2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

For related races, see 2018 United States House of Representatives elections.

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

←  2016 November 6, 2018 2020  →
All 11 Virginia seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 4 7 Seats won 7 4 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 1,867,061 1,408,701 Percentage 56.69% 42.77% Swing 7.52% 5.97%
Results by party gains Election results by district      Democratic hold     Democratic gain      Republican hold Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   >90% Republican   50–60%   60–70%

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the 11 U.S. representatives from the state of Virginia, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other states' elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Primary elections took place on June 12. ^[1]

The state congressional delegation flipped from a 7–4 Republican majority to a 7–4 Democratic majority. Democrats last held a majority of seats in the state in 2010.

Statewide results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	11	1,867,061	56.69%	7	3	63.64%
	Republican	10	1,408,701	42.77%	4	3	36.36%
	Libertarian	3	13,995	0.42%	0		0.0%
	Write-in	11	4,050	0.12%	0		0.0%
Total		35	3,293,807	100%	11		100%

Statewide popular vote Democratic   56.69% Republican   42.77% Libertarian   0.42% Write-in   0.12%

House seats Democratic   63.64% Republican   36.36%

By district

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia by district: ^[2]

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	148,464	44.70%	183,250	55.18%	387	0.12%	332,101	100.0%	Republican hold
District 2	139,571	51.05%	133,458	48.81%	371	0.14%	273,400	100.0%	Democratic gain
District 3	198,615	91.22%	0	0.00%	19,107	8.78%	217,722	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 4	187,642	62.58%	107,706	35.92%	4,506	1.50%	299,854	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 5	145,040	46.65%	165,339	53.18%	547	0.18%	310,926	100.0%	Republican hold
District 6	113,133	40.21%	167,957	59.69%	287	0.10%	281,377	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	176,079	50.34%	169,295	48.40%	4,429	1.27%	349,803	100.0%	Democratic gain
District 8	247,137	76.10%	76,899	23.68%	712	0.22%	324,748	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 9	85,833	34.75%	160,933	65.16%	214	0.09%	246,980	100.0%	Republican hold
District 10	206,356	56.11%	160,841	43.73%	598	0.16%	367,795	100.0%	Democratic gain
District 11	219,191	71.11%	83,023	26.93%	6,036	1.96%	308,250	100.0%	Democratic hold
Total	1,867,061	56.36%	1,408,701	42.52%	37,194	1.12%	3,312,956	100.0%

District 1

2018 Virginia's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Rob Wittman Vangie Williams Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 183,250 148,464 Percentage 55.2% 44.7%

County and independent city results Wittman:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Williams:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Rob Wittman Republican Elected U.S. Representative Rob Wittman Republican

See also: Virginia's 1st congressional district

Incumbent Republican Rob Wittman, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+8.

Republican primary

Wittman was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Candidates

Nominee

• Rob Wittman, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Vangie Williams, strategic planner, professional genealogist, historian, and professional speaker ^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Edwin Santana, former Marine ^[4]
• John Suddarth, army veteran and businessman

Withdrawn

• Ryan Sawyers, Prince William County School Board Chair ^[5]

Results

Vangie Williams defeated both Edwin Santana and John Suddarth in the Democratic primary becoming the first woman of color to ever win a primary for Congressional office throughout Virginia. ^[6]

Democratic primary results ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vangie Williams	11,008	40.0
	Democratic	Edwin Santana	9,059	32.9
	Democratic	John Suddarth	7,471	27.1
Total votes			27,538	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Vangie Williams (D)

U.S. Senators

• Tim Kaine, U.S Senator (D-VA) ^{[8] [ better source needed ]}
• Mark Warner, U.S Senator (D-VA)

U.S. Representatives

• John Lewis, U.S Representative (D-GA-5)
• Bobby Scott, U.S Representative (D-VA-3)
• Don Beyer, U.S Representative (D-VA-8)
• Gerry Connolly, U.S Representative (D-VA-11)

Statewide officials

• Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia
• Mark Herring, Attorney General of Virginia

State senate

• Rosalyn Dance, State Senator (D-16)

State delegates

• Elizabeth Guzman, State Delegate (D-31)
• Marcus Simon, State Delegate (D-53)
• Jennifer Carroll Foy, State Delegate (D-2)
• Luke Torian, State Delegate (D-52)

Organizations

• Liberal Women of Chesterfield County

Individuals

• Khizr Khan, Gold Star father

Debate

2018 Virginia's 2nd congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Rob Wittman	Vangie Williams
1	Oct. 22, 2018	University of Mary Washington		C-SPAN	P	P

Results

Virginia's 1st congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Wittman (incumbent)	183,250	55.2
	Democratic	Vangie Williams	148,464	44.7
	Write-in		387	0.1
Total votes			332,101	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

2018 Virginia's 2nd congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Nominee Elaine Luria Scott Taylor Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 139,571 133,458 Percentage 51.1% 48.8%

County and independent city results Luria:     50–60%     70–80% Taylor:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Scott Taylor Republican Elected U.S. Representative Elaine Luria Democratic

See also: Virginia's 2nd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Scott Taylor, who had represented the district since 2016, ran for re-election. He was elected with 61% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+3. This was one of only two GOP held seats that voted for Democrat Ralph Northam in 2017.

Republican primary

Campaign

Taylor was challenged in the Republican primary by former James City County Supervisor Mary Jones, who attacked Rep. Taylor for his moderate stances and because she believed he hadn't backed President Donald Trump's proposals strongly enough. ^[10]

Candidates

Nominee

• Scott Taylor, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Mary Jones, former James City County Supervisor

Endorsements

Mary Jones

Organizations

• Americans for Legal Immigration

Scott Taylor

Individuals

• John Bolton, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations ^[11]

Results

Republican primary results ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Taylor (incumbent)	28,515	76.1
	Republican	Mary Jones	8,982	23.9
Total votes			37,497	100.0

Democratic primary

Campaign

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee supported Elaine Luria, a United States Naval Commander for the nomination. ^[13]

Candidates

Nominee

• Elaine Luria, United States Naval Commander

Eliminated in primary

• Karen Mallard, teacher

Declined

• Shaun Brown, community activist and nominee for this seat in 2016

Results

Democratic primary results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Luria	17,552	62.3
	Democratic	Karen Mallard	10,610	37.7
Total votes			28,162	100.0

Independents

Candidates

Withdrawn

• Shaun Brown, community activist and Democratic nominee for this seat in 2016
• Padraig-Eoin Dalrymple, entrepreneur

General election

Campaign

Brown signature fraud

Roanoke Commonwealth's Attorney Donald Caldwell had been appointed as a special prosecutor to investigate claims that Taylor's aides forged signatures, including those of Delegate Glenn Davis and his wife, ^[15] on Shaun Brown's petitions to make the ballot as an independent candidate. Taylor had already cut ties with his campaign manager when these irregularities came to light and promised to cooperate with the investigation, and said that the irregularities in the petitions should have no bearing on Brown's right to be on the ballot. ^[16]

Shaun Brown submitted 2,163 petition signatures which actually went through the verification process. 1,030 of those were considered valid. ^[15] Democrats asked the Virginia State Board of Elections to remove Brown from the ballot for falling short of the 1,000 signatures required, ^[17] and filed suit. ^[18] They also asked Attorney General of Virginia Mark Herring to investigate. ^[19]

A review of the signatures also revealed that more than 50 Virginia Beach sheriff's employees had signed petition forms at work to get Brown on the ballot during the closing days of the petition drive, when petitioners were scrambling to meet the deadline. ^[20]

Brown was accused by federal prosecutors of lying to the Federal Election Commission about donating $700,000 to her campaign and bilking the government by falsifying the number of meals her nonprofit fed to needy children, but her trial—in which Brown testified in her own defense and was subjected to a lengthy cross-examination ^[21] —ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked 11–1. ^[22] In a new trial the following October, Brown was convicted of fraud conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud and theft of government property. ^[23] In March, 2019 Brown was sentenced to 3 years in prison. ^[24]

In September, circuit judge Gregory Rupe ordered Brown off the ballot. Brown subsequently appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court but justices declined to hear her case. The Virginia Attorney General's office argued that it was too late for her to appear on the ballot. ^[25]

Endorsements

Scott Taylor (R)

Organizations

• Virginia Society for Human Life ^[26]

Individuals

• John Bolton, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations

Elaine Luria (D)

U.S Representatives

• Donald McEachin, U.S Representative (D-VA-4) ^[27]
• Bobby Scott, U.S Representative (D-VA-3)

Statewide officials

• Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia ^[28]
• Justin Fairfax, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia ^[29]

State Senators

• Lionell Spruill, State Senator (D-5)
• Lynwood Lewis, State Senator (D-6)
• Mamie Locke, State Senator (D-2)

State Delegates

• Joe Lindsey, State Delegate (D-90)
• Jeion Ward, State Delegate (D-92)
• Steve Heretick, State Delegate (D-79)
• Mike Mullin, State Delegate (D-93)

Debate

2018 Virginia's 2nd congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Scott Taylor	Elaine Luria
1	Oct. 23, 2018	Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce	Bob Hollsworth	C-SPAN	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Scott Taylor (R)	Elaine Luria (D)	Undecided
Change Research (D)	November 2–4, 2018	710	–	47%	47%	6%
NYT Upshot/Siena College	October 18–22, 2018	508	± 4.6%	45%	42%	13%
Christopher Newport University	October 3–12, 2018	798	± 4.0%	50%	43%	7%
NYT Upshot/Siena College	September 26 – October 1, 2018	500	± 4.5%	49%	41%	10%
Change Research (D)	September 26–28, 2018	758	–	46%	46%	–
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (D-Luria)	September 5–8, 2018	404	± 5.0%	43%	51%	–
Public Policy Polling (D)	April 16–17, 2018	609	± 4.0%	48%	42%	10%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [30]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections [31]	Tilt R	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [32]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
RCP [33]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos [34]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
538 [35]	Lean R	November 7, 2018
CNN [36]	Tossup	October 31, 2018
Politico [37]	Tossup	November 4, 2018

Results

Virginia's 2nd congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Luria	139,571	51.1
	Republican	Scott Taylor (incumbent)	133,458	48.8
	Write-in		371	0.1
Total votes			273,400	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 3

2018 Virginia's 3rd congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Nominee Bobby Scott Write-ins Party Democratic Write-In Popular vote 198,615 19,107 Percentage 91.2% 8.8%

County and independent city results Scott:     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

U.S. Representative before election Bobby Scott Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Bobby Scott Democratic

See also: Virginia's 3rd congressional district

Incumbent Democrat Bobby Scott, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+16.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bobby Scott, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

No Republicans filed

General election

Scott ran unopposed as no Republican candidates filed for the district. ^[38]

Results

Virginia's 3rd congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobby Scott (incumbent)	198,615	91.2
	Write-in		19,107	8.8
Total votes			217,772	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

2018 Virginia's 4th congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Nominee Donald McEachin Ryan McAdams Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 187,642 107,706 Percentage 62.6% 35.9%

County and independent city results McEachin:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% McAdams:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Donald McEachin Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Donald McEachin Democratic

See also: Virginia's 4th congressional district

Incumbent Democrat Donald McEachin, who had represented the district since 2017, ran for re-election. He was elected with 58% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+10.

Democratic primary

McEachin ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. ^[39]

Candidates

Nominee

• Donald McEachin, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ryan McAdams, pastor

Eliminated in primary

• Shion Fenty, fashion designer

Withdrawn

• David Leon

Results

Republican primary results ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan McAdams	17,513	72.6
	Republican	Shion Fenty	6,621	27.4
Total votes			24,134	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Ryan McAdams

U.S. Executive Branch officials

• Mike Pence, Vice President ^[41]

Results

Virginia's 4th congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald McEachin (incumbent)	187,642	62.6
	Republican	Ryan McAdams	107,706	35.9
	Libertarian	Pete Wells	4,233	1.4
	Write-in		273	0.1
Total votes			299,854	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 5

2018 Virginia's 5th congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Nominee Denver Riggleman Leslie Cockburn Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 165,339 145,040 Percentage 53.2% 46.7%

County and independent city results Riggleman:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Cockburn:     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Tom Garrett Republican Elected U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman Republican

See also: Virginia's 5th congressional district

Incumbent Republican Tom Garrett, who had represented the district since 2017, did not run for re-election. He was elected with 58% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+6.

Republican convention

Garrett announced on May 28, 2018, that he would not run for reelection due to his struggle with alcoholism. ^[42] Instead of a traditional primary to elect the Democratic and Republican nominees, party delegates voted to hold district conventions instead.

The Republican convention was held on June 2, 2018, less than one week after Garrett announced he would not seek reelection. Denver Riggleman edged out Cynthia Dunbar, who had just lost the Republican nomination in the 6th district just weeks before, in the final round of voting to get the Republican nomination. ^[43]

Candidates

Nominee

• Denver Riggleman, distillery owner ^[44]

Eliminated at the convention

• Cynthia Dunbar, national GOP committee member
• Joe Whited, veteran
• Michael Del Rosso, technology executive
• Martha Boneta, farmer
• Michael Webert, state delegate

Democratic convention

The Democratic convention was held on May 5, 2018. The party delegates chose Leslie Cockburn as the Democratic nominee. ^[45]

Candidates

Nominee

• Leslie Cockburn, investigative journalist

Eliminated at the convention

• Roger Dean "RD" Huffstetler, Marine veteran ^[46]
• Andrew Sneathern, former Albemarle County assistant attorney ^[47]

General election

Endorsements

Denver Riggleman

U.S. Executive Branch officials

• Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States ^[48]

Debates

2018 Virginia's 5th congressional district debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Denver Riggleman	Leslie Cockburn
1	Sep. 28, 2018	Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy University of Virginia Center for Effective Lawmaking University of Virginia College Republicans University of Virginia University Democrats	Craig Volden Gerald Warburg	YouTube	P	P
2	Oct. 8, 2018	Piedmont Virginia Community College	Tyler Hawn	C-SPAN	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Denver Riggleman (R)	Leslie Cockburn (D)	Undecided
NYT Upshot/Siena College	October 16–22, 2018	501	± 4.6%	45%	46%	10%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [30]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections [31]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [32]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
RCP [33]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos [34]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
538 [35]	Tossup	November 7, 2018
CNN [36]	Lean R	October 31, 2018
Politico [37]	Lean R	November 4, 2018

Results

Virginia's 5th congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Denver Riggleman	165,339	53.2
	Democratic	Leslie Cockburn	145,040	46.7
	Write-in		547	0.2
Total votes			310,926	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

2018 Virginia's 6th congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Nominee Ben Cline Jennifer Lewis Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 167,957 113,133 Percentage 59.7% 40.2%

County and independent city results Cline:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Lewis:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Bob Goodlatte Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ben Cline Republican

See also: Virginia's 6th congressional district

Incumbent Republican Bob Goodlatte, who had represented the district since 1993, did not run for re-election. He was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+13.

The 6th district was an open seat in 2018, after Goodlatte announced his retirement in November 2017. ^{[49] [50]}

Republican convention

Republican delegates decided to hold a party convention instead of the primary to choose their nominee. Eight Republicans ran in the convention in this district, where State Delegate Ben Cline was chosen as the GOP nominee.

Candidates

Nominee

• Ben Cline, state delegate ^[51]

Eliminated in primary

• Mike Desjadon ^[52]
• Cynthia Dunbar, national GOP committee member
• Chaz Haywood, Rockingham County Clerk of Court ^[53]
• Ed Justo, lawyer ^[54]
• Kathryn Lewis, small business owner ^[54]
• Elliot Pope, businessman ^[52]
• Douglas Wright, dentist and U.S. Navy veteran ^[52]

Withdrawn

• Chan Park

Declined

• Bob Goodlatte, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jennifer Lewis, hospital liaison

Eliminated in primary

• Sergio Coppola
• Charlotte Moore, former Roanoke County supervisor ^[55]
• Peter Volosin, regional planner

Results

Democratic primary results ^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Lewis	8,202	47.7
	Democratic	Peter Volosin	4,678	27.2
	Democratic	Charlotte Moore	3,175	18.5
	Democratic	Sergio Coppola	1,150	6.68
Total votes			17,205	100.0

General election

Results

Virginia's 6th congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Cline	167,957	59.7
	Democratic	Jennifer Lewis	113,133	40.2
	Write-in		287	0.1
Total votes			281,377	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

2018 Virginia's 7th congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Nominee Abigail Spanberger Dave Brat Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 176,079 169,295 Percentage 50.3% 48.4%

County results Spanberger:     50–60% Brat:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Dave Brat Republican Elected U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger Democratic

See also: Virginia's 7th congressional district

Incumbent Republican Dave Brat, who had represented the district since 2014, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+6.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Brat, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Abigail Spanberger, former CIA operations officer ^{[57] [58]}

Eliminated in primary

• Dan Ward, former U.S. Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler pilot ^[59]

Withdrawn

• Helen Alli, army veteran and small business owner ^[60]
• Janelle Noble
• Joseph B. Walton ^[61]

Results

County results

  Spanberger

•   50–60%
•   70–80%

  Ward

•   50–60%

Democratic primary results ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abigail Spanberger	33,210	72.7
	Democratic	Daniel Ward	12,483	27.3
Total votes			45,693	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe Walton, former chair of the Powhatan Board of Supervisors, ^{[63] [64]}

General election

Helen Alli originally was going to run as a Democrat but failed to turn in enough signatures; she then was nominated by the Modern Whig Party but again failed to turn in enough signatures; finally running as a write-in candidate. ^[65]

Debate

2018 Virginia's 7th congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Dave Brat	Abigail Spanberger
1	Oct. 15, 2018	Culpeper Media Network	Jonathan Krawchuk	C-SPAN	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dave Brat (R)	Abigail Spanberger (D)	Joe Walton (L)	Undecided
NYT Upshot/Siena College	October 30 – November 4, 2018	500	± 4.6%	46%	44%	2%	9%
Christopher Newport University	October 18–27, 2018	871	± 4.2%	45%	46%	4%	3%
Monmouth University	September 15–24, 2018	329 LV	± 5.4%	47%	47%	<1%	6%
		400 RV	± 4.9%	42%	47%	2%	9%
Normington, Petts & Associates (D)	September 18–20, 2018	400	± 4.9%	47%	47%	–	6%
NYT Upshot/Siena College	September 10–11, 2018	501	± 5.0%	47%	43%	–	9%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [30]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections [31]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [32]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
RCP [33]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos [34]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
538 [35]	Tossup	November 7, 2018
CNN [36]	Tossup	October 31, 2018
Politico [37]	Tossup	November 4, 2018

Results

Virginia's 7th congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abigail Spanberger	176,079	50.3
	Republican	Dave Brat (incumbent)	169,295	48.4
	Libertarian	Joe Walton	4,216	1.2
	Write-in		155	0.1
Total votes			349,745	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 8

2018 Virginia's 8th congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Nominee Don Beyer Thomas Oh Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 247,137 76,899 Percentage 76.1% 23.7%

County and independent city results Beyer:     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Don Beyer Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Don Beyer Democratic

See also: Virginia's 8th congressional district

Incumbent Democrat Don Beyer, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+21.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Don Beyer, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Thomas Oh, federal contractor

General election

Results

Virginia's 8th congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Beyer (incumbent)	247,137	76.1
	Republican	Thomas Oh	76,899	23.7
	Write-in		712	0.2
Total votes			324,748	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 9

2018 Virginia's 9th congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Nominee Morgan Griffith Anthony Flaccavento Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 160,933 85,833 Percentage 65.2% 34.7%

County and independent city results Griffith:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Flaccavento:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Morgan Griffith Republican Elected U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith Republican

See also: Virginia's 9th congressional district

Incumbent Republican Morgan Griffith, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+19.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Morgan Griffith, incumbent U.S. Representative ^[66]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Anthony Flaccavento, farmer, sustainability consultant and nominee for this seat in 2012 ^[67]

Eliminated in primary

• Justin Santopietro ^[67]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Flaccavento	10,756	78.6
	Democratic	Justin Santopietro	2,921	21.4
Total votes			13,677	100.0

Independents

Candidates

• Scott Blankenship ^[69]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Morgan Griffith (R)	Anthony Flaccavento (D)	Other	Undecided
Thirty-Ninth Street Strategies (D-Flaccavento)	June 24–28, 2018	400	± 4.9%	48%	41%	4%	7%

Results

Virginia's 9th congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Morgan Griffith (incumbent)	160,933	65.2
	Democratic	Anthony Flaccavento	85,833	34.7
	Write-in		214	0.1
Total votes			246,980	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

2018 Virginia's 10th congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Candidate Jennifer Wexton Barbara Comstock Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 206,356 160,841 Percentage 56.1% 43.7%

County and independent city results Wexton:     50–60%     60–70% Comstock:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Barbara Comstock Republican Elected U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton Democratic

Main article: 2018 Virginia's 10th congressional district election

See also: Virginia's 10th congressional district

Incumbent Republican Barbara Comstock, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 53% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+1.

Six Democratic candidates, encouraged by the fact that Republican incumbent Barbara Comstock's district voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, submitted the required number of signatures to run for that seat. ^[70] Republicans believed, however, that given that Comstock was an excellent fundraiser and fierce campaigner, she would be able to keep the seat. ^[71] April polling was favorable to a generic Democrat against Comstock, although Comstock performed much better in polling when her name was on the ballot against a named Democratic opponent. ^[72]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Barbara Comstock, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Shak Hill, combat pilot ^[73]

Results

County and independent city results

  Comstock

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Hill

•   50–60%

Republican primary results ^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Comstock (incumbent)	28,287	60.7
	Republican	Shak Hill	18,311	39.3
Total votes			46,598	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jennifer Wexton, state senator ^[75]

Eliminated in primary

• Lindsey Davis Stover, senior advisor to Barack Obama's Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki ^[76]
• Dan Helmer, army veteran ^[77]
• Alison Friedman, former State Department official ^[78]
• Julia Biggins, scientist ^[79]
• Paul Pelletier, federal prosecutor ^[80]

Withdrawn

• Kimberly Adams, teacher and former president of the Fairfax County Education Association
• Shadi Ayyas, physician
• David Hanson
• Julien Modica, former president of the JMA Foundation
• Michael Pomerleano, retired banker
• Deep Sran, teacher, tech entrepreneur and lawyer

Declined

• Dorothy McAuliffe, attorney and former First Lady of the Commonwealth of Virginia ^{[81] [82]}

Results

County and independent city results

  Wexton

•   30–40%
•   40–50%

  Davis Stover

•   20–30%
•   30–40%
•   40–50%

Democratic primary results ^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Wexton	22,405	41.9
	Democratic	Alison Friedman	12,283	23.0
	Democratic	Lindsey Davis Stover	8,567	16.0
	Democratic	Dan Helmer	6,712	12.5
	Democratic	Paul Pelletier	2,010	3.8
	Democratic	Julia Biggins	1,513	2.8
Total votes			53,490	100.0

General election

Campaign

Patriarchist libertarian Nathan Larson filed to run as an independent, ^[84] but then withdrew his candidacy on August 13 and endorsed Wexton, calling her "the accelerationist choice"; ^[85] Wexton, through a spokesman, declined the endorsement. ^[86] Comstock tweeted, "It is good news for all voters in the 10th District that Nathan Larson, a convicted felon who served time in prison for threatening to kill the President and is an admitted pedophile, an admitted rapist, white supremacist, and misogynist, is now off the ballot in the 10th Congressional District." ^[87]

Debate

2018 Virginia's 10th congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Barbara Comstock	Jennifer Wexton
1	Sep. 21, 2018	Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce		C-SPAN	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Barbara Comstock (R)	Jennifer Wexton (D)	Other	Undecided
Washington Post/Schar School	October 25–28, 2018	446	± 6.5%	43%	54%	1%	2%
Washington Post/Schar School	October 15–21, 2018	430	± 6.5%	43%	56%	–	1%
NYT Upshot/Siena College	October 11–15, 2018	484	± 4.8%	41%	48%	–	11%
Global Strategy Group (D)	October 7–9, 2018	400	± 4.9%	39%	49%	–	–
McLaughlin & Associates (R-Comstock)	October 6–8, 2018	400	± 4.9%	48%	47%	–	5%
Washington Post/Schar School	September 19 – October 5, 2018	866	± 4.0%	43%	55%	–	2%
Christopher Newport University	September 23 – October 2, 2018	794	± 4.1%	44%	51%	–	5%
Monmouth University	September 26–30, 2018	374	± 5.1%	44%	50%	<1%	5%
Monmouth University	June 21–24, 2018	338 LV	± 5.3%	41%	50%	3%	6%
		400 RV	± 4.9%	39%	49%	2%	10%
DCCC (D)	March 20–21, 2018	400	–	43%	46%	–	–

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Barbara Comstock (R)	"Democratic opponent"	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)	October 4–7, 2017	669	± 3.8%	39%	48%	—	13%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [30]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections [31]	Tilt D (flip)	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [32]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
RCP [33]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos [34]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
538 [35]	Likely D (flip)	November 7, 2018
CNN [36]	Lean D (flip)	October 31, 2018
Politico [37]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2018

Results

Virginia's 10th congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Wexton	206,356	56.1
	Republican	Barbara Comstock (incumbent)	160,841	43.7
	Write-in		598	0.2
Total votes			367,795	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 11

2018 Virginia's 11th congressional district election

←  2016 2020  →

Nominee Gerry Connolly Jeff Dove Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 219,191 83,023 Percentage 71.1% 26.9%

County and independent city results Connolly:     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Gerry Connolly Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly Democratic

See also: Virginia's 11th congressional district

Incumbent Democrat Gerry Connolly, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 88% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+15.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Gerry Connolly, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

• Jonathan Park

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jeff Dove, U.S. Army veteran ^[88]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Stevan Porter

General election

Results

Virginia's 11th congressional district, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly (incumbent)	219,191	71.1
	Republican	Jeff Dove	83,023	26.9
	Libertarian	Stevan Porter	5,546	1.8
	Write-in		506	0.2
Total votes			308,266	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2018 Virginia elections

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External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at FEC
• Campaign finance at OpenSecrets

Official campaign websites for first district candidates

• Vangie Williams (D) for Congress
• Rob Wittman (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for second district candidates

• Scott Taylor (R) for Congress
• Elaine Luria (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for third district candidates

• Bobby Scott (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for fourth district candidates

• Ryan McAdams (R) for Congress
• A. Donald McEachin (D) for Congress
• Pete Wells (L) for Congress

Official campaign websites for fifth district candidates

• Leslie Cockburn (D) for Congress
• Denver Riggleman (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for sixth district candidates

• Ben Cline (R) for Congress
• Jennifer Lewis (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for seventh district candidates

• Dave Brat (R) for Congress
• Abigail Spanberger (D) for Congress
• Joe Walton (L) for Congress

Official campaign websites for eighth district candidates

• Don Beyer (D) for Congress
• Thomas Oh (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites of ninth district candidates

• Anthony Flaccavento (D) for Congress
• Morgan Griffith (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for tenth district candidates

• Barbara Comstock (R) for Congress
• Jennifer Wexton (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for eleventh district candidates

• Gerry Connolly (D) for Congress
• Jeff Dove (R) for Congress
• Stevan Porter (L) for Congress