Virginia 2023 General Election

The Green Papers: Virginia 2023 General Election

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Virginia
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. 118^th 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)

		*Democratic*			*Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine* • FEC S2VA00142; 30 Sep 23; Tot $5,355,510; Dsb $1,822,976
		Democratic			Zoey Maria King • FEC S2VA00217

		Republican			Hung Cao • FEC S4VA00353; 30 Sep 23; Tot $732,776; Dsb $338,766
		Republican			Jonathan Walker Emord • FEC S4VA00247; 30 Sep 23; Tot $654,526; Dsb $640,989
		Republican			Edward "Eddie" Garcia • FEC S4VA00239; 30 Sep 23; Tot $169,525; Dsb $162,452
		Republican			Gwendolyn M. "Gwen" Hickman • FEC S4VA00254; 30 Sep 23; Tot $23,710; Dsb $16,667
		Republican			Kimberly Lowe • FEC S4VA00221; 30 Sep 23; Tot $25,506; Dsb $31,629
		Republican			Scott Thomas Parkinson • FEC S4VA00312; 30 Sep 23; Tot $548,691; Dsb $168,425
		Republican			C.L. "Chuck" Smith, Jr. • FEC S4VA00197; 30 Sep 23; Tot $301,764; Dsb $248,380
		Republican			Ron Vitiello • FEC S4VA00338; 30 Sep 23; Tot $178,192; Dsb $118,510
		Republican			TJ Wallace • Filed with the FEC as a Democrat S4VA00288 and as a Republican S4VA00304. Filed for President FEC P40011694. • FEC S4VA00304

		Independent Greens			Aaron Lyles

		Independent			Jonathan T. "JT" Hardin • FEC S4VA00262
		Independent			Csaba Menezes Rusznak, Jr. • FEC S4VA00346
		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)

		*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)

		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.
		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)

		Democratic			Prince William County School Board Member Babur B. Lateef

118^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118^th 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

		Democratic			former New Kent County Treasurer Herbert Carroll "Herb" Jones, Jr. • FEC H2VA01124; 30 Sep 23; Tot $36,717; Dsb $69,689
		Democratic			Leslie Mehta • FEC H4VA01096

		*Republican*			*Member of Congress Robert J. "Rob" Wittman* • FEC H8VA01147; 30 Sep 23; Tot $956,000; Dsb $384,119

		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

		Democratic			Missy Cotter Smasal • FEC H4VA02060; 30 Sep 23; Tot $68,889; Dsb $5,641

		*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

		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 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)

		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

		Republican	28,083	25.47%	Leon Benjamin, Sr. • FEC H0VA04064; 31 Dec 23; Tot $127,171; Dsb $163,535

		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

		Democratic			Paul Riley • ? • FEC H4VA05063
		Democratic			Gloria Tinsley Witt • FEC H4VA05089

		Republican			Gary Barve • US Senate FEC S4VA00205 or S4VA00320; US House H2VA07147 ? • FEC H2VA07147; 13 Jul 23; Tot $9,517; Dsb $9,532
		*Republican*			*Member of Congress Robert G. "Bob" Good* • FEC H0VA05160; 30 Sep 23; Tot $342,870; Dsb $188,613
		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

		*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

		Democratic			Prince William County Supervisor Margaret Angela Franklin • FEC H4VA07242
		Democratic			former state Delegate Elizabeth Guzman • FEC H4VA07275 or H4VA07283 • FEC H4VA07275
		Democratic			Clifford "Cliff" Heinzer • FEC H4VA07267
		Democratic			state Delegate Briana D. Sewell • FEC H4VA07259
		Democratic			Yevgeny "Eugene" Vindman • FEC H4VA07234

		Republican			Derrick Anderson • FEC H2VA07170; 30 Sep 23; Tot $163,072; Dsb $7,924
		Republican			Cameron Hamilton • FEC H4VA07200; 30 Sep 23; Tot $104,724; Dsb $40,437
		Republican			William "Bill" Moher • FEC H4VA07192; 30 Sep 23; Tot $353,571; Dsb $67,116
		Republican			Jonathon Paul "Jon" Myers • FEC H4VA07218; 30 Sep 23; Tot $11,273; Dsb $3,128
		Republican			John Prabhudoss • FEC H4VA07291
		Republican			Shaliek Marsay Tarpley • FEC H4VA07176
		Republican			Terris Eugene Todd • FEC H4VA07226

		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

		*Democratic*			*Member of Congress Donald Sternoff "Don" Beyer, Jr.* • FEC H4VA08224; 30 Sep 23; Tot $754,556; Dsb $931,908
		Democratic			Andrew Jackson "Jackson" Campbell • FEC H4VA08372
		Democratic			Adam Mustafa Sahebian • FEC H4VA08356

		Republican			Heerak Christian Kim • FEC H0VA08172; 30 Sep 23; Tot $200; Dsb $1,422

		Independent			Stephen Alan Leon • FEC H4VA08380
		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

		Democratic			state Senator Jennifer B. Boysko • FEC H4VA10238
		Democratic			state Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn • FEC H4VA10204
		Democratic			Brandon Garay • FEC H4VA10220
		Democratic			state Delegate Daniel I. "Dan" Helmer • FEC H4VA10253
		Democratic			Krystle Veda Kaul • FEC H4VA10196
		Democratic			Mark Leighton • FEC H4VA10212
		Democratic			state Delegate Michelle Lopes Maldonado
		Democratic			Travis Nembhard • FEC H4VA10287
		Democratic			Adrian Pokharel • FEC H4VA10295
		Democratic			former state Education Secretary Atif Qarni • FEC H4VA10261
		Democratic			state Delegate David A. Reid • FEC H4VA10246
		Democratic			state Delegate Suhas Subramanyam • FEC H4VA10279

		Republican			Manga Anantatmula • FEC H4VA10162; 30 Sep 23; Tot $564; Dsb $150
		Republican			Mike Clancy • FEC H4VA10188
		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

		*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
Other Third Parties
	• Independent Greens (affiliate of Independence): 2 candidates
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.