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General Election — November 3, 2026
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Primary: August 4, 2026 — Completed  ●  Results: enr.elections.virginia.gov  ●  Data: VPAP.org  ●  🕐 Last updated: Aug 18, 2026 6:09 PM
Newport News Residents - Vote Now Un Official Poll →
Results Provided by: The data shown is calculated using AI, based on estimates from previous elections, campaign finances, and other relevant data points..

Race Results & Status 2026

Mayor Newport News
Newport News
Upcoming
D Phillip Jones
49.0%
R Phillip Hamilton
36.0%
I Sharon Scott
12.7%
◐ Not Yet Counted
2.3%
Updated 2026-08-18 18:08
City Council - South District Newport News
Upcoming
D John Eley
41.0%
R Devon Paul Hamilton
27.0%
I Clifton Atkins
7.0%
I Dr. Saundra Nelson Cherry
2.0%
◐ Not Yet Counted
23.0%
Updated 2026-08-18 18:09
City Council - Central District Newport News
Newport News
Upcoming
D Cleon Long
58.0%
I Andrea Rena Diggs
29.0%
I Michael Anthony Gale
11.0%
◐ Not Yet Counted
2.0%
Updated 2026-08-09 18:20
School Board (North District)
Newport News
Upcoming
Douglas Brown
62.0%
Andrew Hlavacek
34.0%
◐ Not Yet Counted
4.0%
Updated 2026-08-09 13:00
School Board (Central District)
Newport News
Upcoming
Lisa Surles-Law
52.0%
Jordan Gray
25.0%
Adina Rivera
19.9%
◐ Not Yet Counted
3.1%
Updated 2026-08-09 12:47
School Board (South District)
Newport News
Upcoming
Terri Best
64.0%
Marlon Pendergraft
32.0%
◐ Not Yet Counted
4.0%
Updated 2026-08-09 12:46
Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District
Newport News, Norfolk, Hampton, Portsmouth, Chesapeake
Upcoming
D Bobby Scott
68.0%
L Hailey Louise Shupe-Dollar
5.0%
R Edwin Rivera
25.0%
Stephen C. “Steve” Woll
2.0%
Updated 2026-08-09 12:57
Proposal to Increase Sales Tax by 1%
Newport News
Upcoming
Yes
86.0%
No
13.0%
◐ Not Yet Counted
1.0%
Updated 2026-08-10 18:51

Peninsula Localities VA-1 • VA-2 • VA-3

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Newport News
Independent City
Population ~186,000
VA-2 / VA-3 (partial) · HD-91, 92, 94 · SD-9
VPAP ↗ VA DOE ↗ Voter Info ↗
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Hampton
Independent City
Population ~137,000
VA-2 (partial) · HD-85, 86, 91 · SD-1
VPAP ↗ VA DOE ↗ Voter Info ↗
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York County
County
Population ~68,000
VA-1 (partial) · HD-96 · SD-1
VPAP ↗ VA DOE ↗ Voter Info ↗
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Williamsburg
Independent City
Population ~15,000
VA-1 · HD-93 · SD-8
VPAP ↗ VA DOE ↗ Voter Info ↗
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Poquoson
Independent City
Population ~12,500
VA-1 · HD-96 · SD-1
VPAP ↗ VA DOE ↗ Voter Info ↗

Official Data Sources

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Virginia Dept of Elections
Official election-night results for all Virginia localities including all five Peninsula municipalities. Live JSON feed published on election night by each locality's general registrar.
Election Night Results ↗ CSV Data Files ↗ Historical DB ↗ Main Site ↗
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VPAP — Virginia Public Access Project
Premier nonpartisan source for Virginia politics. Locality-level and precinct-level results from 2015 onward, including city/county breakdowns for both election-day and early voting. Pulls data directly from VA Dept of Elections.
VPAP Main ↗ Results ↗ Candidates ↗
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FVAP eVAG API
Federal Voting Assistance Program XML feed covering Virginia election info, deadlines, ballot rules, and election office contacts. Updated July 2026. Geared toward overseas/military voters but publicly accessible.
eVAG API ↗ FVAP Main ↗
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MIT Election Data & Science Lab
Precinct-level returns for presidential, congressional, state, and local elections — 2016 through 2024 (2026 data to follow). Virginia Peninsula precincts included. Released as CSV on Harvard Dataverse.
MEDSL Data ↗ GitHub ↗
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Statewide Polling Aggregators
Statewide & congressional district-level only — no Peninsula municipal polling exists. VA-1 (Rob Wittman, R) covers York, Williamsburg, Poquoson; VA-2/3 cover Newport News & Hampton.
VoteIQ ↗ Ballotpedia VA-1 ↗ 538 VA Polls ↗
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Voter Registration & Information
Check registration status, find your polling place, review absentee ballot rules, and access Virginia voter information for all Peninsula localities.
Check Registration ↗ Voter Info Portal ↗ Reg Deadlines ↗

About Local Polling Data

⚠️ No Municipality-Level Polling Exists for the Peninsula

No public APIs or published feeds produce pre-election opinion polling specifically for Virginia Peninsula municipalities (Newport News, Hampton, York County, Williamsburg, Poquoson). Local-level polling at that municipal granularity is rarely commissioned and almost never published via a data feed.

What does exist: Statewide and congressional district-level polling. For VA-1 (covering York County, Williamsburg, and Poquoson), Ballotpedia VA-1 2026 aggregates ratings from Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. VoteIQ aggregates the latest survey data filtered to Virginia statewide races.

For Peninsula-specific results data, the VA Dept of Elections JSON/CSV feeds and VPAP are the best sources on and after election night.

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