The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Virginia Department of Elections. Not a prediction.
The seat
Rob Wittman
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2007 · Age 67
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
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).
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How they won the primary
The primary · 48,341 votes
- Shannon Taylor Won: 52.8% 25,535
- Salaam Bhatti: 19.9% 9,606
- Jason Knapp: 9.9% 4,806
- Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs: 7.2% 3,477
- Mel Tull: 4.3% 2,085
2 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Virginia Department of Elections official Democratic primary results. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $7.6M
- Outside money
- $6.4M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Rob Wittman $1.3M.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
12 filed- Elizabeth Dempsey BeggsDemocrat$199K
- Salaam BhattiDemocrat$299K
- Tim CywinskiDemocrat$31K
- Lisa KhannaDemocrat$278K
- Jason KnappDemocrat$595K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 804K
- Median household income
- $105K
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
- Living below the poverty line
- 6.4%
- Without health insurance
- 4.6%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
R+13 in 2024
- Rob Wittman Won: 56.3%
- Leslie C. Mehta: 43.5%
478,906 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between July 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.