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Virginia House race, District 5

John McGuire holds this seat and is running to keep it against Tom Perriello.

The November ballot

McGuire
$1.8M
Perriello
$2.1M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 14, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

John McGuire

Republican · Holds the seat now

16
Trades disclosed
$128K
Estimated volume
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Virginia

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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 PerrielloWon79.8%30,112
  • Suzanne Kryzanowski14.5%5,483
  • Robert Tracinski5.7%2,160

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

Where each candidate's money comes from

25%$449KSmall donors$211K10%
38%$669KLarge donors$1.8M83%
23%$416KPACs$107K5%
--Self-funding$13K<1%
14%$248KOther$42K2%

Small donors give under $200; 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.

Not on the November ballot

11 filed

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 J. McGuire IIIWon57.3%
  • Gloria Tinsley Witt42.3%

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.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.