John McGuire (Republican), Tom Perriello (Democrat) and Cooke C. Harvey (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Virginia District 5, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Virginia Department of Elections.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Cooke C. Harvey (Independent).
Official candidate list: Virginia Department of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
John McGuire
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2025 · Age 58
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 · 37,755 votes
- Tom Perriello Won: 79.8% 30,112
- Suzanne Krzyzanowski: 14.5% 5,483
- Robert Tracinski: 5.7% 2,160
Primary source: Virginia Department of Elections official Democratic primary results.
The primary · 50,200 votes
- John McGuire Won: 84.2% 42,286
- Melanie Lucero: 15.8% 7,914
Primary source: Virginia Department of Elections official Republican primary results.
Primary results as recorded September 24, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $4.1M
- Outside money
- $2.2M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
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: John McGuire $246K.
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
10 filed- Bob GoodRepublican$45K
- Melanie LuceroRepublican$100K
- Mike PruittDemocrat$433K
- Adele StichelDemocrat$105K
- Robert TracinskiDemocrat$54K
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
- 799K
- Median household income
- $73K
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
- Living below the poverty line
- 12.9%
- Without health insurance
- 5.9%
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+15 in 2024
- John McGuire Won: 57.3%
- Gloria Tinsley Witt: 42.3%
435,839 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 10, 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.