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2026 Virginia federal ballot

Virginia votes on a U.S. Senate seat and all 11 U.S. House seats on November 3, 2026.

What else is on your ballot

Federal races only, not governor, state or local contests or ballot measures. For the rest of your ballot, start at the Citizen Portal, run by the Virginia Department of Elections.

Virginia races to watch

The delegation, district by district

12 seats on the ballot
6 Democratic5 Republican

House seats, filled by the party that holds each one today.

Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.

How to vote in Virginia

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 11 days before, or same-day during early voting and on Election Day in person (same-day ballots are provisional).

All dates and rules

Virginia by the numbers

8.7Mpeople across 11 districts

Median household income$58K to $162K
District 9District 10
Living below the poverty line5.0% to 16.3%
District 10District 9
Without health insurance4.6% to 8.2%
District 1District 7

The lowest and highest of Virginia's districts, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$98M in play

Of every dollar in Virginia's federal races, 19 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns. The Senate seat and the whole House map are on one scale.

Raised by candidatesOutside money
$26M raised by candidates$161K outside money
All 11 House races$72M
$53M raised by candidates$19M outside money$6.5M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$15M19%

Larger individual gifts

$35M44%

From PACs

$13M16%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

Incumbents defending a seat

Who is spending on Virginia

$19M outside money

The groups spending independently on Virginia's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

1 to 5 of 25 groups

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on Virginia's races comes from groups that are spending in other states too.

Groups spending in other states too
$15M82%
Groups spending only in Virginia
$3.4M18%

Groups filing here

46

The widest one reaches

31states

Independent spending filed on Virginia's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.