Candidate Bulletins

Candidates for office must meet certain qualifications and are required to file specific ballot access documents in order to qualify for the ballot. For more information see the Becoming a Candidate page of this website.

Write-in Candidates for all offices except President are not required to file any ballot access documents, however, will need to be in compliance with Campaign Finance requirements. 

Most cities, either by charter or choice, have non-partisan city council elections. In these cities all candidates for city council must run as independent candidates. Please review the list to ensure you complete the appropriate ballot access process.

2026

January 6, 2026 Special Elections (Parts of Chesterfield County and Richmond City)

• • Candidate Bulletins
    • January 6, 2026 Special Election for Senate of Virginia 15 Candidate Bulletin (12/2/25)
      • *UPDATE*: Due to inclement weather, ELECT offices were closed on Monday, December 8, 2025. This closing moved the filing deadlines for this office to the following day Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
    • January 6, 2026 Special Election for House of Delegates 77 Candidate Bulletin(12/9/25)

January 13, 2026 Special Elections for House of Delegates, 11^th District and 23^rd District (Fairfax City and Parts of Fairfax, Prince William, and Stafford Counties)

• • Candidate Bulletin
    • January 13, 2026 Special Election for House of Delegates District 11 & 23 Candidate Bulletin

February 3, 2026 Caroline County Treasurer Special Election

• • Candidate Bulletin 
    • 2026-02-03 Caroline County Treasurer Sp Bulletin Local (9/30/25)

November 3, 2026 General and Special Elections

Includes June 16, 2026 Primary Elections information. 

• United States Senate
  
  • Candidate Bulletin
    • US Senate Candidate Bulletin
  • Ballot Access Quick Look One Pagers
    • Coming Soon
      
• United States House of Representatives
  
  • Candidate Bulletin
    • US House of Representatives Candidate Bulletin
  • Ballot Access Quick Look One Pagers
    • Coming Soon
      
• Local Offices
  
  • Candidate Bulletins
    • Local Offices General Election Candidate Bulletin
    • Vacated Local Offices Special Election Candidate Bulletin
  • Ballot Access Quick Look One Pagers
    • Political Party Candidates
      • Local Offices Primary Party Candidate Ballot Access Quick Look One Pager
      • Local Offices Non-Primary Party Candidate Ballot Access Quick Look One Pager
    • Independent Candidates
      • Local Offices Independent Candidate Ballot Access Quick Look One Pager
• Political Party Chairs
  • Political Party Bulletin
  • Political Party Quick Look One Pager

Most cities, either by charter or choice, have non-partisan city council elections. In these cities all candidates for city council must run as independent candidates. Please review the list to ensure you complete the appropriate ballot access process.

Write-in Candidates for all offices except President are not required to file any ballot access documents, however, will need to be in compliance with Campaign Finance requirements. 

Archived Candidate Bulletins

Previous Candidate Bulletins and information are available on our Candidate Bulletin Archive page.