Presidential Primary: March 1, 2016
State Primary: June 14, 2016

Virginia Candidates for Senator

Virginia Candidates for Senator

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Virginia Senator Candidates

Virginia Senator Candidates

Virginia Senator Election Race

Republican and Democrat Candidates for Virginia Senatorial Primary Election

Mark Warner (D)

Virginia Candidates for US Senator from VA

Virginia Senator Candidates
Virginia Senator Candidates 2016

Virginia Congress

District 1:
Rob Wittman (R)
Gail Parker (Ind. Green)

District 2:
Scott Rigell (R)
Pat Cardwell (R)
Randy Forbes (R)
Chris Stolle (R)
Scott Taylor (R)
Frank Wagner (R)
Paul Hirschbiel (D)
Andria McClellan (D)
Jody Wagner (D)

District 3:
Bobby Scott (D)

District 4:
Randy Forbes (R)
Donald McEachin (D)
Lionell Spruill (D)
Ella Ward (D)

District 5:
Jerry Boykin (R)
Jeff Burton (R)
Michael Del Rosso (R)
Tom Garrett (R)
Clarke Hogan (R)
Charles Hurt (R)
Jim McKelvey (R)
Jill Holtzman Vogel (R)
Joe Whited (R)
Jane Dittmar (D)
Ken Hildebrandt (Ind. Green)
Mitch Bupp (Independent)

District 6:
Bob Goodlatte (R)
Harry Griego (R) - Tea Party Activist
Elaine Hildebrandt (Ind. Green)

District 7:
Dave Brat (R)
Mike Wade (R)
Eileen McNeil Bedell (D)
Mike Dickinson (D/Ind. Green)

District 8:
Don Beyer (D)
Charles Hernick (R)
Mike Webb (R)

District 9:
Morgan Griffith (R)
Bill Bunch (D)
Derek Kitts (D)
D. Clay Pugh (D)

District 10:
Barbara Comstock (R))
LuAnn Bennett (D)
Julien Modica (D)
Kathleen Murphy (D)
Karen Kennedy Schultz (D)
Cate Magennis Wyatt (D)

District 11:
Gerry Connolly (D)
Tareq Salahi (Ind. Green)

History of Virginia. Information that every Virginia Election Candidates for Senator Should Know:

In 1868, under railroad baron Collis P. Huntington, the Virginia Central Railroad was merged and transformed into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. In 1870, several railroads were merged to form the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, later renamed Norfolk & Western. In 1880, the towpath of the now-defunct James River & Kanawha canal was transformed into the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad, which within a decade would merge into the Chesapeake & Ohio. Others would include the Southern Railroad, the Seaboard Air Line, and the Atlantic Coast Line; still others would eventually reach into Virginia, including the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania Railroad. The rebuilt Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad eventually was linked to Washington, D.C.

In the 1880s, the Pocahontas Coalfield opened up in far southwest Virginia, with others to follow, in turn providing more demand for railroads transportation. In 1909, the Virginian Railway opened, built for the express purpose of hauling coal from the mountains of West Virginia to the ports at Hampton Roads. The growth of railroads resulted in the creation of new towns and rapid growth of others, including Clifton Forge, Roanoke, Crewe and Victoria. The railroad boom was not without incident: the Wreck of the Old 97 occurred en route from Danville to North Carolina in 1903, later immortalized by a popular ballad.

With the invention of the cigarette rolling machine, and the great increase in smoking in the early twentieth century, cigarettes and other tobacco products became a major industry in Richmond and Petersburg. Tobacco magnates such as Lewis Ginter funded a number of public institutions.

GOP sees reasons for optimism in 2014 for Senate; retiring or vulnerable Democrats open door

It’s early - 17 months early - but Republicans have reason to be optimistic about the way the 2014 Senate races are shaping up around the county, especially in South Dakota and West Virginia, where Democratic incumbents are retiring.

Republicans also have solid options emerging in Louisiana, Arkansas and North Carolina, red states where Democratic incumbents are considered vulnerable.

Almost a year-and-a-half out from the 2014 midterm elections, when 35 seats - 21 now held by Democrats and 14 by Republicans - will be up for grabs, a GOP road map for picking up the six seats needed to retake control of the Senate is taking shape.

A key stop on that map is South Dakota.

Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson’s decision to step down at the end of his current term has created an opening for either former Republican Gov. Mike Rounds, who has declared his candidacy, or freshman GOP Rep. Kristi L. Noem, who is flirting with a bid.

Whoever emerges as the GOP nominee is thought to have the upper hand after former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin opted out of the race, leaving long-shot Rick Welland, a former aide to retired Sen. Tom Daschle, as the likely Democratic nominee.

Two more promising pickup possibilities are in Louisiana, where Rep. Bill Cassidy is off to a strong fundraising start in a GOP primary race that could get crowded, and West Virginia, where Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito is holding a lead in a state that strongly backed Mitt Romney last year.