Virginia voters have a full ballot in the upcoming election.
The presidential picks top the list, followed by a U.S. Senate race, U.S. House of Representative seats, a state constitutional amendment, county, city and town council seats, school boards and sheriffs. Some places even have special elections and unique locality-specific positions.
It’s a lot to remember, and there’s a lot of people to learn about, so WHRO asked candidates about the topics you said you were most interested in to help you as you prepare to head to the polls.
How we did it:
WHRO asked readers through its newsletter and on social media what questions they had for candidates running for local offices. Participants were asked to provide location information so their feedback could be matched with their locality.
WHRO looked for common themes in readers’ questions and when possible, included specific questions as submitted by readers.
Candidates’ contact information was taken from the Virginia Department of Elections candidate listings. If you are a candidate and did not receive a questionnaire link and would like one, please email news@whro.org.
WHRO lightly edited responses for spelling and grammar so readers could understand candidates, but refrained from making edits to the content of what candidates wrote. In cases where WHRO staff felt it was necessary for voters to have additional information to understand what candidates discuss in an answer, an Editor’s Note is included with links to third-party information about the topic.
If you don’t see a candidate's answer, it means that candidate has not yet responded to our questionnaire. We will post responses on a rolling basis until Friday, Nov. 2.
It’s not just names on ballots in Virginia this election season – Chesapeake voters will see two questions at the end of their ballots.
Listen below to hear more about the local and state referendums on Chesapeake ballots this year.
