Matchup Set for Virginia Congressional District 10 Race

Suhas Subramanyam (D), Mike Clancy (R), and Dennis Aryan (I) will appear on the ballot in November for Wexton’s seat.

Suhas Subramanyam defeated 11 other candidates in the Democratic primary for the 10th Congressional seat in Virginia. He received 30.9 percent of the vote (15,030 votes). 

Mike Clancy (R) won the GOP primary with 63.1 percent of the votes cast in the Republican primary, (18,150 votes). Dennis Aryan is running as an Independent.

Mike Clancy, Republican nominee for U S. House of Representatives race for the 10th Congressional District.  

 

Last week’s Virginia House District 10 primary attracted considerable attention due to its status as a battleground race, not only after the incumbent announced she would not run for re-election, creating a crowded field of 12 Democratic candidates. On May 13, Subramanyam received Wexton’s endorsement.

U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced she will retire for health reasons when her third term ends. Her seat is open for the first time in six years. Wexton successfully flipped Rep. Barbara Comstock's GOP-held seat in the 2018 midterm elections. In 2022, Wexton won by 6.5 percentage points over Hung Cao, the GOP opponent.

Loudoun County is the anchor of the 10th district, which includes parts of Fairfax, Prince William, Fauquier, and Rappahannock counties. 

Dan Helmer (D) came in second to Subramanyam with 26.8 percent of the vote and 11,784 total votes. 

Top Democratic primary candidates included Atif Qarni (D), an American teacher, a former military non-commissioned officer, and a Democratic politician whom Governor Ralph Northam appointed Virginia Secretary of Education. He received 10.6 percent of the vote, for a total of 4,768 votes. 

With 9.3 percent of the vote, Eileen Filler-Corn (D), the former House speaker from Fairfax, received 4,768 votes. Jennifer Boysko received 9.1 percent of the Democratic vote.

The other Democratic candidates were David Reid, Michelle-Ann Maldonado, Adrian Pokharel, Krystle Kaul, Travis Nembhard, Marion Devoe, and Mark Leighton. 

The other VA-10 GOP congressional candidates were Aliscia Andrews, Alexander Isaac, and Manga Anantatmula.