From DPVA, it appears that the only VA House of Delegates districts without verified Democratic candidates at the moment are: HD32 (a 60% Trump district), HD35 (a 71% Trump district), HD37 (a 69% Trump district), HD42 (a 62% Trump district), HD44 (a 76% Trump district), HD45 (an 83% Trump district), HD46 (a 79% Trump district), HD59 (a 57% Trump district), HD90 (a 58% Trump district), HD100 (a 52% Trump district). However, in looking through VPAP, there are Democratic names listed on all of these ten seats except for HD35, HD37 and HD45. So presumably, in the end, Democrats will have candidates in the vast majority, if not all, of the 100 House of Delegates seats – even the ones that Trump won overwhelmingly – this fall.
As for districts with primaries, those are just these nine: HD1 (safe “blue” seat — incumbent Del. Patrick Hope vs. challengers Arjoon Srikanth and Sean Epstein); HD40 (54% Trump district; incumbent Republican Del. Joe McNamara; Democrats Donna Littlepage and Kiesha Preston); HD49 (54% Trump district; incumbent Republican Del. Danny Marshall; Democrats Gary Miller and Jasmine Lipscomb); HD57 (54% Kamala Harris district; incumbent Republican Del. David Owen; Democrats May Nivar and Andrew Schear); HD72 (61% Trump district; incumbent Republican Del. Lee Ware; Democrats Bilal Raychouni and Randolph Critzer); HD72 (49% Kamala Harris district; incumbent Republican Del. Mark Earley Jr.; Democrats Leslie Mehta and Justin Woodford); HD81 (safe “blue” seat – incumbent Del. Delores McQuinn vs. challenger Alicia Atkins); HD75 (a competitve, 52% Kamala Harris seat held by incumbent Republican Del. Carrie Coyner; Democratic challengers are Stephen Miller-Pitts, Dustin Wade, Lindsey Dougherty); HD89 (competitive, open seat which went 51% for Kamala Harris – Democrats Karen “Kacey” Carnegie and Blaizen Buckshot Bloom).
P.S. Currently, Democrats hold 51 out of 100 House of Delegates seats, down from 55 prior to the 2021 elections but up from 48 after the 2021 elections. Click here for Sam Shirazi’s detailed House of Delegates preview.
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List of Candidates Qualified to Appear on the Ballot for the House of Delegates Primary Elections
The Democratic Party of Virginia has verified that the following candidates have qualified to appear on the ballot for the House of Delegates primary elections on June 17, 2025. Please note that if there is only one candidate listed for a district, that candidate is the Democratic nominee.
House District 1
Delegate Patrick Hope
Arjoon Srikanth
Sean Epstein
House District 2
Delegate Adele McClure
House District 3
Delegate Alfonso Lopez
House District 4
Delegate Charniele Herring
House District 5
Delegate Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
House District 6
Delegate Rip Sullivan
House District 7
Delegate Karen Keys-Gamarra
House District 8
Delegate Irene Shin
House District 9
Delegate Karrie Delaney
House District 10
Delegate Dan Helmer
House District 11
Delegate David Bulova
House District 12
Delegate Holly Seibold
House District 13
Delegate Marcus Simon
House District 14
Delegate Vivian Watts
House District 15
Delegate Laura Jane Cohen
House District 16
Delegate Paul Krizek
House District 17
Delegate Mark Sickles
House District 18
Delegate Kathy Tran
House District 19
Delegate Rozia Henson
House District 20
Delegate Michelle Maldonado
House District 21
Delegate Joshua E Thomas
House District 22
Hon. Elizabeth Guzman
House District 23
Delegate Candi King
House District 24
Delegate Luke Torian
House District 25
Delegate Briana Sewell
House District 26
Delegate JJ Singh
House District 27
Delegate Atoosa Reaser
House District 28
Delegate David Reid
House District 29
Delegate Marty Martinez
House District 30
John Chilton McAuliff
House District 31
Jeremy Shane Boswell
House District 33
Catherine Elizabeth Rec
House District 34
Andrew D. Payton
House District 36
Makayla R. Venable
House District 38
Delegate Sam Rasoul
House District 39
Eric Klotz
House District 40
Donna Littlepage
Kiesha Preston
House District 41
Lily Franklin
House District 43
Mary Etta Sumner
House District 47
Yvonne M. Rorrer
House District 48
Melody Ann Cartwright
House District 49
Jasmine Lipscomb
Gary Miller
House District 50
Earnadette Powell Farrar
House District 51
Joy Powers
House District 52
Rise Marie Hayes
House District 53
Sam Soghor
House District 54
Delegate Katrina Callsen
House District 55
Delegate Amy Laufer
House District 56
Angela T. Chainer
House District 57
May Nivar
Andrew Schear
House District 58
Delegate Rodney Willett
[UPDATE: House District 59
Scott Konopasek]
House District 60
Andrew Ward
House District 61
Jacob Bennington
House District 62
Sara Ratcliffe
House District 63
Forrest J. Miller
House District 64
Stacey Annie Carroll
House District 65
Delegate Joshua Cole
House District 66
Nicole Cole
House District 67
Mario D. Haggerty
House District 68
Elaine G Walters
House District 69
Mark Downey
House District 70
Delegate Shelly Simonds
House District 71
Jessica Anderson
House District 72
Bilal Raychouni
Randolph T. Critzer Jr.
House District 73
Leslie Mehta
Justin David Woodford
House District 74
Jonas J. Eppert
House District 75
Stephen Miller-Pitts
Dustin Wade
Lindsey Dougherty
House District 76
Delegate Debra Gardner
House District 77
Delegate Michael Jones
House District 78
Delegate Betsy Carr
House District 79
Delegate Rae Cousins
House District 80
Delegate Destiny Bolling
House District 81
Delegate Delores McQuinn
Alicia Atkins
House District 82
Kimberly Pope Adams
House District 83
Mary Person
House District 84
Delegate Nadarius Clark
House District 85
Delegate Marcia Price
House District 86
Virgil Thornton Sr.
House District 87
Delegate Jeion Ward
House District 88
Speaker Don Scott
House District 89
Karen “Kacey” Carnegie
Blaizen Buckshot Bloom
House District 91
Delegate Cliff Hayes
House District 92
Delegate Bonita Anthony
House District 93
Delegate Jackie Glass
House District 94
Delegate Phil Hernandez
House District 95
Delegate Alex Askew
House District 96
Delegate Kelly Fowler
House District 97
Delegate Michael Feggans
House District 98
Cheryl Smith
House District 99
Cat Porterfield
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