Democratic primary · August 4, 2026
Virginia house Democratic primary
Field of 6 Democratic candidates competing for the party's nomination. Winner advances to the general election on November 3, 2026.
Caution · early warning
Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet
The last rating change here was 12d ago, but only 0 polls have landed in the last 60 days. When raters move and pollsters don't, the rating shift may be running ahead of the data. Watch for a late-cycle correction in either direction.
Where this race stands
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All polls · 0 results
Democratic primary pollsNo polls have been published for this primary yet. When pollsters start covering the race, individual polls will be listed here with sample size, lean, and trust signals.
Endorsements · Democratic primary · 14 total
Source · Wikipedia · 4 candidates with no endorsements yetSuzanne Krzyzanowski · 12Salaam Bhatti · 2
DSuzanne Krzyzanowski12 endorsers
Most notable · Abigail Spanberger · governor of Virginia (2026–present)
Elected officials8
Federal 5State 3Local 0
Elected officials · 8
- Abigail Spanberger · governor of Virginia (2026–present)
- Ghazala Hashmi · lieutenant governor of Virginia (2026–present)
- Ralph Northam · former governor of Virginia (2018–2022)
- Greg Casar · TX-35 (2023–present)
- Maxwell Frost · FL-10 (2023–present)
- Pramila Jayapal · WA-07 (2017–present)
- Mark Warner · Virginia (2009–present)
- Tim Kaine · Virginia (2013–present)
Organizations3
Organizations · 3
- Congressional Progressive Caucus
- End Citizens United
- J Street PAC
Celebrity1
Celebrity · 1
- Albemarle County · emarle County supervisor and former candidate for this district
DSalaam Bhatti2 endorsers
Most notable · Progressive Victory
Other2
Other · 2
- Progressive Victory
- Track AIPAC
DMike Pruitt0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DPaul Riley0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DAdele Stichel0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DShannon Taylor0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
Money in this primary
FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing —No FEC committee filings yet for the Democratic primary candidates. Most primary candidates file quarterly; if the primary is recent the data may take a few weeks to appear.
In the news
17 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
17 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles17
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
+0.18
Coverage lean (D−R) · first week of data
Net favorability
Score+0.18
Week-over-weekfirst week of data
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 18%
Neutral 82%
18% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets18%
Neutral82%
R-leaning outlets0%
18% of outlets classified by editorial lean
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Election contests filed in West Virginia over unaffiliated voter participation
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Virginia U.S. Senate Election 2026: Latest Polls
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Q&A with Virginia’s three Republican primary candidates for U.S. Senate
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2026 Virginia Special Election Results: Latest numbers for April 21, 2026
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Virginia House of Delegates District 98 Special 2026: Live Election Results
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West Virginia U.S. House Primary Election Live Results 2026
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Virginia First Congressional District 2026: Latest Polls
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Primary Spotlight: Race for Virginia’s First Congressional District
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West Virginia poll: 69% oppose ending school vaccine rules, including 57% of GOP
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McGuire faces primary test as Democrats eye more competitive 5th District race
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Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE
Endorsements15 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage17 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks