
FEC H8VA06104; 30 Sep 23; Tot $330,393; Dsb $162,691

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Member of Congress  Abigail A. Spanberger
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 28 July 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2025.
13 November 2023: Member of Congress Abigail A. Spanberger (Democratic) will not seek re-election to the U.S. House District 7 in 2024 in order to run for Governor in 2025.
 Candidate list (13) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Prince William County Supervisor  Margaret Angela Franklin
FEC H4VA07242
  Candidate Democratic     former state Delegate Elizabeth Guzman
FEC H4VA07275 or H4VA07283

FEC H4VA07275
  Candidate Democratic     Clifford "Cliff" Heinzer
FEC H4VA07267
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Briana D. Sewell
FEC H4VA07259
  Candidate Democratic     Yevgeny "Eugene" Vindman
FEC H4VA07234
  Candidate Republican     Derrick Anderson
FEC H2VA07170; 30 Sep 23; Tot $163,072; Dsb $7,924
  Candidate Republican     Cameron Hamilton
FEC H4VA07200; 30 Sep 23; Tot $104,724; Dsb $40,437
  Candidate Republican     William "Bill" Moher
FEC H4VA07192; 30 Sep 23; Tot $353,571; Dsb $67,116
  Candidate Republican     Jonathon Paul "Jon" Myers
FEC H4VA07218; 30 Sep 23; Tot $11,273; Dsb $3,128
  Candidate Republican     John Prabhudoss
FEC H4VA07291
  Candidate Republican     Shaliek Marsay Tarpley
FEC H4VA07176
  Candidate Republican     Terris Eugene Todd
FEC H4VA07226
  Candidate Independent     Craig Edward Ennis
Filed with the FEC for Senate Class 1 as a Republican (FEC S4VA00213) or House CD 7 as an Independent (FEC H4VA07184).

FEC H4VA07184

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress  Donald Sternoff "Don" Beyer, Jr.
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (6) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Donald Sternoff "Don" Beyer, Jr.
FEC H4VA08224; 30 Sep 23; Tot $754,556; Dsb $931,908
  Candidate Democratic     Andrew Jackson "Jackson" Campbell
FEC H4VA08372
  Candidate Democratic     Adam Mustafa Sahebian
FEC H4VA08356
  Candidate Republican     Heerak Christian Kim
FEC H0VA08172; 30 Sep 23; Tot $200; Dsb $1,422
  Candidate Independent     Stephen Alan Leon
FEC H4VA08380
  Candidate Independent     Jeramy "Lee" Olmack
FEC H4VA08364

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 9 Republican Member of Congress  H. Morgan "Morgan" Griffith
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 10 Democratic Member of Congress  Jennifer T. Wexton
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 18 September 2023: "... taking into consideration the prognosis for my health ... I have made the decision not to seek reelection once my term is complete ...."
 Candidate list (15) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Jennifer B. Boysko
FEC H4VA10238
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Eileen Filler-Corn
FEC H4VA10204
  Candidate Democratic     Brandon Garay
FEC H4VA10220
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Daniel I. "Dan" Helmer
FEC H4VA10253
  Candidate Democratic     Krystle Veda Kaul
FEC H4VA10196
  Candidate Democratic     Mark Leighton
FEC H4VA10212
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Michelle Lopes Maldonado
  Candidate Democratic     Travis Nembhard
FEC H4VA10287
  Candidate Democratic     Adrian Pokharel
FEC H4VA10295
  Candidate Democratic     former state Education Secretary Atif Qarni
FEC H4VA10261
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  David A. Reid
FEC H4VA10246
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Suhas Subramanyam
FEC H4VA10279
  Candidate Republican     Manga Anantatmula
FEC H4VA10162; 30 Sep 23; Tot $564; Dsb $150
  Candidate Republican     Mike Clancy
FEC H4VA10188
  Candidate Republican     Brooke Taylor
FEC H2VA10265; 01 Jan 24; Tot $31,012; Dsb $0
 11 April 2023: Member of Congress Jennifer T. Wexton announced that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
18 September 2023: Diagnosed with progressive supra-nuclear palsy, often mistaken for Parkinson's, which has no cure.

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 11 Democratic Member of Congress  Gerald Edward "Gerry" Connolly
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Gerald Edward "Gerry" Connolly
FEC H8VA11062; 30 Sep 23; Tot $862,925; Dsb $400,576

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025

  Republican Attorney General  Jason S. Miyares
First elected: 2021.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2025
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 8 incumbents, 33 candidates
  Republican: 8 incumbents, 28 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Green (affiliates)
Other Third Parties
  Independent Greens (affiliate of Independence): 2 candidates
  Justice Party
  Liberation
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  (blank): 1 incumbent
  Independent: 6 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 1 candidate
 
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.

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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Democratic
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Republican
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Third Party
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  Libertarian Party of Virginia
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  The Green Party of Virginia
  The Unity Party of Virginia
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  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
  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

 


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