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Briana Ryan

Forty-four candidates are running in Virginia’s 11 U.S. House districts — the second-highest since 2014

This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia was April 2, 2026.

This year has the second-highest number of candidates since 2014. Forty-four candidates — 28 Democrats and 16 Republicans — are running for Virginia’s 11 congressional districts. That’s four candidates per district. There were 4.8 candidates per district in 2024, three in 2022, 2.8 in 2020, 3.4 in 2018, 2.6 in 2016, and 2.9 in 2014.

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