On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Manassas and Manassas Park voters will elect a U.S. senator, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and three members of their respective city council. City of Manassas voters will also elect three school board members. A special election to represent District 20 in the Virginia House of Delegates will also be held on that date due to the resignation of Delegate Michelle Maldonado effective May 31, 2026.

A statewide voter referendum on remapping Virginia’s 11 Congressional Districts was held on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. After that referendum was passed by Virginia voters, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the referendum invalid due to a technical procedural violation.

A state-run Republican primary election was held on Tuesday, August 4 to select the GOP nominees for U.S. Senate and for the 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. However, there were no Democratic primaries for any 2026 General or Special Election in Manassas or Manassas Park because only single candidates have filed for the Democratic nominations for the U.S. Senate (Mark Warner), Virginia’s 10th Congressional District (Suhas Subramanyam), three seats on the Manassas City Council (Jill Spall, Dianne Lane, and Helen Zurita), and for the HD-20 vacancy in the Virginia House of Delegates (Sonia Vasquez Luna).

Candidates for Manassas Park City Council (aka Governing Body) and for Manassas City School Board are officially nonpartisan. They cannot be nominated by any political party and must qualify independently to appear on the general election ballot. However, political parties can endorse such candidates, and we expect to do so in 2026.

Interested in Running for Office in 2027 or Beyond? 

If interested in running as an endorsed or nominated Democrat in 2027, please contact the Manassas and Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee (MMPCDC) co-chairs soon at mmpcdc@gmail.com or 571-358-9893. 

We recommend that potential candidates review the Virginia Department of Elections page about becoming a candidate, its 2026 Candidate Bulletin: How to Run for a Local Office, the Democratic Party of Virginia’s Party Plan to learn about nominations, and the Code of Virginia pertaining to candidates.

The right-hand column on the MMPCDC website includes links to various candidate support programs, trainings, and tools under the heading “Candidate Resources“.

Feel free to contact us at mmpcdc@gmail.com or 571-358-9893 if you need more information or have any questions.