2023 Virginia elections

The 2023 Virginia elections took place on November 7, 2023. All 40 seats of the Virginia Senate and 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election, as are many local offices.

2023 Virginia elections

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Special elections also will take place during the year.

Federal

2023 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election

Main article: 2023 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election

A special election was held on February 21, 2023 to fill Virginia's 4th congressional district for the remainder of Democrat Donald McEachin's term, who died on November 28, 2022, of colorectal cancer.^[1] The Democratic nominee Jennifer McClellan won the special election.^[2]

State

Special elections

Virginia's 24th House of Delegates district

An election was held on January 10, 2023, to fill Virginia's 24th House of Delegates district, following the death of Republican incumbent Ronnie R. Campbell on December 13, 2022, due to cancer.^[3]

Virginia's 35th House of Delegates district

An election was held on January 10, 2023, to fill Virginia's 35th House of Delegates district, following the resignation of Democratic incumbent Mark Keam on September 6, 2022, to become Deputy Assistant Secretary for Travel and Tourism within the International Trade Administration.^[4]

Virginia's 7th Senate district

Main article: 2023 Virginia's 7th Senate district special election

2023 Virginia Senate
7th District special election

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Virginia’s 7th state senate district
Candidate Aaron Rouse Kevin H. Adams Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 19,923 19,227 Percentage 50.84% 49.07%
Precinct results Rouse:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Adams:      50–60%      60–70%
State senator before election Jen Kiggans Republican Elected State senator Aaron Rouse Democratic

An election was held on January 10, 2023, to fill Virginia's 7th Senate district, following the resignation of Republican incumbent Jen Kiggans on November 15, 2022, to become a U.S. Representative.^[5] Democrat Aaron Rouse, an at-large Virginia Beach City Council member since 2018, narrowly defeated Republican Kevin Adams, a retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and small business owner.^[6] With the election of Rouse, the district was flipped from Republican to Democratic control.

New state legislative maps took effect on January 11, 2023, at the start of 2023 legislative session; however, this special election took place under previous district lines.

House of Delegates

Main article: 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election

State senate

Main article: 2023 Virginia Senate election

Local