Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024

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Virginia's 7th Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: April 4, 2024
	Primary: June 18, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Virginia
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic; Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
	Virginia's 7th Congressional District; U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th ; Virginia elections, 2024; U.S. Congress elections, 2024; U.S. Senate elections, 2024; U.S. House elections, 2024; Alabama U.S. House racesAlaska U.S. House racesArizona U.S. House racesArkansas U.S. House racesCalifornia U.S. House racesColorado U.S. House racesConnecticut U.S. House racesDelaware U.S. House racesFlorida U.S. House racesGeorgia U.S. House racesHawaii U.S. House racesIdaho U.S. House racesIllinois U.S. House racesIndiana U.S. House racesIowa U.S. House racesKansas U.S. House racesKentucky U.S. House racesLouisiana U.S. House racesMaine U.S. House racesMaryland U.S. House racesMassachusetts U.S. House racesMichigan U.S. House racesMinnesota U.S. House racesMississippi U.S. House racesMissouri U.S. House racesMontana U.S. House racesNebraska U.S. House racesNevada U.S. House racesNew Hampshire U.S. House racesNew Jersey U.S. House racesNew Mexico U.S. House racesNew York U.S. House racesNorth Carolina U.S. House racesNorth Dakota U.S. House racesOhio U.S. House racesOklahoma U.S. House racesOregon U.S. House racesPennsylvania U.S. House racesRhode Island U.S. House racesSouth Carolina U.S. House racesSouth Dakota U.S. House racesTennessee U.S. House racesTexas U.S. House racesUtah U.S. House racesVermont U.S. House racesVirginia U.S. House racesWashington U.S. House racesWest Virginia U.S. House racesWisconsin U.S. House racesWyoming U.S. House racesSubmit

Virginia 2024 elections

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All U.S. House districts, including the 7th Congressional District of Virginia, are holding elections in 2024. The general election is November 5, 2024. The primary is June 18, 2024. The filing deadline was April 4, 2024. The outcome of this race will affect the partisan balance of the U.S. House in 2025.

All 435 seats are up for election. Republicans have a 217 to 213 majority with five vacancies.^[1] As of May 2024, 44 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 52.6% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 45.8%.^[2]

Virginia's 7th Congressional District is one of 37 congressional districts with a Democratic incumbent or an open seat the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is targeting in 2024. To read about NRCC targeting initiatives, click here. For a complete list of NRCC targeted districts, click here.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

The primary will occur on June 18, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Craig Ennis (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 7

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 7 on June 18, 2024.

		Candidate
		Andrea Bailey
		Carl Bedell
		Margaret Franklin
		Elizabeth Guzman
		Clifford Heinzer
		Briana Sewell
		Eugene Vindman

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Mohamed Bourakba (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 7

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 7 on June 18, 2024.

		Candidate
		Derrick Anderson
		Cameron Hamilton
		Maria Martin
		Jonathon Myers
		John Prabhudoss
		Terris Todd

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jeffrey Sacks (R)
Shaliek Tarpley (R)

Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Virginia

Election information in Virginia: June 18, 2024, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

In-person: June 18, 2024
By mail: Received by May 28, 2024
Online: May 28, 2024

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: June 7, 2024
By mail: Received by June 7, 2024
Online: June 7, 2024

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: June 18, 2024
By mail: Received by June 18, 2024

Is early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What are the early voting start and end dates?

May 3, 2024 to June 15, 2024

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Andrea Bailey	Democratic Party	$208,497	$20,453	$188,045	As of March 31, 2024
Carl Bedell	Democratic Party	$60,128	$30,051	$30,077	As of March 31, 2024
Margaret Franklin	Democratic Party	$241,347	$100,551	$140,796	As of March 31, 2024
Elizabeth Guzman	Democratic Party	$204,979	$57,178	$147,801	As of March 31, 2024
Clifford Heinzer	Democratic Party	$49,432	$25,851	$23,581	As of March 31, 2024
Briana Sewell	Democratic Party	$172,724	$117,367	$55,357	As of March 31, 2024
Eugene Vindman	Democratic Party	$3,793,506	$1,952,047	$1,841,459	As of March 31, 2024
Derrick Anderson	Republican Party	$888,595	$311,205	$581,005	As of March 31, 2024
Cameron Hamilton	Republican Party	$499,811	$324,271	$175,539	As of March 31, 2024
Maria Martin	Republican Party	$6,447	$5,883	$564	As of March 31, 2024
Jonathon Myers	Republican Party	$68,780	$39,241	$29,538	As of March 31, 2024
John Prabhudoss	Republican Party	$117,533	$43,195	$74,337	As of March 31, 2024
Terris Todd	Republican Party	$25,382	$14,215	$11,167	As of March 31, 2024
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[3]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Race ratings: Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	May 28, 2024	May 21, 2024	May 14, 2024	May 7, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Virginia in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Virginia, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Virginia	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	1,000	$3,480.00	4/4/2024	Source
Virginia	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	1,000	N/A	6/18/2024	Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Competitiveness
Presidential elections

State party control

Below is the district map in place for this election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section will contain primary election competitiveness information for this state's U.S. House elections. It will be updated after the candidate filing deadline. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is . This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were the national average. This made Virginia's 7th the district nationally.^[7]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Virginia's 7th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
52.6%	45.8%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.^[8] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
50.9	48.1	R+2.8

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Virginia, 2020

Virginia presidential election results (1900-2020)

17 Democratic wins
14 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Virginia's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Virginia
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	6	8
Republican	0	5	5
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	11	13

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Virginia's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Virginia, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Glenn Youngkin
Lieutenant Governor	Winsome Sears
Secretary of State	Kelly Gee
Attorney General	Jason Miyares

State legislature

Virginia State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	21
	Republican Party	19
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		40

Virginia House of Delegates

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	51
	Republican Party	49
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		100

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until 2024.

Virginia Party Control: 1992-2024
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	S	S	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	S	S	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	D

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.