Arlington Election Guide 2025

Election Day in Arlington is November 4, but early voting is already underway. For more information on how to vote, go to vote.arlingtonva.gov/Elections.

Important Dates

Early Voting: Now until November 1 (Click here for locations and times.)
Last day to register to vote: October 24, 2025 (After this, you can still do same-day registration, but you'll have to file a provisional ballot.)
Last day to apply for a mail ballot: October 24, 2025 at 5 pm
Election Day: November 4

Races and Candidates

There are six races on the ballot if you live in Arlington:

Virginia Governor
Virginia Lieutenant Governor
Virginia Attorney General
Arlington County Board (1 seat)
Arlington School Board (1 seat)
Virginia House of Delegates Races

Statewide Races

The candidates for governor are Abigail Spanberger (Democrat) and Winsome Earle-Sears (Republican). You can watch the debate between these candidates here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD9H8eeZLj4

The candidates for lieutenant governor are Ghazala Hashmi (Democrat) and John Reid (Republican). They did not have a debate.

The candidates for attorney general are Jay Jones (Democrat) and Jason Miyares (Republican). You can watch the debate between these candidates here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yuDIa8thJE

Arlington County Board

There are five candidates running for one County Board seat:

Takis P. Karantonis (Democrat, Incumbent)
Bob Cambridge (Republican)
Audrey R. Clement (Independent)
Jeramy L. Olmack (Independent)
Carlos "DC" De Castro Pretelt (Independent)

Voters can rank their top three candidates using ranked choice voting (more details here).

You can watch a debate with the five candidates here (starting at 21:25 into the video): https://vimeo.com/1116638842. In the video, the candidates are (from left to right) Olmack, Karantonis, Pretelt, Clement, and Cambridge.

The following candidates wrote an op-ed for ARLnow on why you should vote for them:

The following candidates answered a questionnaire for Patch:

Arlington School Board

There are three candidates running for one School Board seat:

Major Mike Webb
James "Vell" Rives IV
Monique A. "Moe" Bryant

You can watch a debate with the candidates here (starting at 1:04:00 into the video): https://vimeo.com/1116638842. (Mr. Webb joins partway through the debate.)

Two of the candidates wrote an op-ed for ARLnow on why you should vote for them:

Virginia House of Delegates Races in Arlington

Arlington has three representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates. To find out which district you live in, you can view this map on the County's website.

District 1

The two candidates in this race are:

Patrick A. Hope (Democrat, Incumbent)
William J. "Bill" Moher III (Republican)

You can watch a debate with the candidates here (starting at 1:33:40 into the video): https://vimeo.com/1116638842.

Both candidates responded to a questionnaire for The Arlington Connection. You can read their responses here.

Patrick Hope also wrote this op-ed for ARLnow on why you should vote for him.

District 2

The two candidates in this race are:

Adele Y. McClure (Democrat, Incumbent)
Wendy K. Sigley (Republican)

You can watch a debate with the candidates here (starting at 2:30 into the video): https://vimeo.com/1116638842.

Both candidates responded to a questionnaire for The Arlington Connection. You can read their responses here.

Adele McClure also wrote this op-ed for ARLnow on why you should vote for her.

District 3

Alfonso Lopez (Democrat, Incumbent) is running unopposed for this seat.

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