House Candidates on the Periphery

With a "run everywhere" strategy adopted by both parties this cycle, some Virginia House candidates are giving it a go in districts where 80 percent of voters favor the other party. This visual takes a look at where things stood at the start of this month for 20 candidates running in the most lopsided districts.


 Republicans Running in the 10 Bluest Districts

District Candidate June 30 Balance Opponent
June 30 Balance		 Website Facebook
Page		 Facebook
Ads
HD 71
(2016 Clinton 84%)		  Nancye Hunter $0  $148,682 
HD 69
(Clinton 83%)		  Sheila Furey $10,208  $227,143 
HD 89
(Clinton 80%)		  Hahns Copeland $10,556  $22,605 
HD 49
(Clinton 77%)		  Timothy Kilcullen $51  $31,340 
HD 47
(Clinton 74%)		  Laura Hall $0  $120,093 
HD 57
(Clinton 74%)		  Philip Hamilton $338  $42,860 
HD 45
(Clinton 74%)		  JD Maddox $43,010  $2,884 
HD 92
(Clinton 71%)		  Benjamin Siff $12,525  $232,989 
HD 52
(Clinton 72%)		  Maria Martin $4,494  $577,738 
HD 74
(Clinton 72%)		  Jimmy Brooks $1,549  $186,506 

 Democrats Running in the 10 Reddest Districts

District Candidate June 30 Balance Opponent
June 30 Balance		 Website Facebook
Page		 Facebook
Ads
HD 5
(2016 Trump 76%)		  Mathew Matsunaga $526  $226,405 
HD 15
(Trump 72%)		  Emily Scott $2,608  $122,119 
HD 19
(Trump 71%)		  Wendy Rowden $1,505  $80,569 
HD 9
(Trump 71%)		  Bridgette Craighead $7,985  $16,974 
HD 97
(Trump 68%)		  Stan Scott $3,943  $37,973 
HD 24
(Trump 66%)		  Sam Soghor $2,688  $59,800 
HD 22
(Trump 64%)		  Greg Eaton $0  $115,835 
HD 7
(Trump 63%)		  Derek Kitts $14,076  $37,906 
HD 98
(Trump 64%)		  Ella Webster $820  $24,971 
HD 23
(Trump 62%)		  Natalie Short $0  $9,133 

Source: The chart utilizes the VPAP Index to determine and rank the most Democratic and Republican districts. VPAP researched the status of campaign websites and campaign Facebook pages as of July 17. Candidates' political ad data taken from the Facebook Ad Library.

July 19, 2021