The Green Papers: Virginia 2025 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 17 June 2025
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2025
Tuesday 17 June 2025 - Primary . Polling hours reportedly 6:00a-7:00p EDT (1000-2300 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2025 - General Election . Polling hours reportedly 6:00a-7:00p EDT (1000-2300 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 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.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 119th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018, 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2030

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 (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Mark Robert Warner
FEC S6VA00093
  Candidate Republican     Kim Farington
FEC S6VA00143

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

Chair up for regular election
Open
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 - At Term Limit
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     former 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 Republican     Merle Rutledge, Jr.
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Winsome Earle Sears
circa 5 September 2024: Filed paperwork to run for Governor in 2025.

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

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Lieutenant Governor  Winsome Earle Sears
First elected: 2021.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2025
Open Seat - circa 4 August 2024: Announced that she is not seeking re-election.
circa 5 September 2024: Filed paperwork to run for Governor in 2025.
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Ghazala F. Hashmi
  Candidate Democratic     Prince William County School Board Member  Babur B. Lateef
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Aaron R. Rouse
  Candidate Democratic     Richmond Mayor  Levar M. Stoney

119th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2026, 2028. No Term Limit. 119th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republican (5 Undetermined);
6 Democratic (6 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 119th 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 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress  Jennifer A. "Jen" Kiggans
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress  Robert Cortez "Bobby" Scott
First elected: 1992
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th 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 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress  John J. McGuire, III
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 6 Republican Member of Congress  Benjamin Lee "Ben" Cline
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Member of Congress Yevgeny S. "Eugene" Vindman
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress  Donald Sternoff "Don" Beyer, Jr.
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 9 Republican Member of Congress  H. Morgan "Morgan" Griffith
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 10 Democratic Member of Congress  Suhas Subramanyam
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 11 Democratic Member of Congress  Gerald Edward "Gerry" Connolly
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

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

Seat up for regular election Republican Attorney General  Jason S. Miyares
First elected: 2021.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2025
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     former state Delegate Jay Jones
  Candidate Democratic     Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney  Shannon L. Taylor
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  Jason S. Miyares
 

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, 8 candidates
  Republican: 8 incumbents, 4 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
  Justice Party
  Liberation
  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.

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.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  Virginia Law / Code / Constitution / Administrative / Regulations / Acts / Charters
Election Authority
  Virginia Department of Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Code of Virginia
Democratic
  Virginia Democratic Party
  Virginia Joint Democratic Caucus
  Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus
Republican
  Republican Party of Virginia
Third Party
  Justice Party of Virginia
  Libertarian 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
  Loudoun Times-Mirror
  Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville / Henry County
  News & Advance - Lynchburg
  Ogden Newspapers
  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
  WWBT - NBC - Richmond

 


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