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Accomack County, VA

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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U.S. House, Virginia District 2
4 candidates
Federal ▾
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Elaine G. Luria
DEM
Biography
Luria is a retired U.S. Navy officer and former small business owner who represented Virginia's 2nd District in the U.S. House for two terms, per her campaign site and Virginia Mercury. Virginia Mercury reports she has the backing of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Virginia Democratic leadership.
Top Priorities
  • Helping businesses of all sizes in Coastal Virginia create well-paying jobs with good benefits
  • Supporting families, seniors and businesses in Coastal Virginia
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Jen A. Kiggans
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Kiggans served 10 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, flying H-46 and H-3 helicopters on two deployments to the Persian Gulf, per the campaign site. She later became a board-certified adult-geriatric primary care nurse practitioner using her GI Bill benefits, working in long-term care facilities in Virginia Beach and Norfolk, per the campaign site. She served three sessions in the Virginia State Senate before her election to the U.S. House representing Virginia's 2nd District, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Securing the border and supporting law enforcement
  • Delivering for veterans
  • Cutting inflation and growing jobs
Per the campaign site.
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Geral D. "Bishop" Staten
Biography
Geral D. "Bishop" Staten is running as an independent candidate for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. He is from the Suffolk area of Hampton Roads and previously ran for Suffolk mayor in 2016, per Virginia Political Newsletter. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Healthcare affordability, per Virginia Political Newsletter (Substack)
Full profile
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J. Matt Baker
Biography
Matt Baker is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel who served 28 years, including deployments in Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan, per his campaign site. A 1987 Naval Academy graduate based in Hampton Roads, he is running as an independent for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District.
Top Priorities
  • Fiscal responsibility and addressing the national debt
  • Military readiness and officer retention
  • Addressing sea-level rise affecting Hampton Roads
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
August 4 primary result: Elaine G. Luria won the Democratic primary with 80.26 percent over S. "Dr. Nila" Devanath (16.35 percent), Patrick B. Mosolf (1.35 percent), William W. "Bill" Fleming (2.04 percent), per the Virginia Department of Elections' official results. Elaine G. Luria (Democratic), Jen A. Kiggans (Republican), Geral D. "Bishop" Staten (Independent), J. Matt Baker (Independent) meet on the November 3 ballot, per the Department of Elections' certified November federal candidate list (updated September 3, 2026). Virginia has no runoffs. A court challenge by Elaine G. Luria to independent Geral D. "Bishop" Staten's ballot petition was pending as of September 7, 2026, per the Virginia Political Newsletter; the Department of Elections' certified list still carries Staten, so this page lists him until the department updates it (re-verify).
U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Mark Warner portrait
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Mark Warner
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Mark Warner is Virginia's incumbent U.S. senator and the Democratic nominee for a fourth term in 2026. A former governor and technology entrepreneur who co-founded the company that became Nextel, he is the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and co-authored the CHIPS and Science Act. He drew no Democratic challenger, so Virginia held no Democratic Senate contest on August 4; he faces Republican Bert Mizusawa on November 3.
Top Priorities
  • Lead on national security as Intelligence Committee vice chairman
  • Boost American technology and manufacturing, building on the CHIPS Act
  • Protect health care, veterans, and federal workers in Virginia
Campaign Finance
$21,990,910 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (42% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (21% of receipts)
Key voting record
Opposed 2025 Republican tax and spending package alongside every Senate Democrat. Opposed
Co-authored and supported the 2022 law funding domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Bert Mizusawa portrait
BM
Bert Mizusawa
REP
Biography
Bert Mizusawa is a retired U.S. Army major general and attorney who won Virginia's August 4 Republican U.S. Senate nomination with 51.5% of the vote, per unofficial returns from the Virginia Department of Elections. He graduated first in his 1979 West Point class and holds the Silver Star for leading a defector to safety under fire during the 1984 Panmunjom firefight in the Korean DMZ, per his campaign materials. He later earned a Harvard Law degree, practiced law, served as a Senate Armed Services Committee staff member and as a deputy under secretary of the Army, and commanded a joint interagency task force in Afghanistan. He faces Democratic incumbent Mark Warner on November 3.
Top Priorities
  • Bring excessive federal spending under control and focus government on core functions
  • Simplify the tax code with fewer brackets and larger standard deductions
  • Bring new nuclear power online to cut household energy costs
Campaign Finance
$376,213 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (28.5% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (14.2% of receipts), Candidate self-funding, contributions and loans combined (45.6% of receipts)
Campaign siteFull profile

ZIP 23440 sits in Accomack County, per the Census crosswalk; see the Accomack County page for its local races.

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