The 2018 United States Senate election in Virginia will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia, concurrently with other elections to the U.S. Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Kaine is running for a second term.
The Virginia Republican central committee voted to select the Republican nominee for Senate by a primary rather than a convention. Republicans hoped to use the primary to allow more people to more extensively test the organizational and fundraising abilities of the candidates and to give the party a trove of fresh voter information. Because Kaine will likely face no primary opponent, it is expected that there will probably be more Democrats than usual voting in the Republican primary.
Matt Waters received the Libertarian Party nomination on March 10, 2018. He is petitioning to get ballot access for the November election. He met the requirements by 7:00 pm June 12.
Video United States Senate election in Virginia, 2018
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Tim Kaine, incumbent U.S. Senator, former Governor, and Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2016
Maps United States Senate election in Virginia, 2018
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Nick Freitas, State Delegate
- E. W. Jackson, pastor, attorney, veteran, candidate for the U.S Senate in 2012 and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2013
- Corey Stewart, Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2013 and candidate for Governor in 2017
Failed to qualify
- Minerva Diaz, veteran, businesswoman, and clergywoman
- Bert Mizusawa, former Deputy Undersecretary of the Army, retired U.S. Army Major General and candidate for VA-02 in 2010
- Ivan Raiklin, veteran and businessman
Declined
- Dave Brat, U.S. Representative
- Eric Cantor, former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
- Barbara Comstock, U.S. Representative
- Ken Cuccinelli, former Attorney General and nominee for Governor in 2013
- Tom Davis, former U.S. Representative
- Jim Gilmore, former Governor, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 and candidate for President in 2008 and 2016
- Jimmie Massie, former State Delegate
- Pete Snyder, technology entrepreneur and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2013
- Scott Taylor, U.S. Representative
- Rob Wittman, U.S. Representative
- Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, nominee for the U.S. Senate from California in 2010 and candidate for President in 2016
- Ed Gillespie, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014, and nominee for governor in 2017
- Shak Hill, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014 (running for VA-10)
- Laura Ingraham, talk radio host, author, and conservative political commentator (endorsed Corey Stewart)
- Bob McDonnell, former governor of Virginia (endorsed Nick Freitas)
- John Moore, University of Virginia law professor and former diplomat
- Frank Wagner, State Senator and candidate for Governor in 2017
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Libertarian candidate
Candidate
Declared
- Matt Waters, Director of Development at Students For Liberty
General election
The election will feature a match-up of two Minnesota-born Virginians: Republican Corey Stewart was born in Duluth, MN and Democrat Tim Kaine was born in Saint Paul, MN. Libertarian Matt Waters is a native Virginian, a fact he takes advantage of with his slogan, "The Virginian."
Predictions
Endorsements
Polling
See also
- United States House of Representatives election in Virginia, 2018
References
External links
- Tim Kaine (D) for Senate
- Corey Stewart (R) for Senate
- Matt Waters (L) for Senate
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