Virginia 2023 Primary Election Results

Virginians went to the polls yesterday to cast their ballot in a number of high stakes primary battles to determine Republican and Democratic candidates for the General Election on November 7, 2023. A whopping four incumbent Senators – George Barker, Amanda Chase, Joe Morrissey, and Chap Petersen – lost to primary challengers, while Senator Lionell Spruill, Sr. lost to fellow incumbent Senator Louise Lucas in one of the most closely watched contests this primary season. Another incumbent, Senator Jeremy McPike, is locked in a too-close-to-call race with challenger Delegate Elizabeth Guzman – while all precincts have reported results, late-arriving mail-in absentee and provisional ballots must still be counted and localities must conduct a canvass before a winner can be certified. Notably, Senators Dave Marsden and Creigh Deeds survived primaries against well-funded, more liberal opponents, making the night a mixed bag for male Democratic Senators, nearly all of whom faced some sort of challenge this June. While not a major shock that notoriously polarizing Senators Chase and Morrissey – both of whom had virtually no institutional support – were ousted, the biggest upset of the night was Senator Petersen’s loss to Saddam Azlan Salim. Senator Petersen, who had served in the General Assembly since 2002, made a name for himself as Democrat willing to publicly buck his party despite representing a deep blue district. This is the first time that Salim, a first-generation immigrant born in Bangladesh, ran for public office. Only one incumbent, Delegate Marie March, lost in the House. The Republican, who often challenged her own party’s leadership faced fellow Delegate Wren Williams, who vastly outraised her and had institutional support from within the GOP. All other Delegates facing primary challenges – one Republican and two Democrats – held on to secure their respective party’s nomination. The night marked a political victory for Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin – all of the ten GOP candidates that he endorsed in contested races prevailed, including Emily Brewer and Tara Durant, two Delegates seeking the Republican nomination in open Senate seats. The Governor’s next challenge comes in November, when he will seek to attain unified control of the General Assembly – thus far, his legislative agenda has largely been thwarted by the so-called “brick wall” of Senate Democrats. Below are results from yesterday’s primaries. Italics denotes winners, and asterisks indicate incumbents. Both the Republican and Democratic primaries in the Senate’s 29^th District remain too close to call as of Wednesday morning.

House Primary Results

HD 7 – Democratic Primary (Western Fairfax) Karen Keys-Gamarra Paul Berry Shyamali Hauth Mary Barthelson HD 15 – Democratic Primary (Fairfax County) Laura Jane Cohen Eric Schmidt Henri’ Thompson HD 19 – Democratic Primary (Fairfax/Prince William County) Rozia Henson Makya Little Natalie Shorter HD 21 – Republican Primary (Prince William County) John Stirrup Josh Quill HD 26 – Democratic Primary (Loudoun County) Kannan Srinivasan Sirisha Kompalli HD 39 – Republican Primary (Roanoke/Franklin County) Will Davis Ron Jefferson HD 47 – Republican Primary (Carroll/Patrick/Floyd/Henry) Wren Williams* Marie March* HD 54 – Democratic Primary (Charlottesville) Katrina Callsen Dave Norris Bellamy Brown HD 55 – Democratic Primary (Albemarle/Louisa/Fluvanna) Amy Laufer Kellen Squire HD 57 – Democratic Primary (Western Henrico) Susanna Gibson Bob Shippee HD 59 – Republican Primary (Hanover/Henrico/Louisa) Buddy Fowler* Graven Craig Philip Strother HD 65 – Republican Primary (Fredericksburg Area) Lee Peters Michael Kasey HD 73 – Republican Primary (Western Chesterfield) Mark Earley, Jr. Ryan Harter Yan Gleyzer HD 79 – Democratic Primary (Richmond) Rae Cousins Ann Francis Lambert Richard Walker HD 80 – Democratic Primary (Henrico County) Destiny LeVere Bolling John Dantzler HD 81 – Democratic Primary (Eastern Henrico) Delores McQuinn* Terrence Lavell Walker HD 82 – Democratic Primary (Petersburg/Dinwiddie) Kimberly Pope Adams Victor McKenzie HD 84 – Democratic Primary (Suffolk/Isle of Wight) Nadarius Clark Michele Joyce HD 84 – Republican Primary (Suffolk/Isle of Wight) Michael Dillender Rod Thompson HD 92 – Democratic Primary (Norfolk/Chesapeake) Bonita Anthony Kim Sudderth HD 94 – Republican Primary (Norfolk) Andy Pittman Amy Chudzinski Ken O’Brien HD 95 – Democratic Primary (Virginia Beach/Norfolk) Alex Askew Rick James HD 96 – Democratic Primary (Virginia Beach) Kelly Convirs-Fowler* Brandon Hutchins Susan Hippen Sean Monteiro

Senate Primary Results

SD 1 – Republican Primary (Winchester/Valley) Timmy French Dave LaRock Brandon Monk James Bergida John Massoud Lance Allen Brad Pollack Blaine Dunn SD 4 – Democratic Primary (Roanoke Valley) Trish White-Boyd Luke Priddy DA Pierce SD 11 – Democratic Primary (Charlottesville/Nelson/Amherst) Creigh Deeds* Sally Hudson SD 12 – Republican Primary (Chesterfield/Colonial Heights) Glen Sturtevant Amanda Chase* Tina Ramirez SD 13 – Democratic Primary (Henrico/Petersburg/Hopewell) Lashrecse Aird Joe Morrissey* SD 14 – Democratic Primary (Richmond/Henrico) Lamont Bagby* Katie Gooch SD 17 – Republican Primary (Hampton Roads/Southside) Emily Brewer Hermie Sadler SD 18 – Democratic Primary (Chesapeake/Portsmouth) Louise Lucas* Lionell Spruill, Sr.* SD 19 – Republican Primary (Chesapeake/Virginia Beach) Christie New Craig Tim Anderson Jeff Bruzzesi SD 21 – Democratic Primary (Norfolk) Angelia Williams Graves Andria McClellan SD 27 – Democratic Primary (Fredericksburg Area) Joel Griffin Ben Litchfield SD 27 – Republican Primary (Fredericksburg Area) Tara Durant Matt Strickland SD 29 – Democratic Primary (Prince William/Stafford): TOO CLOSE TO CALL Jeremy McPike* Elizabeth Guzman SD 29 – Republican Primary (Prince William/Stafford): TOO CLOSE TO CALL Maria Martin Nikki Rattray Baldwin SD 30 – Republican Primary (Prince William/Manassas) Bill Woolf Robert Ruffolo SD 31 – Democratic Primary (Loudoun/Fauquier) Russet Perry Zach Cummings SD 32 – Democratic Primary (Loudoun County) Suhas Subramanyam Ibraheem Samirah SD 33 – Democratic Primary (Prince William/Fairfax) Jennifer Carroll Foy Hala Ayala SD 35 – Democratic Primary (Springfield/Annandale) Dave Marsden* Heidi Drauschak SD 36 – Democratic Primary (Fairfax County) Stella Pekarsky George Barker* SD 37 – Democratic Primary (Fairfax County/Falls Church) Saddam Azlan Salim Chap Petersen* SD 40 – Democratic Primary (Arlington County) Barbara Favola* James DeVita