2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

2022 Virginia's 2nd congressional district election
	County and independent city results ; Kiggans: 50–60% 60–70% ; Luria: 50–60%
U.S. Representative before election; Elaine Luria; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Jen Kiggans; Republican

2022 Virginia's 1st congressional district election
	County and independent city results ; Wittman: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Jones: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. Representative before election; Rob Wittman; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Rob Wittman; Republican

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
All 11 Virginia seats to the United States House of Representatives
Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%	Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 11 U.S. representatives from the state of Virginia, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. The elections coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives. Pursuant to state law, primaries organized through the Department of Elections were held on June 21, 2022 (the third Tuesday of June). However, some Republican firehouse primaries were held on dates as late as May 21, 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Redistricting

Bipartisan Commission

Following the passage of Question 1 in the 2020 elections, a bipartisan redistricting commission was created. The commission holds 16 members, 4 from the House of Delegates, 4 from the Senate of Virginia, and 8 citizens. It had 60 days following the release of the 2020 census data or until July 1, 2021, whichever was later, to approve a map, which had to be approved by the General Assembly.

As the 2020 census data was released on August 12, 2021^[4] the deadline was set to October 11, 2021. Early in the commission meetings the Democrat and Republican sides both hired partisan map makers and legal advisers. This created worry they would cause the commission to become too partisan to create a compromise map. This was proved true after it became clear that the commission would not create a Congressional map within the deadline after it failed to create any progress on a starting draft for the General Assembly maps, which it had solely focused on. The failure of the commission was shown even more clearly when, out of growing frustration from the lack of compromise, three Democratic members of the commission walked out, breaking any chance of a deal.^[5] After the walkout no other progress was made and the deadline passed, handing the redistricting process over to the Virginia Supreme Court.

Following the rules established by Question 1, the court ordered both Democrats and Republicans to create a list of nominees to be selected as special masters for a map. However, the court threw out 1 of the 3 Republican nominees and ordered a replacement as they found past ties to Republican leadership.^[6] Once the Republican list was re-submitted, the court started reviewing both parties' lists again and picked Sean Trende as the Republican nominee and Bernard Grofman as the Democratic nominee.^[7] On December 8 the two special masters had announced the completion of the draft map for the House of Representatives.^[8] However, following the announcement it came with public backlash over the handling of incumbents, mostly around the new 7th district. Following the public comment period, the map was almost completely redrawn and a revised map was released on December 28.^[9] The new map's announcement ended the nearly six-month redistricting process.

The new court-approved map completely changed every district, with the largest changes being in the 1st, 2nd, 7th, and 10th districts. The first district previously held a significant southern portion of Northern Virginia and was replaced with the western parts of Henrico and Chesterfield counties. These changes made it more Republican.^[10] The second district shifted more Republican as it previously held Williamsburg City, York County, eastern portions of Hampton City, and northern parts of Norfolk City. These regions were generally Democratic and were replaced with the southern portions of Chesapeake City, Suffolk City, Isle of Wight County, Franklin City, and eastern parts of Southampton County, which are generally Republican areas. These changes made it less Republican.^[10] Unlike the 1st and 2nd districts, the new 7th district was entirely remade. The new district now holds the eastern parts of Prince William County and the entirety of Culpeper, Madison, Greene, Orange, Stafford, King George, Spotsylvania, and Caroline counties. These areas combined are more Democratic than the former Richmond suburbs and rural central Virginia counties which made up the old 7th district.^[10] The last major change district was the 10th district, which removed Frederick County, Winchester City, Clarke County, and western parts of Fairfax County. These were replaced by the addition of western Prince William County, Fauquier County, and Rappahannock County. This made the district more Republican.^[10]

Statewide results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic Party	11	1,572,296	51.59%	6	1	54.54%
	Republican Party	11	1,462,049	47.97%	5	1	45.46%
	Independent	2	7,466	0.24%	0		0.0%
	Write-in	11	5,918	0.19%	0		0.0%
Total		35	3,047,729	100%	11		100%

Statewide popular vote

Democratic			51.59%
Republican			47.97%
Independent			0.24%
Write-in			0.19%

House seats

Democratic			54.54%
Republican			45.46%

District 1

The 1st district is based in the western Chesapeake Bay and includes portions of suburban Richmond. Within the district are western Henrico and Chesterfield counties. Other localities in the district include Colonial Beach, Mechanicsville, and Williamsburg. The incumbent was Republican Rob Wittman, who was re-elected with 58.2% of the vote in 2020. On November 8, 2022, Congressman Wittman was re-elected.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rob Wittman, the incumbent U.S. Representative^[11]

Declined

Amanda Chase, state senator, and candidate for governor in 2021^[12]^[13](redistricted from Virginia's 7th congressional district)^[14]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Herb Jones, U.S. Army veteran and Democratic nominee for SD-03 in 2019^[15]

Withdrew

Stewart Navarre, U.S. Marine Corps veteran^[16]^[17]

Independents

Candidates

David Foster, U.S. Navy veteran^[18]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[19]	Solid R	December 28, 2021
Inside Elections^[20]	Solid R	February 8, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[21]	Safe R	January 4, 2022
Politico^[22]	Likely R	April 5, 2022
RCP^[23]	Safe R	June 9, 2022
Fox News^[24]	Solid R	July 11, 2022
DDHQ^[25]	Solid R	July 20, 2022
538^[26]	Solid R	June 30, 2022
The Economist^[27]	Safe R	September 28, 2022

Endorsements

Herb Jones (D)

Organizations

Sierra Club^[28]

Results

Virginia's 1st congressional district, 2022^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Wittman (incumbent)	191,828	56.0
	Democratic	Herb Jones	147,229	43.0
	Independent	David Foster	3,388	1.0
	Write-in		297	0.1
Total votes			342,742	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

The 2nd district is based in Hampton Roads, containing the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach. Virginia's Eastern Shore is also located within the district. The incumbent was Democrat Elaine Luria, who was re-elected with 51.6% of the vote in 2020. Despite her home in Norfolk no longer being in the district, Luria ran for re-election in this seat. On November 8, 2022, State Senator Jen Kiggans won the election to the district, unseating Luria.